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<\/a><\/center>It might be in bad taste to have a post about peanut butter rice krispie treats, what with the current salmonella contamination of so many peanut-based goodies, but really, you can look at this as a public service announcement. Most big-brand peanut butters are NOT on the recall list, so if you go out and get a jar of Skippy (which is what I use for baking), you can have your peanut butter sweets and not get sick!\nI saw these Peanut Butter Krispy Bars on several food blogs and HAD to make them. They are basically candied rice krispie treats with a layer of peanut buttery goodness and a chocolate topping. Yum, right? They are very, very rich, but I think I would make a few adjustments next time. I actually am a big fan of rice krispie treats, and I think these would benefit from having MORE of the rice krispie treat. With the current recipe, the rice krispie layer is very thin. I think it’s overpowered by the peanut butter layer. Also, I believe the original recipe calls for milk chocolate. I used bittersweet instead, because I thought the milk chocolate and peanut butter combination would be too sweet. I think this was a good call. All that said, Peter, who is NOT as big a fan of rice krispie treats as I am, thinks the bars were fine as is and would not increase the rice krispie treat to peanut butter and chocolate ratio. So, do what you must.
\nI am too lazy to type out the recipe, so please go to Smitten Kitchen’s post about it, which is here<\/a>. Her photos and everything are way better than mine, anyway!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
It might be in bad taste to have a post about peanut butter rice krispie treats, what with the current salmonella contamination of so many peanut-based goodies, but really, you can look at this as a public service announcement. Most … Continue reading