Peanut Butter Power Bites

Peanut Butter Power Bites

I am teased by my family that I don't need a cellphone.  More times than not, I miss their calls or fail to answer their text messages.  It is not that I am always ignoring them, but there are times I don't want to be so...accessible.

But today while I was cooking for a new EAT! client, my phone vibrated with 2 test messages within minutes of each other.  Being that it was during school hours and both messages were from my daughters, I decided to take a look at them.  The girls texted me saying how much they and their friends loved the Peanut Butter Power Bites I packed in their lunches.  A friend of one of my daughter's (and a frequent dinner guest at our house) even stated that she would do anything to get a few more of the crunchy and chocolatey peanut butter treats.

I made a batch of 50 Peanut Butter Power Bites yesterday afternoon and there are about 15 left.  It looks like it is about time to make some more.

Peanut Butter Power Bites

adapted from this recipe in the April, 2011 All You magazine

makes 50

4 tablespoons butter
1 1/3 cups peanut butter
1/2 cup confectioners' sugar
1/3 cup honey
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
3 cups Rice Krispies cereal
2 1/2 cups oats
1 cup mini chocolate chips

Melt butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Remove pan from heat and stir in peanut butter, confectioners' sugar, honey and vanilla. Stir in Rice Krispies and oats and allow mixture to cool.

Stir in the chocolate chips. Form mixture into 1-inch balls, pressing tightly to form balls. Store in refrigerator.