Lazy Peanut Butter Rice Krispie Balls.

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup honey
• 1 cup peanut butter
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 3 cups Rice Krispies
• 1 cup salted peanuts (optional)

        Instructions

1. Combine honey and peanut butter in saucepan and heat to boiling, stirring constantly.
    
2. Remove from heat and add vanilla. Stir in Rice Krispies (and peanuts, if desired).
    
3. Place mounds (about 2 tablespoons) into small greased cupcake liners in cupcake pan, and let cool.
       
4. You can also press into a greased 9" x 12" pan, cool and cut into squares. 

       Notes

Variation: Add small chocolate chips for even more flavor.

Oatmeal Chocolate Peanut Butter No-Bake Candy Bars

1 cup peanut butter
2/3 cup honey
1/2 cup coconut oil (no substitutes, this is what gives its creamy texture and flavor)
2 cups oats (not instant)
1 1/4 cups mini chocolate chips
3/4 cup dried cranberries

In a medium sized saucepan, melt together peanut butter, honey and coconut oil.
Remove from heat and add oats, chocolate chips and dried cranberries. Stir until combined and chocolate chips are melted.
Spread into a 9x13 pan. Refrigerate until hardened, about an hour. Store in refrigerator.
*if you want to omit the dried cranberries, you may add 1 cup TOTAL of any combination of: sesame seeds, coconut flakes, sunflower seeds, dried fruit, mini chocolate chips*

 

 **these are a healthy snack and to die for!!**
it is  like a chocolate oatmeal no bake cookie, but extra... creamy and special. it almost reminds me of fudge, but with the added texture of the oats and occasional chewy sweetness of the dried cranberries--yum!
**Might want to  doubled the recipe

NO BAKE - Cream Cheese, Coconut, Snowball's

 1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened.
1 can (8 ounces) crushed pineapple, well drained.
1 cup chopped pecans
3 cups flaked coconut.

In a small bowl, beat cream cheese and pineapple until combined then fold in the pecans. Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour.

Take out of refrigerator and roll into 1-inch balls; then roll the balls in the coconut. Refrigerate for 4 hours or overnight.

Yield: about 2 dozen.

Nutella no bake cookies

Ingredients

• 2 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup cocoa
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1/2 cup margarine
• 1 tsp vanilla
• pinch of salt
• 1/4 cup peanut butter
• 1/4 cup Nutella
• 3 cup quick oats

Instructions

Over medium heat, cook sugar, cocoa, milk and margarine. Boil one minute. Remove from heat. Stir in vanilla, salt, peanut butter, Nutella and oats. Stir until combined. Drop by teaspoon on wax paper and cool. Refrigerate. Eat. Repeat.

*note* For regular no bake cookies, omit Nutella and change peanut butter to 1/2 cup. But who wants to be regular?

No Bake Peanut Butter Bars

Ingredients
1 cup butter melted
2 cups graham cracker crumbs (use the boxed kind, or grind them in a food processor. Tiny granules.)
2 cups confectioners’ sugar (aka powdered sugar)
1 cup + 4 tablespoons peanut butter
1 1/2 cups milk chocolate chips

Directions
In a medium bowl, mix together the melted butter, graham cracker crumbs, confectioners’ sugar, and 1 cup peanut butter until well blended. Press evenly into the bottom of an ungreased 9×13 inch pan. (I did mine in a 9X9 square pan because I wanted them thicker) In the microwave, melt the chocolate chips with the 4 T.  peanut butter, stirring every 30 seconds until melted until smooth. Spread over the peanut butter layer. Refrigerate for at least one hour before cutting into squares.

No-Bake Crispy Peanut Butter Balls

2 c. crunchy peanut butter
1/2 c. butter
1 lb. confectioners' sugar
3 c. Rice Krispies
Dipping chocolate

(Creamy peanut butter is just as good, but add 1/4 cup more Rice Krispies if you use creamy.)
Combine peanut butter, butter and confectioners sugar in large bowl. Blend well. Add rice cereal. Form into 3/4 inch balls and dip into dipping chocolate. Makes about 75 or more balls. Great for holiday gifts.