Frosted Peanut Butter Cereal Bars

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Peanut Butter + Cocoa Krispies

So this recipe is similar to a previous post for Peanut Butter Rice Krispie Treats, but this one is a little different- both with the cereal, and the more traditional marshmallow aspect. Oh and the spectacular peanut butter frosting. Last minute I had to pull together a dessert for a BBQ. It was a family thing, so I wanted something kid friendly and fast. what is more classic than the peanut butter and chocolate combo? In my opinion its a fairly kid friendly choice, and rice krispie treats are quick. Use whatever plain (or only lightly sweetened) cereal you have on hand. I had cheerios and I wanted to finish up my cocoa krispies, grab some peanut butter, and your set. If you have frosting on hand, you can make a peanut butter frosting topping to go on top- which was ALMOST too much. But I don't think you can have too much peanut butter. Therefore I loved it. Any everyone else thought they were pretty darn good too.

Ingredients:

6 cups cereal (I used 3 cups cocoa krispies + 3 cups cheerios)
1 package marshmallows
3/4 cup peanut butter (I always end up using about 3/4 of the jar- which im sure is more than called for but I love peanut butter and I hate when you pour it over the cereal and realize you dont have enough pb/mallow to cover it all)
3 Tbs butter
1 Tbs vanilla

peanut butter topping (optional):
1 cup peanut butter
1/2 cup cream cheese frosting - or vanilla if you prefer
Mini chocolate chips for garnish (or mini peanut butter cups or peanuts)

Directions:
1. Line a 9x 13 inch baking dish with wax paper or foil and set aside
2. In a large sauce pan melt marshmallows, 3/4 cup peanut butter, vanilla and butter. stir repeatedly until smooth.
3. Quickly stir in cereal(s) of choice, and gently toss until coated. Dump cereal mixture into the lined baking dish. allow to cool
4. In a medium sized bowl, mix the 1 cup peanut butter with the 1/2 cup frosting. the mixture will be thick. Spread the frosting over the cooled bars. Sprinkle with chocolate chips or other topping of choice.
5. Cut the bars into squares.

Enjoy!