A long, long time ago…I can still remember how that music used to make me smile…
Wait. This post is not about music, but like the lyrics of the song, I can still remember that a long, long time ago, I was in elementary school. I loved and still do love school. Back then, everything was a thrill – books, fat pencils, fat crayons, green paper with big lines and a place at the top to draw a picture, new math, Dick and Jane, the Pledge of Allegiance, recess and lunch.
Ahhh, yes….lunch.
In the cafeteria where I had lunch, there were lots of tables with little round stool type chairs. Our class always sat at the same table, but we did not have to sit in the same spot every day. My mother always packed my lunch, but a lot of students would buy the school lunch which did not thrill me much. I was glad Mom ensured that my lunch was delicious.
There was one thing that my school did right…oh so right. Whenever Peanut Butter Ball Chews were the dessert, I would start trading things in my lunch with other students so that I could have them. I loved the Peanut Butter ball Chews! One day I traded my milk, chips and cookies and that meant I ate three Peanut Butter Ball Chews! That may not seem like much, but for a very small six year old girl, three was a whole bunch.
Many years later, I became obsessed with replicating the Peanut Butter Ball Chews from my elementary school days. After many recipes and many failed attempts, I simplified my cooking efforts and tried to think of something that would be fast and easy.
Bingo!
I had been trying to make the recipe too hard. With just a few ingredients, I changed the recipe and was able to have the exact texture and flavor of the Peanut Butter Ball Chews in my memories. So today I am going to share my simple and nostalgic recipe filled with many, many wonderful childhood memories of Elementary Peanut Butter Ball Chews.
Elementary Peanut Butter Ball Chews
I used fresh homemade peanut butter
melt the three ingredients together.
The ingredients will become more liquid,
but do not boil and cook it.
It will still be thick.
to the bowl of Rice Krispies®.
grab a piece of the mixture,
roll it between your hands
and form a ball
about the size of an egg yolk..
Yes, it is a hot mixture like
pulling taffy, but it has to be
done while hot.
That is why my hands turned red.
Hot! Hot! Hot!
Peanut Butter Ball Chews.
They harden quite a bit in five minutes.
All those childhood lunches
came flooding back.
Sweet peanut butter crunchy smooth goo chews.
It is kind of hard to describe.
Here, just take a bite.
Yeah, I know…
D-e-l-i-c-i-o-u-s!
Elementary Peanut Butter Ball Chews
Ingredients:
1/2 cup light corn syrup
1/2 cup sugar
1 cup peanut butter
3 cups Rice Krispies® cereal
Directions:
In a small pan, melt corn syrup, sugar and peanut butter. Do not cook. Remove from heat and add Rice Krispies® cereal. While hot, make into balls about the size of an egg yolk.
Yield: 30 balls
The Elementary Peanut Butter Ball Chews are the perfect size and you will discover that within minutes, you will have eaten far too many!
at last get to see them, I am glad you had good lunches. You did not like to buy lunch, I always loved surprising you. now I know where My hard work went , peanut chews,lol
mom.
by the way , yuck,lol I hate peanut butter
We make these every year as part of our holiday cookie plate. We dip them in choc to top it off. So Yummy.
Looks fab but, sigh, what does one do when situated in Europe where Rice Krispies only exist on American tv shows and not in the local supermarket? Any suggestions on what could be used instead?
Oh my goodness! These look delicious, and they sound really easy to make! I think I will try to make these this weekend, a weekend project if you will 😀
Damn it all to Hell! I just had to come in here and read this. Because of the God-forsaken braces on my teeth I can't eat them 🙁 I guess I'll have to wait another year and 2 months. Hey sister…have you read my blog lately and looked at the progress slideshow. It's pretty cool, check it out when you get a chance. http://tinselteethchronicles.blogspot.com/
I love peanut butter! I will have to try and make these.
You’ll have to let me know how much you love them, Jim. Just remember, they are sooooooo addictive!!!!
I made these yesterday and they were lovely. I did however substitute a couple of tablespoons of the peanut butter with Nutella which added even more depth to the flavour 🙂
Thanks for sharing it I will make them again.
I’m so glad you enjoyed the recipe Troy!!! I bet the Nutella was delicious!!!