Your kids will enjoy getting their hands sticky while making this No Bake Peanut Butter Balls recipe! This peanut butter balls recipe is very versatile and easily customizable to your own taste and likes.
At our household, every Sunday is devoted to cooking snacks and treats for the family to eat throughout the week. There is nothing like enjoying homemade cookies, muffins, brownies, and cupcakes! Not only does it leave a sweet aroma in the house, it’s also a perfect time to get together with the kids and bake as a family. Toddlers love to mimic their parents, so give them a plastic bowl and spoon to mix pretend batters or salads. Making these no bake peanut butter bites will be so much fun for everyone! If you like rocky road bars or ice cream, I am positive you will be a fan of this recipe!
Baking with the family
Once you feel they are ready to prepare real food involve them in simple cooking projects like whisking, rolling balls, stirring, and helping pour out a measuring cup. Even when my children were babies, I would put them in their high chair beside me when I was cooking and showing or describing to them what I was preparing for their meals or snacks.
The best part about cooking with my kids at an early age is that as teenagers they continue to help out in the kitchen by cooking meals or preparing snacks. For my daughter’s 20th birthday party, we made the recipe mentioned above for our guests to eat as snacks during the afternoon. When I showed her the recipe, she couldn’t wait to make them with me. Of course she loves all recipes made with chocolate and peanut butter, therefore I really did not have to convince her much to help prepare them.
Bonding with your kids in the Kitchen
Even her birthday cake was prepared with peanut butter and chocolate ice cream. We had a great time talking about her favourite TV shows while listening to the radio, and she even asked me what I wanted as a gift for Mother’s Day! The special bonding moments you make in the kitchen with your children are so precious!
Recipe for no bake peanut butter balls
These no bake energy balls are so easy to prepare and only takes about 15 minutes to make.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup Kraft Extra Creamy Peanut Butter
- 1/4 cup honey
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3/4 cup crisp rice cereal
- 1 cup large flake rolled oats
- 1/4 cup flaked coconuts
- 1/4 cup miniature marshmallows (cut in half)
- 3 tbsp semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1/4 cup finely chopped lightly salted dry-roasted peanuts
How to make no bake peanut butter balls
1. MIX together all ingredients (except for the roasted peanuts) in a medium bowl until blended.
2. FORM mixture into 20 (1-inch) balls, using about 2 tbsp (press firmly when forming).
3. ROLL each ball in chopped peanuts, pressing to coat.
4. CHILL for 20 to 30 minutes. Enjoy these easy no bake energy bites!
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No Bake Peanut Butter Balls
Equipment
- 1 Bowl
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup Kraft Extra Creamy Peanut Butter
- 1/4 cup honey
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3/4 cup crisp rice cereal
- 1 cup large flake rolled oats
- 1/4 cup flaked coconuts
- 1/4 cup miniature marshmallows cut in half
- 3 tbsp semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1/4 cup finely chopped lightly salted dry-roasted peanuts
Instructions
- MIX together all ingredients (except for the roasted peanuts) in a medium bowl until blended.
- FORM mixture into 20 (1-inch) balls, using about 2 Tbsp (press firmly when forming).
- Roll each ball in chopped peanuts, pressing to coat.
- Chill for 20 to 30 minutes.
I’m not a big marshmallow fan (so plan to leave those out), but am craving these after reading the recipe!
These sound awesome and yummy! My daughter, who just gave birth has been eating these with just a couple of differences since her baby was born!
These would disappear rather rapidly at my house. Mostly my fault! I cannot resist peanut butter with chocolate. Yum!
Mmmmmmm, love your balls..lol..anyways these look amazing and very tasty, something we would all enjoy as a snack!!thanks for sharing!!
They are so delicious! We make a batch per week, minimum lol!
These sound like kinds of yummy goodness in one perfect bite! I can’t wait to make these with my kids.
These sound yummy!
These sound so yummy!!!!!!
They certainly are and so easy to make!
These sure look tasty…yum yum
I love easy to make,thanks
These sounds so wholesome and delicious!
Made these and dipped one side in dark chocolate for a baby shower they we gone in no time
These treats look delicious. I like how much healthy ingredients are in this recipe
I like how easy these sound and deliciously healthy.I have all my grandchildren this weekend,so guess what I’m making for them.Thank you for sharing this! 🙂