3-Ingredient Chocolate, Peanut Butter, Puffed Rice Baskets

With crispy puffed rice, decadent chocolate, and salty peanut butter, these Chocolate, Peanut Butter & Puffed Rice Baskets make a satisfying treat with varying flavors and textures. They are quick and easy to make as well, making them perfect to prepare with kids. These puffed rice baskets are wonderful for a snack or dessert, particularly around Easter. You can easily top them with chocolate or candy eggs to make them look extra appealing for the holiday.

To make the puffed rice baskets, you begin by mixing melted chocolate and peanut butter before stirring the mixture with the puffed rice. Then, the puffed rice mixture gets pressed into silicone cups before being placed in the fridge to set. Once done, they are easy to pop out of the molds to eat as a snack as they are or to serve for a dessert filled with Easter chocolate and candies.

What are Puffed Rice Baskets?

Puffed rice baskets are similar to rice krispie squares in that they are clusters of puffed rice with other ingredients to bind them. However, unlike rice krispie squares, puffed rice baskets don’t include any marshmallows. Instead, the puffed rice is mixed with melted chocolate and peanut butter before being pressed into silicone molds and placed in the fridge to harden. The chocolate binds all of the ingredients together, making it easy to pick up and bite into.

Pro Tips

• You can melt the chocolate and peanut butter in a bowl set over a pot of simmering water or in the microwave. If you melt it over the simmering water on the stove, stir the chocolate with the peanut butter until it is melted. Meanwhile, if you melt the chocolate and peanut butter in the microwave, place them in a microwave-safe bowl, and heat them, stirring them every 20-30 seconds, until they are melted.
• Feel free to use your favorite chocolate in this recipe such as milk chocolate or dark chocolate.
• Gently stir the puffed rice mixture to ensure that you don’t break up the cereal too much.
• The puffed rice baskets will pop out of the silicone molds quite easily. However, if you don’t have silicone molds, you could line a regular muffin tin with cupcake liners to ensure that you can remove the puffed rice baskets easily.
• For extra texture, you can use crunchy peanut butter rather than smooth peanut butter.

What to Serve with Puffed Rice Baskets?

Like any decadent treat, these puffed rice baskets are wonderful served with cold milk, coffee, or tea to cup through their richness. You can also make the baskets extra special by topping them with Easter treats like chocolate eggs or jelly beans.

Can I Use Different Cereal?

Yes, if you prefer not to use puffed rice, you could replace it with cornflakes. Another alternative, although sometimes difficult to find, would be puffed quinoa.

How Can I Make Puffed Rice Baskets Without Peanut Butter?

If you or someone you plan to serve these puffed rice baskets too can’t have peanut butter, you could replace it with another type of nut butter like almond butter or cashew butter. However, if you need to make them nut-free, look for something like sesame seed paste or sunflower seed butter instead.

Can I Make Puffed Rice Baskets into Bars?

Yes, you definitely could! If you would like to make these as bars, simply press the mixture into a parchment-lined square baking dish before placing it into the fridge. Then, you can cut the rice mixture into bars for serving.

How to Store Puffed Rice Baskets

These puffed rice baskets should be stored in an airtight container in the fridge where they should stay fresh for 1 to 2 weeks.

How to Make Puffed Rice Baskets

Melt the chocolate and peanut butter in a bowl, stirring well to combine. Pour the chocolate mixture over a bowl of puffed rice and stir to combine.

Press the rice mixture in silicone cups or a muffin lined with paper liners. Place in the fridge until set, about 1 hour.

Serve the puffed rice baskets as they are as a snack or top them with chocolate Easter eggs, jelly beans, or other Easter candies.