SWEET & SALTY PEANUT BUTTER BITES

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My son Micah and I love peanut butter cups, so we made them into a new treat. We entered these peanut butter no bake cookies in a creative baking contest and won first place! -Autumn Emigh, Gahanna, Ohio

Provided by Taste of Home

Time 25m

Yield about 5 dozen.

Number Of Ingredients 8

Ingredients

1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips
4 peanut butter cups (3/4 ounce each), chopped
1-1/3 cups creamy peanut butter
1 cup sugar
1 cup light corn syrup
1/8 teaspoon salt
4 cups Rice Krispies
1 cup broken pretzels

Steps:

Freeze chocolate chips and peanut butter cups until partially frozen, about 15 minutes. Meanwhile, in a 6-qt. stockpot, combine peanut butter, sugar, corn syrup and salt. Cook and stir over low heat until blended. , Remove from heat; stir in Rice Krispies and pretzels until coated. Let stand 5 minutes; gently fold in chocolate chips and peanut butter cups until just combined. Drop by tablespoonfuls onto waxed paper; let stand until set.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 86 calories, Fat 4g fat (1g saturated fat), Cholesterol 0 cholesterol, Sodium 67mg sodium, Carbohydrate 13g carbohydrate (10g sugars, Fiber 0 fiber), Protein 2g protein.