So here's the deal, these are TIME CONSUMING, I mean, it took me HOURS to do these start to finish. Seriously, the easiest part was the very last step...the food dye part. But they were totally worth it! They were a hit at my bowling leagues Halloween party and 2 people want the recipe!
So let's go! (I apologize for not sticking to my normal layout, I forgot to take a picture of all the ingredients)
You will need:
5 1/4 cups Confectioners Sugar
6 cups Rice Crispies
4 cups Creamy Peanut Butter
1 cup melted Butter
2 lbs. White Chocolate Chips/Wafers
3/4 bar of Paraffin Wax
M&M's or Reese's Pieces candies
Red food coloring
(I increased the white choc and wax measurements in this post because I didn't have enough white chocolate to do all the balls I made)
1.) Line ~4 cookie trays with wax paper
2.) In a large bowl, mix rice crispies and confectioners sugar together. (Mix carefully, it will make a mess otherwise)
3.) In another med-large bowl, mix peanut butter and melted butter together
4.) Fold peanut butter mixture into rice crispies mixture. Mix as much as you can with a utensil (wooden spoon worked well for the most part) but you will most likely have to use your hands to get the rest mixed.
5.) Once all 4 ingredients mixed well, roll into 1" balls and place on trays (you can place them relatively close together as they aren't being baked) Refrigerate for 15 minutes
6.) Cut up the bar of paraffin wax (a serrated utility knife did well with fine shavings) and mix in with white chocolate chips/wafers. Place into the top of a double boiler (if you do not have a double boiler, a stockpot with a few inches of water and a glass Pyrex bowl to sit over the top of the stockpot will work)
7.) This part works best with 2 people, not sure if I could have done it by myself. Once chocolate is melted, dip peanut butter balls in then place back on tray. The second person should put the M&Ms or Reeses Pieces on top before the chocolate hardens. As for the dipping, if your balls have thawed a bit you can probably spear it with a skewer (mine unfortunately split into pieces because it was to hard, so I flipped the skewer around and it acted like the dipper for dyeing Easter Eggs)
8.) Once all balls have been coated in white chocolate and topped with candy, refrigerate again for 15 minutes
9.) To finish these off, use something shallow and put a few drops of red food coloring in it and add a couple drops of water to dilute it. Take a toothpick and go to town making red lines on the eyeballs :-)
10.) Let sit for a bit so the red dye dries, then eat!
ENJOY
