chocolate peanut puffs

Ingredients

• Servings: 25
• 1 1/2 cups milk chocolate chips
• 1 1/2 cups butterscotch chips
• 1/2 cup milk chocolate chips
• 1/2 cup butterscotch chips
• 3 cups crispy rice cereal (such as rice krispies®)
• 2 cups salted peanuts

Recipe

Cook Time: 20 mins Ready Time: 35 mins


• set up a double-boiler over low heat. put baking sheets into freezer to cool them.
• combine 1 1/2 cup chocolate chips and 1 1/2 cup butterscotch chips in the double-boiler and mix continuously until nearly melted, about 10 minutes. add 1/2 cup chocolate chips and 1/2 cup butterscotch chips; continue to cook and stir until the chips are completely melted, about 10 minutes more. fold rice cereal and salted peanuts into the melted chip mixture.
• remove baking sheets from freezer and cover each with a sheet of waxed paper. remove chocolate mixture from heat and drop spoonfuls of it the waxed paper. heap the cookies into tidy piles for visual appeal.
• put filled baking sheets into the fridge until the chocolate hardens, 15 to 20 minutes.