Natural Peanut Butter Balls

These peanut butter balls are a holiday favorite in our house. I modified my mother's recipe to use natural peanut butter. 
==Ingredients==
*1 jar unsalted crunchy natural peanut butter
*1/2 - 3/4 jar salted crunchy natural peanut butter
*1 stick of butter, softened
*1-1/3 C. powdered sugar
*7+ C. of puffed rice cereal ("Rice Krispies")
*1-2 packages of chocolate bits
==Directions==
*Using a mixer, blend peanut butter and butter with sugar.
*Add the rice cereal and mix well. The dough should be very stiff, and it may be necessary to hand mix the last cup.
*Chill dough thoroughly.
*Roll the dough into 1-inch balls, and place on wax paper. Freeze until solid.
*Melt chocolate in a double boiler.
*Dip each ball into the chocolate to cover. 
*Return to the wax paper and chill or freeze until chocolate has set.
*Store balls in a tightly sealed container in the refrigerator.
==Notes==
*makes 6-7 dozen
*Add additional peanut butter, sugar, or rice krispies as needed to provide desired taste/texture
*The dough will be fairly sticky even after it is chilled. Food preparation gloves are helpful for rolling it into balls. 
*Freezing the balls in a metal brownie tin, and then placing the tin on a flat ice pack to stay cold while dipping them in the chocolate makes that step much easier.
;For similar recipes, see Peanut Butter Balls
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