Peanut Butter Cup Rice Krispie Treats

Rice Krispie treats.....do they bring back memories of being a kid?  Helping your mom make these and hoping to get to clean the bowl when it's over?  Your fingers and face covered in the soft marshmallow?  My mom was more into baking cookies, but for me, Rice Krispie treats still make me feel like a kid again.  These are no exception but are SO much better than the standard kind! 

You still start with a whole bunch of marshmallows, butter and Rice Krispie cereal, but then you add in some chopped up peanut butter cups.  Start by melting your butter with the marshmallow and some light corn syrup.

(Sorry for the blurry pictures, not sure what was wrong with my phone that night!)
If you are super talented or have some help, while that is getting softy and gooey, get your peanut butter cups chopped up and add those to your rice cereal, in a very large bowl.

Once the marshmallow mixture is all soft and melted, pour that over the cereal and candy mixture.  The heat from the marshmallows will start to melt the candy, this is what you want.  Try to stir and coat the cereal as quickly as possible.  You need to get this in your pan in a hurry!
I like to keep my butter wrapper and use that to help spread my mixture into my cake pan.  My fingers don't get too messy and it seems to work just great.
To make it little pretty, melt about 1 Tbls of peanut butter in a small dish, transfer it to a plastic bag, cut the corner and drizzle it all over.  You can also do the same with some melted chocolate chips.  I ran out of time for the double drizzle, still tasted amazing though!

My co-workers chowed these down like there was no tomorrow!

 Peanut Butter Cup Rice Krispie Treats

Ingrediants
6 c. rice cereal
Approx. 40 small peanut butter cups (16-18 big ones), diced
5 Tbls butter or margarin
3 Tbls light karo syrup
1 (10 oz) package plus 2 heaping cups of mini marshmallows
2 Tbls peanut butter
2 Tbls chocolate chips

Directions
1. In large bowl combine cereal and diced peanut butter cups, set aside.  Spray 9x13 inch pan with cooking spray and set aside.
2. In large pot melt butter over low heat.  Add karo syrup and marshmallows and stir continuously until mixture is smooth.  Remove from heat and pour over cereal mixture and fold together until cereal is even coated.  Be careful not to over mix.  Press mixture into cake pan.  Set aside.
3. In small microwave safe bowl, melt peanut butter, start at 30 second intervals.  Let it cool slightly before transferring to small plastic bag.  Cut off one of the corners and pipe onto the treats.  Repeat steps with chocolate chips.
4. Let treats set up for at least 10 minutes before cutting and serving.