½ cup butter or margarine
2 cups peanut butter, preferably chunk-style
1 (1-pound) box powdered sugar
3 cups oven-toasted rice cereal
1 (6-ounce) package semisweet chocolate pieces
¼ stick paraffin
Cream together butter, peanut butter and powdered-sugar in large bowl.
Stir in rice cereal.
Shape into ¾-inch balls and chill.
Combine chocolate pieces and paraffin in top of double boiler.
Heat over simmering water until melted, stirring lightly.
Pick up each ball with wood pick or wooden skewer, dip into chocolate until coated then place on wax-paper-lined tray.
Remove wood pick, fill bare spots (if any) with chocolate using spoon.
Cool or chill until set.
Makes about 6 dozen.
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