Peanut Butter Nerds

Ingredients

1 jar (18 oz.) peanut butter
1 stick butter (melted)
1 lb. powdered sugar
1 1/4 cups Rice Krispies (or equivalent rice breakfast cereal
1 (12 oz.) and 1 (6 oz.) package semi sweet chocolate morsels
1/4 stick paraffin wax (or use chocolate dipping products like Baker's or Candiquik)

Instructions

Put peanut butter into a large bowl, add alternately (small amounts at a time) butter and sugar. Mix well until all sugar disappears. Add rice and continue mixing. Form into balls the size of walnuts.

Melt morsels and wax in a double boiler, remove from heat. Leave water on the stove at medium temperature. Do not let water boil.

Dip balls into the chocolate mixture with a large spoon, lift out with two forks, rocking back and forth to remove excess chocolate. When chocolate gets too thick, return to hot water until soft enough to dip again. You may need to return mixture back to hot water two or three times.

Place dipped balls on wax paper to cool. Makes three or four dozen.