better than chocolate*

in a rush to whip up a dessert for my company halloween party, i discovered the easiest recipe using the most blessed combination of ingredients on the planet.

3/4 cup creamy peanut butter
1 package semi-sweet chocolate chips
1/3 cup powdered sugar
3 cups rice krispies cereal
and a little extra peanut butter to pipe through the corner of a ziplock bag

slowly melt peanut butter and chocolate chips in saucepan over low heat, stirring constantly. remove from heat and stir in sugar. in medium bowl, thoroughly combine cereal and one cup of the chocolate mixture. spread into a circle on your serving platter, forming a two-inch-wide edge/rim. pour remaining chocolate mixture into center of circle and spread to edges. pipe extra peanut butter in concentric circles over smooth chocolate center. lightly drag a toothpick through the peanut butter, from the center toward the outside edges, making a spiderweb design. for extra evil, i added reeses pieces around the outside edge since they are halloween colors. chill at least 30 minutes before serving. i stored it in the fridge overnight and it was fine. and unless it is the night before halloween like it was for me, you could find little plastic spiders at the store to stick in the web.

here's the best part - it took all of 20 minutes.

the next best part - this could be used as a birthday dessert or for just about anything else since you could decorate the center with something other than a spiderweb.

i loves me some peanut butter and chocolate.

*from "ice cream" by sarah mclachlan