Kix Balls

Combination of, kix cereal, buttery butterscotch, semi-sweet chocolate, and peanut butter. Dessert can be made in less than 10 minutes.

Simple and quick recipe for the holidays - Kix Balls

Do you have a favorite Christmas cookie? I have quite a few, and this Kix Ball recipe is one of them. It is a delicious combination of buttery butterscotch, semi-sweet chocolate, and peanut butter. It is luxurious. I love the creamy coating with a little crunch from the cereal.

Christmas Cookie - Kix Balls

My family always called this dessert, Kix Balls. I have heard them as Reindeer Poop also.

Equipment

• Large mixing bowl

• Microwave safe bowl

• Spatula

• Sheet pan

• Wax paper

• Ice cream scoop

Tips or Tricks

• Chill for 30 minutes prior to storing in an airtight container

• Store Kix balls with wax paper between each layer of Kix balls

Length of Time

• Prep Time - 5 minutes

• Cook time - 1-2 minutes

Servings

• Serving Size: 1 Kix ball

• Servings: Roughly 24 (depending on size of balls you create)

Ingredients

• 10 cups Kix cereal

• 12 ounces semi-sweet chocolate morsels

• 11 ounces butter scotch morsels

• 1 cup peanut butter

• Sprinkles - optional

Directions

1. Line sheet pan with wax paper – set aside

2. Pour cereal into a large bowl – set aside

3. In a microwave safe proof bowl add chocolate and butterscotch.

4. Microwave for roughly 30 seconds. Pull out and stir, if very little is melted, repeat for 15 seconds.

5. Continue for 15 seconds until roughly 1/3 is melted.

6. Pull out and stir to melt the rest. The heat of the bowl and chocolate chips will melt each other. It will take a minute or so. (Each microwave is different so time will vary.)

7. Stir in peanut butter

8. Pour over cereal, mix coating cereal evenly

9. Use the ice cream scoop to scoop out the Kix balls onto wax papered sheet pans. While wet, add sprinkles.

10. Place in refrigerator to harden

11. 11.  Serve