Easy Chocolate Covered Peanut Butter Ritz recipe. Made with only 4 ingredients, this no bake snack idea is perfect to satisfy your sweet tooth.
I know that the holiday season is over. It seems like everyone is on a healthy eating kick this time of year after the Christmas time celebrations are over. But all I want to do is make holiday cookies and and relax with a cold glass of milk this weekend.
Unfortunately, it seems like I don’t have the time to bake cookies. I’m getting back into the swing of going to work after the break, PLUS we have a very active toddler to look after. It has to be quick and easy recipes from here on out. And every day after work, I crave a sweet and salty treat to satisfy my hunger until dinnertime. I actually bought a large box of ritz crackers from Costco the other day so that I could melt chocolate after work and dip the crackers in there. But even that is too much effort these days.
This is where these Chocolate Covered Peanut Butter Ritz come in. This sweet and salty snack combines buttery crackers with a tablespoon of peanut butter, then covered in a rich chocolate coating. It is just what I need after a long day at work.
Chocolate Covered Peanut Butter Ritz Ingredients
You just need 4 simple ingredients to make these chocolate peanut butter crackers. All you need is:
- 24 Ritz crackers (a little under a sleeve of ritz crackers)
- 12 Tbsp peanut butter (this is 3/4 cup peanut butter)
- semi-sweet chocolate chips
- coconut oil
That’s it!
Tips & Variations
Can I use canola oil instead of coconut oil? Unfortunately, coconut oil is the only type of oil that works with this recipe. If you wanted, you could use butter in place of the coconut oil as both harden when cold.
Switch up the peanut butter. You can use any type of nut butter to replace the creamy peanut butter filling. I love almond butter and cashew butter as a replacement. You could even replace it with cookie butter as well. I’m not judging.
Get creative with the melted chocolate. Changing out the type of chocolate can give you new variations to this recipe that you will love. Instead of using semisweet chocolate chips, try using either dark chocolate, milk chocolate or white chocolate chips. If you don’t have coconut oil on hand, try using candy melts!
Storing these chocolate peanut butter ritz crackers. You can store this no bake treat in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 1 week. They also store really well in the freezer. I love making a double batch so that I can enjoy one batch now, and freeze the other batch for later.
More No Bake Dessert Recipes
Like these Chocolate Covered Peanut Butter Ritz? Then you will love these no bake recipe ideas:
- No Bake Cranberry Chocolate Quinoa Cookies
- Crunchy Peanut Butter Pretzel Bites
- No Bake Chocolate Truffle Pie
If you try this recipe, let me know! Give it a star rating, leave a comment and tag me with #atasteofmadness on Instagram! I always love seeing what you are creating!
Chocolate Covered Peanut Butter Ritz
Ingredients
- 24 Ritz crackers
- 12 Tbsp peanut butter
- 2/3 cup chocolate chips
- 2 tsp coconut oil
Instructions
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Spread 1 Tbsp of peanut butter onto a Ritz cracker. Sandwich another cracker on top and place on the baking sheet. Repeat with the remaining crackers.
- In a small microwave safe bowl, melt the chocolate chips and the coconut oil in the microwave in 30 second intervals, mixing until smooth.
- Dip the Ritz sandwiches into the melted chocolate, then return to the baking sheet. Repeat for the remaining sandwiches.
- Place in the fridge until the chocolate is hardened.
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What a fun and tasty chocolate treat. These are perfect for parties or food gifts. I need to make some for the grandkids, they love ritz crackers.
Yes, they are soo good!
My Mom used to make these and I was looking for a recipe to recreate them for my kids. This one came out perfect. I loved the combo of sweet and salty.
That makes me so happy that you could recreate your mother’s recipe 🙂
What a fun snack! I can never resist Ritz crackers but adding peanut butter and chocolate brings them to a whole new lever. I made them for an after school snack and the kids almost didn’t get any!
Haha, it’s hard to stay away!
Love making these ritz treats all year round with different sprinkles ot op! Love how easy they are to make too!
Yes! The sprinkles really add something too 🙂
I made this recipe last yesterday, and oh my, they were a hit! The blend of peanut butter with chocolate on those crunchy Ritz crackers—just perfect. They were super easy to make, too. Definitely a new favorite treat at my house!
Yay! I am so glad they worked out for you 🙂
I love the sweet, salty, and crunchy combo! What a delicious snack and fun to make too! 😀
So happy you liked it!
I grew up eating these chocolate covered peanut butter ritz crackers. This is an oldie but a goodie, they have the perfect sweet and savory combo. Thanks for reminding me I need to make these . I think I will make them Memorial day weekend with red , white and blue sprinkles .
Yes!! That sounds perfect!
What a unique snack! The combination of ritz and chocolate and peanut butter is so good!
It’s so good!!
Such a simple idea but so good! I should have definitely made a double batch of these because they disappeared so fast lol.
It’s hard to stop at just one 😉
A new addition to our Christmas cookie rotation. Coconut oil is overlooked in other recipes. You nailed it. Thanks from the entire family.
That makes me so happy to hear! So glad you and your family liked it 🙂