Natural Peanut Butter Balls

These peanut butter balls are a holiday favorite in our house. I modified my mother's recipe to use natural peanut butter.

Ingredients

 * 1 jar unsalted crunchy natural peanut butter
 * 1/2 - 3/4 jar salted crunchy natural peanut butter
 * 1 stick of butter, softened
 * 1-1/3 C. powdered sugar
 * 7+ C. of puffed rice cereal ("Rice Krispies")
 * 1-2 packages of chocolate bits

Directions

 * Using a mixer, blend peanut butter and butter with sugar.
 * Add the rice cereal and mix well. The dough should be very stiff, and it may be necessary to hand mix the last cup.
 * Chill dough thoroughly.
 * Roll the dough into 1-inch balls, and place on wax paper. Freeze until solid.
 * Melt chocolate in a double boiler.
 * Dip each ball into the chocolate to cover.
 * Return to the wax paper and chill or freeze until chocolate has set.
 * Store balls in a tightly sealed container in the refrigerator.