Linda's Monster Munch

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• 3 cups puffed rice cereal
• 1 cup dates, chopped
• 1 cup raisins
• 1 cup dry roasted peanuts, unsalted
• 1/3 cup butter or 1/3 cup margarine
• 1 lb marshmallows
• 1/2 cup peanut butter

Recipe

• 1 in a large bowl, combine cereal, dates, raisins and peanuts.
• 2 in a microwave safe 9x13" dish, melt butter and marshmallows on high for 2 minutes. stir.
• 3 add peanut butter. cook on high 2 minutes longer. stir until well blended.
• 4 add cereal mixture to dish, and toss until.
• 5 well coated.
• 6 working quickly with greased hands, form.
• 7 into balls, using about 1/2 cup mixture, per ball.
• 8 if mixture begins to harden, cook on high for 30 seconds, or until softened.
• 9 if desired, mixture may be spread in an unbuttered 9x13" pan, then cooled, and cut into bars. it will make 24 bars.