Dragon Droppings Recipe

It's the time of year to make Hogwart's themed snacks.  According to my daughter, this was the best dragon pooh she's ever had! Think Reese's Peanut Butter Cups meets rice crispy treats.

Dragon Droppings Recipe
yields about 40 dung pieces

Ingredients:
2 1/2 cups peanut butter (can sub sunflower butter)
1/2 cup butter (can sub margarine)
3 cups powdered sugar
3 cups crisp rice cereal
3 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips (about a bag and a half)
3 TBSP shortening (can sub coconut oil)

Put the butter and peanut butter in a very large pot. Yes, it will look too big, but it will make sense later. Over low heat, stir until melted.

Meanwhile, in a bowl, mix the rice cereal and powdered sugar.

The peanut butter and butter mix will look like this when fully melted - no  more lumpies.

Now you're ready to pour the sugar/cereal mix into the peanut butter/butter mix. Stir well, but try not to mash the crispies.

Line 2 baking sheets with waxed paper. Take 2 soup spoons. With 1 spoon, scoop out about a tablespoon of the mix. With the other, scrape the spoonful onto the waxed paper.

About 20 fit on each baking sheet. When one baking sheet it full, with freshly washed hands, shape the blobbies into a  more rounder shape. Then pop the baking sheet into the freezer.  Fill the second sheet, then, if there is room pop it into the freezer. If not, pop it into the fridge.

Meanwhile, while the blobbies are chilling, place the chocolate and the shortening (or coconut oil) into the smallest pot it can actually fit in. Over very low heat, melt the chocolate, stirring often enough so that it doesn't burn.

Take a fork that you don't particularly like, and bend it like the one in the pic. It helps when dipping the blobbies. Leave the blobbies in the freezer for at least 20 minutes. By then, the chocolate should be melted. Take the first sheet of blobs out of the freezer, and if the second one is in the fridge, move it to the freezer. If it is already in the freezer, leave it while working with the first sheet.

Remove chocolate from heat. One at a time, place a blobbie on the bent fork. Lower it into the pot of chocolate. Dunk it in the chocolate. You can use a spoon to ladle the chocolate onto the blob. It's okay if the blob isn't evenly coated - maybe the dragon's digestion was a little off.

Place the now coated piece of dung back on the waxed paper.  When you're finished with the first sheet, pop it back in the freezer and take out the second sheet. The reason you do these one at a time and one sheet at a time is that the peanut butter melts fairly easily. You want it as hard as you can get it when dipping it. Otherwise, it could fall apart.

When you're done with the second sheet, pop it back into the freezer or fridge.  It should take about 30 minutes to set up and harden, then you can remove them and enjoy. If you used coconut oil and the ambient temperature is about 70 F, then store them in the fridge. Otherwise you should be fine storing them at room temp.