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Buckeye Balls Recipe

How to make dreamy buckeye balls with just 4 simple ingredients. Easy small batch buckeye recipe, #1 chocolate peanut butter holiday candy!
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Course: Christmas, Desserts
Cuisine: American
Prep Time: 1 hour
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Chill Time: 45 minutes
Total Time: 2 hours
Servings: 24
Calories: 132kcal
Author: Mel Lockcuff

Ingredients

Instructions

  • In a small mixing bowl, mix together the softened butter, creamy peanut butter, and powdered sugar.
  • Take about a tablespoonful or small cookie scoop full of the peanut butter mixture and begin to roll it between your hands. Shape it into as round of a ball as you can, and place it in a single layer on a prepared baking sheet lined with wax paper. Continue rolling the rest of the dough into balls.
  • Add toothpicks, for dipping, to each ball.
  • Chill the peanut butter balls in the fridge or freezer for about 30 minutes.
  • Add the chocolate to a microwave-safe measuring cup or bowl; and melt, starting at 30 seconds, then stirring every 15-20 seconds, 'til melted and smooth.
  • Remove the peanut butter balls from the freezer, and using the inserted toothpicks, dip every single peanut butter ball, partially immersing each one into the melted chocolate.
  • Chill the chocolate covered peanut butter balls in the fridge or freezer ’til set, probably about 15-20 minutes.
  • Then remove all the toothpicks and cover up the holes with your finger (optional step).
  • Store the buckeyes in a wax paper lined airtight container or festive Christmas tin in the fridge.

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Notes

*Make sure the peanut butter you’re using isn’t a super greasy peanut butter, like a more natural peanut butter. If it’s too oily, the chocolate may not want to coat the peanut butter mixture.
How to Melt Chocolate for Dipping
You can melt the chocolate using a double boiler on the stove, or in the microwave. I like to use my 2-cup Pyrex Glass Measuring Cup for dipping. Whatever you do, put the melted chocolate in a deeper dish for dipping; I prefer my Pyrex measuring cup because I can use it in the microwave, and it’s the perfect depth and breadth for dipping.
My buckeyes usually have kind of a chocolate ring around the bottom. You can avoid this by letting excess chocolate drip off the buckeye after dipping; and just lightly press the bottom of the buckeye on a separate sheet of wax paper before putting it back on your cookie sheet.
How to Store Buckeye Balls
Store them in an airtight container in the fridge. While they can sit out for a couple days, they'll last much longer, up to a week and a half to 2 weeks, in the fridge.

Nutrition

Serving: 1g | Calories: 132kcal | Carbohydrates: 14g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g | Cholesterol: 5mg | Sodium: 45mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 11g
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