EASY 4-INGREDIENT BUCKEYE PEANUT BUTTER BALLS
How to make dreamy, creamy, no bake buckeye peanut butter balls with just 4 simple ingredients. Easy small batch buckeye recipe, perfect for dessert!
Buckeyes consist of a creamy peanut butter filling inside a chocolate coating. It just wouldn't be the holidays without a small batch of buckeye balls and Ritz cracker cookies.
In fact, this small batch buckeye recipe is one of our family's favorite Christmas recipes. They're perfect for Valentine's Day too, especially if your significant other loves that chocolate peanut butter combo.
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KITCHEN TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT YOU’LL NEED:
- Mixing Bowl
- Baking Sheet with Wax Paper
- Double Boiler – Or you can use a glass container, like my favorite 2-Cup Pyrex Measuring Cup, in the microwave.
- Toothpicks or Candy Dipping Tools
- Airtight Storage Container or Festive Christmas Tin
HOW TO MAKE BUCKEYE PEANUT BUTTER BALLS
- Your first step will be to soften the butter and adding it to your mixing bowl. You can soften it by either getting it out of the fridge and letting it sit beforehand or putting it in the microwave for a few seconds.
- Add in the peanut butter with the butter.
- Finally, add in the powdered sugar.
- Mix everything together until it’s blended well.
HOW TO SHAPE THE PEANUT BUTTER BALLS
- At this point, you’ll need to shape all of the dough into 1-inch peanut butter balls. You’ll take about a tablespoonful 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 on a baking sheet lined with wax paper.
- Add toothpicks (for dipping) to each ball.
- rolling dough into peanut butter balls, placing on baking sheet, and adding toothpicks
- Once all of the dough is rolled into balls, chill the whole sheet in the fridge or freezer for about half an hour.
HOW TO MELT CHOCOLATE FOR DIPPING:
While your peanut butter balls are chilling, it’s a good time to melt the chocolate and get it ready to go.
Depending on the chocolate you decide to use, you can melt it a couple different ways:
- Melt it using a double boiler on the stove – This is basically a pan inside of another pan with boiling water in the bottom pan. It allows for more even melting without burning, and it also keeps the chocolate warm for dipping.
- Melt it in the microwave – This is usually the route I go.
Also, depending on the type of chocolate used, some people like to add shortening or paraffin wax to their chocolate as it melts. This allows for a thinner coat and stretches your chocolate a little further.
If you use a good quality chocolate, you likely won’t need this step.
HOW TO DIP THE PEANUT BUTTER BALLS:
Dip every single peanut butter ball, leaving the very top part undipped, so to resemble an actual buckeye. We’ve used a regular table fork in the past, as well as tongs or toothpicks. You can also use a dipping fork or tool to dip your peanut butter balls into the chocolate.
At this point, you’ll need to chill the buckeye peanut butter balls for about 15-20 minutes in the freezer; then remove all the toothpicks and cover up the holes with your finger (totally optional).
CAN CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER BALLS BE FROZEN?
Yes, they absolutely can. You can freeze them before or after dipping.
Just be sure to store then in an airtight container or festive Christmas tin to avoid freezer burn.
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