Peanut Butter Balls (Buckeyes) ?!
Answers: Can anyone give me a recipe for chocolate dipped peanut butter balls? I'd like to make them to give for Christmas. Thanks for your help!
I have been making these for 25 yrs. I used to make them with a lady down the street when i was a preteen still make them today lol here is the recipe.
INGREDIENTS
1 1/2 cups peanut butter
1 cup butter, softened
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
6 cups confectioners' sugar
4 cups semisweet chocolate chips
quarter cake parafin wax(makes chocolate shiny and firm)
DIRECTIONS
In a large bowl, mix together the peanut butter, butter, vanilla and confectioners' sugar. The dough will look dry. Roll into 1 inch balls and place on a waxed paper-lined cookie sheet.
Press a toothpick into the top of each ball (to be used later as the handle for dipping) and chill in freezer until firm, about 30 minutes.
Melt chocolate chips in a double boiler or in a bowl set over a pan of barely simmering water. Stir frequently until smooth. add parafin. stir untill melted.
Dip frozen peanut butter balls in chocolate holding onto the toothpick. Leave a small portion of peanut butter showing at the top to make them look like Buckeyes. Put back on the cookie sheet and refrigerate until serving.
Chocolate Dipped Krispy Peanut Butter Balls:
25 min 20 min prep
100 balls
1/2 cup butter or margarine
2 cups chunky peanut butter
1 teaspoon vanilla (optional)
1 lb powdered sugar
3 cups Rice Krispies
Chocolate Dip
2 ounces paraffin wax or shortening
1 (24 ounce) package chocolate chips (using 12 ounces for large balls or 24 ounces for small one)
Melt butter and while hot, stir in peanut butter.
Mix well and add vanilla, powdered sugar and Rice Krispies.
Work in with hands until it will form balls.
Dip into melted chocolate and paraffin with toothpick.
Cool on waxed paper.
um, cooking with parrafin wax?? just use shortening i say!