This buckeyes recipe is peanut butter balls dipped partway in chocolate. It is not peanut butter cookies or peanut brittle.
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Buckeyes
- Total Time: 1 hour 30 minutes
- Yield: 36 candies 1x
Description
Buckeyes. From Alissa.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 1/2 cups peanut butter
- 1/2 cup (113g) butter, softened
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 3 cups (360g) powdered sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 8 ounces (225g) chocolate, chopped
Instructions
- Beat peanut butter, butter, vanilla, powdered sugar, and salt until a dough forms.
- Roll into balls and chill 30 minutes.
- Melt the chocolate. Dip each ball most of the way, leaving a peanut-butter circle on top. Chill until set.
Notes
A toothpick makes the bare circle. Smooth the hole with a fingertip.
- Prep Time: 25 minutes
- Cook Time: 5 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: No-bake
- Cuisine: American
Peanut butter
A no-stir creamy kind holds the ball. Natural oil splits it.
Chocolate
Chips work if you add a teaspoon of oil.
Dip
Leave the top bare. That is the buckeye.
Chill
Cold balls keep their shape in warm chocolate.
Nutrition (estimated)
About 320 calories per serving. Estimate only, not a lab test.
FAQ
Salt
A pinch in the dough. The chocolate does not need more.
Storage
Fridge, 2 weeks, in a tin.
Freeze
Up to 2 months.
Shape
A heaping teaspoon. Bigger balls do not set in the middle.