Buckeye Balls are an EASY dessert made from peanut butter balls dipped in chocolate for a no-bake candy with only 6 ingredients!
Chocolate Dipped Candies are a huge hit during the holidays and we especially love easy ones like Chocolate Covered Pretzels, Chocolate Covered Strawberries, and Chocolate Covered Oreos!
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BUCKEYE BALLS RECIPE
Looking for easy Candy Recipes? These Buckeye Balls are almost like homemade Reese’s cups with almost none of the effort. With the toothpick trick you’ll love having your kids help you make these little peanut butter bites too.
You can even dip these peanut butter balls in festive sprinkles for all different special occasions. Different holidays, different colored sprinkles from Thanksgiving to Christmas, to Valentine’s Day, the 4th of July or even Easter. These Buckeye Balls make a great gift for friends, family, coworkers or neighbors. They’re even easy enough to add to your holiday baking schedule or make for a holiday dessert table for your big parties you’ve got coming up.
They’re no bake and only take six ingredients, so you can make these ahead of time and put them in the freezer until you need them. Just be sure to defrost them in the fridge, pat them dry with a paper towel before dipping them in melted chocolate. These easy candies are the peanut butter version of the ever popular Oreo Balls.
Buckeye Balls
Buckeye Balls are an EASY dessert made from peanut butter balls dipped in chocolate for a no-bake candy with only 6 ingredients!
Ingredients US CustomaryMetric
- ▢1 1/2 cups peanut butter
- ▢1/2 cup unsalted butter , room temperature
- ▢1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ▢3 cups powdered sugar , unsifted
- ▢6 ounces semi-sweet chocolate chips
- ▢1 tablespoon shortening
Instructions
- To a stand mixer add the peanut butter, butter, vanilla and powdered sugar and beat it until it forms a stiff dough then then roll the dough into balls made with 2 teaspoons of dough.
- Put the balls on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper then refrigerate for at least an hour before using a microwave safe bowl to melt the chocolate and shortening in 30 second increments until fully melted (mix in between each 30 seconds, for 60-90 seconds total).
- Dip the balls almost all the way leaving the eye of the peanut butter ball showing before scraping the fork across the lip of the bowl to remove excess chocolate and using a toothpick to push the buckeye ball onto the parchment paper to harden for at least 30-45 minutes in the refrigerator before eating.
Notes
Note: click on times in the instructions to start a kitchen timer while cooking.
Nutrition
Calories: 233kcal | Carbohydrates: 21g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 15g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Cholesterol: 10mg | Sodium: 75mg | Potassium: 144mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 18g | Vitamin A: 120IU | Calcium: 12mg | Iron: 0.8mg