Commonly known as Peanut Butter Balls. Recipe can easily be halved or quartered. Paraffin wax can be omitted but it will be a little more difficult to dip the balls without it.
2 lbs. Peanut butter
1 pound butter
3 pounds powdered sugar
two 12-ounce packages of semi-sweet chocolate chips. Use a high quality chocolate.
1/2 of one bar of paraffin wax
toothpicks for dipping
waxed paper
Place wax paper onto cookie sheets and set aside. Cream peanut butter and butter until combined. Add sugar a little at a time. Make sure it is mixed well. Roll peanut butter mixture into approximately 400 1-inch diameter balls. Insert one tooth pick into each small peanut butter ball. Set all of them aside. Melt chocolate and paraffin (parafin helps the chocolate become shiny when it cools) in a double boiler. Be careful not to over-heat the chocolate. Dip the ball into the chocolate so as to ALMOST cover the entire ball. Leave small portion of ball uncoated. Let cool on waxed paper. Store in a cool place.
Note: This recipe makes 400 cookies. Halve or quarter the recipe if you can't eat that many!
Candy Plohg in Lincoln Park,MI Dec 14, 2008
Would make this again.
I LOVE BUCKEYES, My Aunt has made them for years, and I have always loved them. I thought they were a lot harder to make, but I'm going to try to make them for the first time.
Anna in TEXASSS Dec 5, 2008
Would make this again.
these peanut butter balls were AWESOMMMMMEEE!!!
Amy in OHIO Dec 5, 2008
Would make this again.
I now live In Pa. I have to make them for my husband's Aunt, his Brother,cousin's etc... not once but for every birthday and for Christmas, I also Have to make them for the teachers at School thay ask my kids for them!!! The people around here had never had them and love them. there is nothing like them. GO OHIO STATE BUCKEY'S #1
Daun in Pennsylvania Dec 2, 2008
Would make this again.
I love these! My husbands aunt makes these every year at Christmas. They are a family tradition and I am continuing the tradition.
Katie McAndrew in Pennsylvania Nov 16, 2008
Would make this again.
I LOVE peanut butter....and everyone I gave some to absolutely loved it, too. I'll make these many more times before Christmas is actually here!
