Buckeyes
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!
Reviews of Buckeyes:
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A cookie baker in california Jan 31, 2008
Would not make this again.
I felt that this was wayy to rich for my taste buds. but thanks for sharing and I am a peanutbutter lover!
Kathy in Michigan Jan 10, 2008
Would make this again.
My in-laws made these a Christmas tradition, along with other goodies. We put rice krispies in them for flavor and crunch. Everyone loves them. I make them every year since they have passed.
A cookie baker in Vancouver Dec 23, 2007
Would make this again.
These are delicious. We will definitely make them again. We didn't use toothpicks. What we did was put the balls in the freezer for about 20 minutes and then dropped them into the pot of melted chocolate. We pulled them out with a fork and put them on wax paper. We didn't use wax either...we used a bit of butter instead.
Novice baker in Indiana Dec 20, 2007
Would make this again.
I make these every christmas for our family - found a recipe in one of my wives magazines some time back that matches this one and wanted to try to pitch in on the Christmas baking. I use a glass bowl sitting in a sauce pan for melting the chocolate for a mocked up double boiler - works well. For something a little different I save some of the balls to dip into white chocolate chips - our kids really like those too.
A cookie baker in AZ Dec 19, 2007
Would make this again.
I thought it was great! I did not put in as much sugar, though.
