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Christmas Candy: Peanut Butter Ball Edition

The peanut butter ball, also known as Buckeye Candy if you A) are from Ohio or B) just can’t be bothered to dip the balls completely in chocolate. I love them and this is the time of year I spend making tin after tin full of them. However, it’s important to note that in perusing various recipes online I have found that most call for way too much sugar and not enough butter. I like mine to have a creamier consistency. You know, so you don’t feel like you are going to choke to death on dry peanut butter while eating them.

Behold, my fail safe Peanut Butter Ball Recipe:

2 cups peanut butter
3/4 stick of softened butter
2 cups powdered sugar
1 bag of melting chocolate

Mix peanut butter and softened butter, add powdered sugar until fully incorporated. Chill. Roll into balls. Chill again before rolling in melted chocolate. (I use Wilton Candy Melts.)

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I might actually consider it Christmastime if I had some buckeye balls…or fudge.