Community Pick
Best Ever Buckeyes
photo by Jessica M.
- Ready In:
- 10mins
- Ingredients:
- 6
- Yields:
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40 balls
ingredients
- 354.88 ml peanut butter
- 118.29 ml margarine or 118.29 ml butter
- 453.59 g powdered sugar
- 4.92 ml vanilla
- 354.88 ml chocolate chips
- use 1/2 tsp of shortening per oz of chocolate instead paraffin wax
directions
- Mix peanut butter, margarine or butter, powdered sugar, and vanilla in bowl (It helps to soften the margarine).
- Shape into 1" balls.
- Refrigerate balls.
- Meanwhile, melt chocolate with a bit of crisco (so the chocolate will harden. Without crisco, chocolate will remain soft.) in double boiler.
- Insert toothpick into refrigerated balls and dip into chocolate, leaving small area resembling a buckeye.
- Cool on wax paper and store in refrigerator or freezer.
Reviews
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Very delish! I was craving buckeyes today, and this hit the spot! The vanilla was a lovely touch! I did, however, have to edit the recipe a little. As I was mixing the powdered sugar in (I do it little by little), I realized that the mixture was going to get way too dry if I added the whole package. I think I used 3/4 of the package, and that was definitely enough. It might have been my fault, because I was using organic peanut butter, but I would think it would make the mixture moister instead of drier. Other than that, though, the recipe was wonderful :-) I used about 2 tbsp. of Crisco, and the chocolate hardened beautifully. Thank you for sharing!
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I can't for the life of me figure out why you would use crisco or any oil. I always make these without it and they come out perfectly. I use 1 cup of butter instead of a half cup, but nothing in the chocolate. The chocolate hardens around the peanut butter within seconds of being put on the tray. Also if you're in a hurry, you can put the tray in the freezer for about 40 minutes instead of hours in the fridge.
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Tweaks
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These are excellent. I started out using 1/2 the powdered sugar because some of the other posts. But that made the mixture to difficult to roll into balls. Added the rest of the powdered sugar, put the dough in the freezer for about 30 minutes. That made it much easier to roll into balls, but I had to keep re-cooling it. Then I put the balls in the freezer for a while before dipping. I used almond bark instead of chocolate chips. I used 1/2 of the package. It was just enough for dipping with a couple tablespoons leftover. I like to drizzle chocolate to cover the whole ball. That ugly toothpick hole bugs me for some reason. I never knew before that adding crisco would make the chocolate stay hard....thank you! (I used 3 T like others mentioned in reviews.) These are awesome. I'm not sure that any of these will actually end up gifts like I intended. I think I'll have to keep them for myself.