peanut butter balls or bars
(7 ratings)
One thing I remember about the holidays growing up is that there were always peanut butter balls, or buckeyes, as some people call them!
(7 ratings)
Ingredients For peanut butter balls or bars
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1 jarpeanut butter (about 16 oz, I think..) (crunchy or creamy or both)
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2 lbpowdered sugar
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2 stickbutter or margarine
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1 tspvanilla extract
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12 ozsemisweet chocolate chips
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2 Tbspshortening or paraffin
How To Make peanut butter balls or bars
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1Bring butter or margarine to room temperature (soft).
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2Mix butter with peanut butter and vanilla. I clean out my peanut butter jars and just use what I have, some crunchy some creamy.
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3Add powdered sugar, mix well.
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4Roll into balls and chill (or press into dish for bars)
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5topping: melt chocolate chips on 50% power in microwave for about 1 min., add shortening or paraffin, and stir until smooth. Continue heating at 15 second intervals, stirring until all smooth.
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6dip peanut butter balls into chocolate and remove with toothpick or spoon and cool on wax paper
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7OR pour chocolate over peanut butter bars in dish to make coating, sprinkle with chopped peanuts if desired.
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