Peanut Butter Balls (Buckeyes)

If you want to add more gluten free and fodmap friendly recipes to your recipe box, Peanut Butter Balls (Buckeyes) might be a recipe you should try. For 16 cents per serving, this recipe covers 3% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 48. This dessert has 155 calories, 3g of protein, and 9g of fat per serving. Head to the store and pick up smooth peanut butter, kosher salt, vanillan extract, and a few other things to make it today. 1408 people have tried and liked this recipe. It is brought to you by Simply Recipes. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 2 hours and 12 minutes. All things considered, we decided this recipe deserves a spoonacular score of 18%. This score is rather bad. Try Peanut Butter Buckeyes, Peanut Butter Buckeyes, and No Bake Peanut Butter Buckeyes for similar recipes.

Servings: 48

Preparation duration: 12 minutes

Cooking duration: 120 minutes

 

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cups (390 g) smooth peanut butter (not "natural")

1/2 cup (115 g / 1 stick) unsalted butter, melted

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

3/4 teaspoon kosher salt

3 1/2 cups (400 g) powdered sugar

3 cups (525 g) semi-sweet chocolate chips

Equipment:

sieve

bowl

baking paper

baking pan

microwave

toothpicks

skewers

baking sheet

Cooking instruction summary:

Make the peanut butter filling: Place the peanut butter, melted butter, vanilla and salt in a large bowl and stir until well blended. Sift 2 cups of powdered sugar into the bowl using a fine-mesh strainer and stir until the sugar is absorbed. Sift the remaining powdered sugar and mix in and a smooth stiff paste forms. Shape the filling into balls: Scoop up a small portion of dough (a small cookie scoop is great for this!). Form 1-inch balls by rolling them between your palms. Place on a rimmed baking pan lined with a piece of parchment paper. Repeat until all the peanut butter filling is gone. Chill for at least 1 hour or overnight in the refrigerator so the balls become firm enough to dip. Melt the chocolate for the coating: Once the peanut butter balls have chilled, place the chocolate chips in a microwave safe bowl and microwave in 30 second increments on high power, stirring between each cook cycle, until the chocolate has melted and is smooth. Dip the peanut butter balls in the melted chocolate: Skewer one of the peanut butter balls with a toothpick and dip it in the melted chocolate until 3/4 of the ball is covered in chocolate. Leave the top of the ball uncovered so you can see a little of the peanut butter. Place back on the baking sheet and repeat with the remaining balls. Chill the buckeye balls: Refrigerate for at least 1 hour or overnight for the chocolate to solidify. Once the chocolate is solid, wet your finger and smooth over the hole the toothpick has formed with your finger. Store buckeyes in an airtight container in the refrigerator until ready to eat. Buckeyes can be kept in an airtight container in the fridge for several weeks, or (wrapped tightly) in the freezer for several months.

 

Step by step:

Make the peanut butter filling

1. Place the peanut butter, melted butter, vanilla and salt in a large bowl and stir until well blended. Sift 2 cups of powdered sugar into the bowl using a fine-mesh strainer and stir until the sugar is absorbed. Sift the remaining powdered sugar and mix in and a smooth stiff paste forms.

2. Shape the filling into balls: Scoop up a small portion of dough (a small cookie scoop is great for this!). Form 1-inch balls by rolling them between your palms.

3. Place on a rimmed baking pan lined with a piece of parchment paper. Repeat until all the peanut butter filling is gone.

4. Chill for at least 1 hour or overnight in the refrigerator so the balls become firm enough to dip.

5. Melt the chocolate for the coating: Once the peanut butter balls have chilled, place the chocolate chips in a microwave safe bowl and microwave in 30 second increments on high power, stirring between each cook cycle, until the chocolate has melted and is smooth.

6. Dip the peanut butter balls in the melted chocolate: Skewer one of the peanut butter balls with a toothpick and dip it in the melted chocolate until 3/4 of the ball is covered in chocolate. Leave the top of the ball uncovered so you can see a little of the peanut butter.

7. Place back on the baking sheet and repeat with the remaining balls.

8. Chill the buckeye balls: Refrigerate for at least 1 hour or overnight for the chocolate to solidify. Once the chocolate is solid, wet your finger and smooth over the hole the toothpick has formed with your finger.

9. Store buckeyes in an airtight container in the refrigerator until ready to eat. Buckeyes can be kept in an airtight container in the fridge for several weeks, or (wrapped tightly) in the freezer for several months.


Nutrition Information:

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155k Calories
2g Protein
8g Total Fat
16g Carbs
1% Health Score
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Calories
155k
8%

Fat
8g
14%

  Saturated Fat
4g
26%

Carbohydrates
16g
6%

  Sugar
12g
14%

Cholesterol
5mg
2%

Sodium
81mg
4%

Caffeine
9mg
3%

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Protein
2g
6%

Manganese
0.27mg
13%

Copper
0.18mg
9%

Magnesium
33mg
8%

Vitamin B3
1mg
6%

Phosphorus
58mg
6%

Vitamin E
0.85mg
6%

Fiber
1g
5%

Iron
0.85mg
5%

Zinc
0.52mg
3%

Potassium
117mg
3%

Selenium
1µg
2%

Vitamin B1
0.03mg
2%

Vitamin B6
0.03mg
1%

Vitamin A
64IU
1%

Folate
4µg
1%

Vitamin B5
0.12mg
1%

Calcium
10mg
1%

covered percent of daily need
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