4-Ingredient Buckeyes

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⏱ 180 mins 🍽 6 dozen 🏷 Candy

Named for their resemblance to the nut of the Buckeye tree, these sweet treats offer a safe and delicious alternative to the inedible original. This straightforward candy recipe requires only four components to create dozens of peanut butter centres enrobed in a chocolate coating. The process involves mixing, shaping, chilling, and dipping, resulting in a classic confection ideal for gifting or gatherings. You will need about 180 minutes from start to finish, including chilling time.

4-Ingredient Buckeyes

Ingredients

  • 2 cups creamy peanut butter
  • 3 3/4 cups powdered sugar
  • 1/4 cup butter, softened
  • 2 cups dipping chocolate or 2 cups chocolate bark

Method

  1. Prepare two or three large cookie pans by lining them with wax paper.
  2. In a large bowl, combine the creamy peanut butter and softened butter, beating them together until the mixture is creamy.
  3. Add the powdered sugar, stirring it in before beating the mixture again until it becomes smooth.
  4. Form the mixture into balls measuring 1" in diameter and arrange them on the prepared pans.
  5. Place the pans in the freezer and allow the balls to chill for a minimum of one hour.
  6. Following the instructions on its packaging, melt your chosen dipping chocolate or chocolate bark.
  7. Take each frozen peanut butter ball and, using a toothpick, dip it into the melted chocolate.
  8. Place each dipped ball back onto the wax paper-lined pans, smoothing the top to cover the hole from the toothpick.
  9. Transfer the pans to the refrigerator and leave the candies there until the chocolate has fully set.

Nutrition (per serving)

Sodium463800 mg

Recipe details

CategoryCandy
AuthorStarrynews