peanut butter balls or bars

Name: Peanut Butter Balls or Bars
Ingredients: 1 jar(s) peanut butter (about 16 oz, I think..) (crunchy or creamy or both); 2 pound(s) powdered sugar; 2 stick(s) butter or margarine; 1 teaspoon(s) vanilla extract; 12 ounce(s) semisweet chocolate chips; 2 tablespoon(s) shortening or paraffin

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Holly Roeder

Henderson, TN

Updated on Jan 12, 2010

One thing I remember about the holidays growing up is that there were always peanut butter balls, or buckeyes, as some people call them!

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Ingredients

1 jar peanut butter (about 16 oz, I think..) (crunchy or creamy or both)
2 pounds powdered sugar
2 sticks butter or margarine
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
12 ounces semisweet chocolate chips
2 tablespoons shortening or paraffin

How To Make peanut butter balls or bars

Step 1

Bring butter or margarine to room temperature (soft).

Step 2

Mix butter with peanut butter and vanilla. I clean out my peanut butter jars and just use what I have, some crunchy some creamy.
Step 3

Add powdered sugar, mix well.
Step 4

Roll into balls and chill (or press into dish for bars)
Step 5

topping: 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.
Step 6

dip peanut butter balls into chocolate and remove with toothpick or spoon and cool on wax paper
Step 7

OR pour chocolate over peanut butter bars in dish to make coating, sprinkle with chopped peanuts if desired.
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