Chocolate Peanut Butter Balls
By
Crystal ~
@crystal7
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I make these on various holidays through out the year. They make nice gifts and a tasty addition to your Christmas candy tray. This recipe makes a lot of candy. The amount varies depending on the size of peanut butter balls you make.
Rating:
☆☆☆☆☆ 0 votes0
Serves:
approx. 40-60
Prep:
20 Min
Cook:
40 Min
Method:
Stove Top
Ingredients
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·1½ sticks butter, unsalted
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·1½ cups of creamy peanut butter
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·4 cups powdered sugar
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·chocolate coating:
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·4 pieces of almond bark
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·1 12-oz. pkg. of milk chocolate chips
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·1 cup of semi-sweet chocolate chips
How to Make Chocolate Peanut Butter Balls
- In a large microwave safe mixing bowl, combine butter and peanut butter. Melt in the microwave for about 2 minutes or until butter and peanut butter is combined. Stir the mixture a few times during the microwaving process.
- Remove the bowl from the microwave and stir in the powdered sugar. You may need to use your hands to thoroughly incorporate it.
- Roll the mixture into small balls while mixture is still warm. If mixture becomes too crumbly, put the bowl back into the microwave and warm it up some more.
- Place balls on 2 cookie sheets lined with wax paper. Refrigerate for about 30 minutes to firm the up, or you can set them in the freezer too.
- Dip peanut butter balls into chocolate coating.
- Chocolate Coating:
- Melt all coating ingredients in a small mixing bowl in the microwave just until melted; stirring often.
- Put the bowl of melted chocolate on top of a small saucepan filled with a little bit of water on low heat. This will keep your chocolate warm. (If you have a double boiler, you can use that instead of melting the chocolate and bark in the microwave)
- Using a tooth pick, dip peanut butter balls in the chocolate mixture and then gently tap off the excess chocolate.
- Place ball back on cookie sheet and twist the toothpick gently to pull it out. Using the toothpick, swirl the chocolate a bit over the tooth pick hole to cover it.
- Chill to set the chocolate. Store the candy in an air-tight container in the refrigerator. These also freeze well.
