chocolate peanut butter balls
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.
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yield
serving(s)
prep time
20 Min
cook time
40 Min
method
Stove Top
Ingredients For chocolate peanut butter balls
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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
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1In 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.
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2Remove the bowl from the microwave and stir in the powdered sugar. You may need to use your hands to thoroughly incorporate it.
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3Roll 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.
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4Place 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.
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5Dip peanut butter balls into chocolate coating.
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6Chocolate Coating:
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7Melt all coating ingredients in a small mixing bowl in the microwave just until melted; stirring often.
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8Put 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)
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9Using a tooth pick, dip peanut butter balls in the chocolate mixture and then gently tap off the excess chocolate.
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10Place 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.
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11Chill to set the chocolate. Store the candy in an air-tight container in the refrigerator. These also freeze well.
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