Yield: Approximately 60 buckeyes
Buckeye Recipe
Prep Time
25 minutes
Additional Time
20 minutes
Total Time
45 minutes
Ingredients
- 2 cups creamy peanut butter
- 1/4 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 2 1/2 cups powdered sugar
- 9 oz. semi-sweet chocolate chips or chunks
- 2 tablespoons Crisco shortening
Instructions
- Mix together peanut butter, butter, salt, and vanilla extract.
- Work in the powdered sugar until it's completely incorporated.
- Roll the peanut butter mixture into 1" balls. Place on a parchment-lined baking sheet and freeze for 15-20 minutes.
- Melt the chocolate and shortening in a double boiler.
- Using a toothpick, dip the balls one at a time in the chocolate leaving a small circle undipped to resemble a buckeye. Or you can use two forks to roll the peanut butter balls in chocolate, completely coating them.