BUCKEYES
These homemade candies are a tradition for many families around the holidays. Essentially peanut butter balls dipped in chocolate, buckeyes freeze easily if you want to keep a stash for when company drops by.
Yield: Makes 6 dozen.
July 02, 2019
BUCKEYES
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup salted butter, melted
- 1 cup peanut butter
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 4 3/4 cups sifted icing sugar
- 8 squares semi-sweet chocolate
- 1 1/2 tsp shortening
Directions
- Combine butter, peanut butter and vanilla in a bowl until smooth. Beat in 4 1/2 cups icing sugar. Mixture should be firm and crumbly in appearance. If not, beat in remaining 1/4 cup icing sugar. Shape mixture into 1 inch balls. Place balls on a wax paper-lined cookie sheet. Cover and chill until firm, at least 1 hour.
- Melt chocolate and shortening in a small heavy saucepan over low heat. Dip bottom half of each ball into chocolate mixture and place, chocolate side down, on a wax paper-lined cookie sheet. Cover and chill until firm. Buckeyes may be frozen.
Nutritional analysis per cookie:
78 calories, 4.3 g fat, 0.9 g protein, 9.7 carbohydrate, 0.3 g fibre, 31 mg sodium