Buckeyes

I have at least five recipes for Buckeyes/chocolate peanut butter balls in various shapes and varying the ingredients just slightly. I opted to make the recipe I got in Home Ec. in 7th grade.

2 T butter
1/2 C peanut butter
1/2 C Rice Krispies
3/4 C sifted powdered sugar
3 cubes of chocolate bark

1. Put rice krispies on a tray or cutting board and crush fine using a rolling pin (or throw them in a ziplock bag and let your kid go to town on them).
2. Stir together the krispies crumbs, peanut butter, butter and powdered sugar.
3. Blend using your hands until mixture is smooth and creamy.
4. Roll into 1/2" size balls and put on tray. Refrigerate or freeze to cool.
5. Melt chocolate bark in a 1 C liquid measuring cup. Do this in a microwave oven for about 1 1/2 min. Stir bark for complete melting.
6. Using cold buckeye balls, insert a tooth pick into a ball and dip the ball into the melted chocolate. Let excess drip into the cup and put buckeye onto a waxed paper covered surface to set up (about 3-5 minutes).


This variation is my favorite!!! I think the rice krispies break up the really rich and smooth peanut butter centers. Most don't call for the krispies. Other recipes say to use chocolate chips to cover, or to use a little less butter, etc.

Little Chubb probably would have eaten all of them if I let him, but I wanted to eat them all, so I had to hide them away in the fridge. If you want a super easy, super yummy Christmas candy, these are the ones for you!