Easy Buckeye Recipe

Easy Buckeye Recipe

from sugarspunrun.com
Candy
15 min
155 kcal / serving

You only need a few ingredients and a few minutes to make this easy Buckeye recipe.  These classic candies are partially cloaked with a snappy chocolate shell around a creamy peanut butter center. Mine also include a special secret ingredient!

Ingredients

  • 2 cupscreamy peanut butter (not "natural" peanut butter)
  • ½ cupunsalted butter (softened )
  • 2 tablespoonslight brown sugar (firmly packed (see note))
  • ¼ teaspoonsalt
  • 1 ¼ teaspoonvanilla extract
  • 3 ¼ cupspowdered sugar
  • 2 cupssemisweet chocolate chips
  • 1 teaspooncoconut oil or vegetable shortening

Directions

  1. 1

    Combine peanut butter and butter in the bowl of a stand mixer and beat until well-combined.  

  2. 2

    Add brown sugar, vanilla extract, and salt.  Stir well.

  3. 3

    Gradually add powdered sugar until completely combined.  Scoop into Tablespoon-sized balls and roll with the palms of your hand until smooth and round.**

  4. 4

    Place on wax-paper lined cookie sheet and freeze for 15-20 minutes.  

  5. 5

    While peanut butter balls are chilling, combine chocolate chips and coconut oil (or vegetable shortening) and heat in the microwave in 25-second intervals (stirring well in between) until chocolate is smooth and completely melted.  Pour into a deep dish (I use a wide cup).

  6. 6

    Remove peanut butter balls from freezer, spear the top of each peanut butter ball with a toothpick and, holding the toothpick, dip each buckeye ball into the melted chocolate.

  7. 7

    Return to cookie sheet and remove toothpick.  Use the pads of your fingers to smooth over the toothpick mark.  

  8. 8

    Allow chocolate to harden before eating and enjoying (placing them in the refrigerator will speed up the process of the chocolate hardening!).