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Homemade Chocolate Peanut Butter Balls

Homemade Chocolate Peanut Butter Balls

Course: Candy
Cuisine: American
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 3 minutes
Total Time: 13 minutes
Servings: 36
Author: Colleen Kennedy adapted from She Wears Many Hats
Homemade Chocolate Peanut Butter Balls make the perfect snack, dessert or food gift. Just a handful of ingredients yield a delicious homemade candy treat.
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Ingredients

  • ¾ cup creamy peanut butter
  • ¼ cup butter room temperature.
  • 1 ½ cups powdered sugar
  • 12 ounces chocolate such as semi-sweet chocolate chips or chocolate melting bars
  • Optional 1 ½ teaspoons shortening

Instructions

  • Mix the peanut butter, butter and powdered sugar together until smooth. For this you can do it by hand using a spatula or via a mixer.
  • Place mixture into the refrigerator for 30 minutes (or more) or place on the quick freeze shelf of your freezer or 15-20 minutes.
  • Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and roll the mixture into balls, placing them on the prepared baking sheet. (Chilling the batter makes it easier and less messy to roll).
  • Once you have all the balls rolled. Place them into the freezer for 20-30 minutes.
  • When ready to dip the peanut butter balls, fill a small pot ¼ of the way with water and bring it to a boil.
  • Carefully set a large metal bowl over the pot with the chocolate in it. Whisk chocolate until melted. This will only take a couple of minutes. Watch out for steam escaping from the put. I tilt my metal bowl on an angle and allow the steam to escape out the back.
  • Whisk firmly and quickly until smooth.
  • Then quickly coat the balls one by one in the chocolate. I place a ball in with a small spoon, spoon chocolate over it and then using athin metal icing spatula like this one (less than $4), quickly lift it out from the chocolate and place it on your parchment paper-lined baking sheet.
  • Once all balls are coated, chill until chocolate is firm. This simple tool is the most efficient way to lift most things I dip out efficiently without taking too much chocolate with them.