Peanut Butter Balls aka Peanut Butter Truffles if you want to be fancy!
Who doesn’t love a peanut butter cup? Probably some people. but not me! I love peanut butter cups! These peanut butter balls are a confection/cookie that taste like a peanut butter cup, but like the most LOADED peanut butter cup you’ve ever made! These treats are great to store in the freezer, and not that I am looking forward to Christmas time just yet (when will the snow go away!), but they do make a great addition to any holiday baking platter!
Peanut Buttery goodness!
Peanut Butter Balls
Yield: 20-25 balls
3/4 cup Peanut Butter (smooth or chunky, whatever you got!)
1/4 cup Butter, melted
1/2 teaspoon Salt
1 3/4 cup Icing Sugar
1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract (optional)
Dipping chocolate:
2 cup chocolate
1 Tbsp Oil or butter
in a bowl combine the peanut butter, melted butter, salt, and vanilla. Stir to combine.
Add icing sugar and stir in, it’s going to be fairly dry, so you will have to mix with your hands once you get most of the icing sugar mixed in (or a mixer will work too!). The mixture will look fairly dry and crumbly, but you should be able to press it together into a ball and it will hold its shape. If it is too dry to do that, add a tablespoon or two more melted butter until the mixture can be pressed into a ball.
Press the dough into balls using your hands and place them onto a parchment lined baking tray.
Place your chocolate and oil into a bowl and melt together in the microwave or on a double boiler until smooth.
Dunk each ball into the chocolate and pull out using a fork, scraping any excess chocolate from the bottom of your peanut butter ball by dragging the base of your fork along the edge of your chocolate bowl.
Place the coated balls onto your parchment lined tray. Add sprinkles if you like!
Chill in the fridge for at least 30 minutes, or until chocolate have firmed up.
Eat!