CRUNCHY PEANUT BUTTER BALLS – The Southern W...

These Crunchy Peanut Butter Balls are at all times successful! Great to make for any gathering nonetheless we love them for Christmas. They make an awesome reward too.

For those who love this recipe you’ll want to save our Kentucky Bourbon Balls. They’re so good and if you’re not a fan of bourbon, you can also make them with apple juice.

❤️WHY WE LOVE THIS RECIPE

We’re huge peanut butter and chocolate followers so this can be a no brainer for us! Plus they’re a festive deal with through the vacation season. We like to make meals presents through the vacation season and these at all times make an look. For our favorites, see our list here.

SWAPS

We like to make use of crunch peanut butter on this recipe however you may use creamy. We haven’t tried this recipe with the peanut butter that has the heavy oil on high. It’s important to use shortening on this recipe, you may’t swap that for one more ingredient. It has the feel you want and butter received’t work. You should utilize milk chocolate as an alternative of semi-sweet.

CAN YOU FREEZE THESE?

As soon as the chocolate is ready on the peanut butter balls, merely place in a freezer bag and throw them within the freezer. They will hold as much as two months. When able to get pleasure from, simply allow them to thaw within the fridge over night time.

⭐TIP

We don’t use a mixer to make these we discover it does dry them out some for those who do and mixing with a spoon works simply positive. The addition of shortening creates a smoother and extra manageable consistency than melted chocolate alone. Doing this helps to make a extra evenly coated product.

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STORING & SERVING SIZE

We retailer these within the fridge and this makes about 3 dozen relying on the dimensions that you simply make them.

Peanut Butter Balls

Leigh Walkup

These Crunchy Peanut Butter Balls are an exquisite deal with to make through the vacation season. Additionally they make an awesome reward! Add these to your sweet checklist.

Prep Time 20 minutes minutes

2 hours hrs

Whole Time 2 hours hrs 20 minutes minutes

Course sweet

Delicacies American, southern

• 2 cups crunchy peanut butter might use easy
• 1 stick butter or 1/2 cup or 8 tablespoons
• 2 cups confectioners powdered sugar
• 2 cups rice krispies
• 2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 2 tablespoons shortening Non-obligatory (That is stable shortening like Crisco and you can not substitute butter or margarine)

• Soften the peanut butter and butter collectively. (You are able to do it over low warmth on the range or within the microwave. I do mine 2 minutes within the microwave) Combine collectively the powdered sugar and the rice krispies.  Combine the sugar and krispies with the melted peanut butter and butter.  I simply use a picket spoon to combine them collectively. Type into balls about 1 inch in measurement or no matter measurement you want.

• Cowl a baking sheet with wax paper and place peanut butter balls on the sheet and chill within the fridge for about an hour.  Soften the chocolate and shortening both on the range or within the microwave. I do it within the microwave for about 2 1/2 minutes and stir nicely.  Dip peanut butter balls into chocolate and place again on cookie sheet. Maintain chilled till agency or about an hour. Makes 3 dozen relying on measurement you make them.

The addition of shortening creates a smoother and extra manageable consistency than melted chocolate alone. Doing this helps to make a extra evenly coated product.

Key phrase Peanut Butter Balls

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