CRUNCHY PEANUT BUTTER BALLS – The Southern Woman Cooks

These Crunchy Peanut Butter Balls are all the time successful! Fantastic to make for any gathering nonetheless we love them for Christmas. They make a fantastic present too.

If you happen to love this recipe it would be best 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 massive peanut butter and chocolate followers so this can be a no brainer for us! Plus they’re a festive deal with in the course of the vacation season. We like to make meals presents in the course of the vacation season and these all the time 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 possibly can use creamy. We haven’t tried this recipe with the peanut butter that has the heavy oil on prime. It’s important to use shortening on this recipe, you may’t change that for one more ingredient. It has the feel you want and butter gained’t work. You should use milk chocolate as a substitute of semi-sweet.

CAN YOU FREEZE THESE?

As soon as the chocolate is about on the peanut butter balls, merely place in a freezer bag and throw them within the freezer. They will preserve 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 in the event you do and mixing with a spoon works simply nice. 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 scale that you just make them.

Peanut Butter Balls

Leigh Walkup

These Crunchy Peanut Butter Balls are a beautiful deal with to make in the course of the vacation season. In addition they make a fantastic present! Add these to your sweet listing.

Prep Time 20 minutes minutes

2 hours hrs

Complete Time 2 hours hrs 20 minutes minutes

Course sweet

Delicacies American, southern

• 2 cups crunchy peanut butter might use clean
• 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 strong shortening like Crisco and you can’t 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. Kind into balls about 1 inch in dimension or no matter dimension 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 properly.  Dip peanut butter balls into chocolate and place again on cookie sheet. Preserve chilled till agency or about an hour. Makes 3 dozen relying on dimension 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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