Old Fashioned Buckeye Peanut Butter Ball Recipe

by | Dec 13, 2024 | Recipes | 1 comment

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Here on the farm, we are always on the lookout for quick, fun recipes that will give us some variety. This week we have just such a recipe, Old Fashioned Buckeye Peanut Butter Balls Recipe, This is a very versatile recipe, you can tweak it in several different ways to get wonderfully diverse treats.

As we are sure you have noticed, if you have read many of our other talks, we like bite-sized treats that are easy to make and family safe.

Old Fashioned Buckeye Peanut Butter Balls Recipe

Ingredients:

2 cups of crushed cookies

2 cups of powdered sugar

2 sticks of butter softened

1 cup of Peanut Butter

Melting Chocolate

colored sugar or sprinkles (optional)

food coloring (optional)

This picture shows the ingredients for Old Fashioned Buckeye Peanut Butter Ball Recipe. You have peranut butter, animal crackers, butter, and powdered sugar.

Steps:

1. In a mixer, cream the softened butter and powdered sugar.

An electric mixer makes short work of it but you can mix by hand if you want to. This is a soft mix so hand mixing is doable.

This picture shows a metal mixer bowl with melted butter.
This picture shows a bag of powdered sugar and a two cup glass measuring cup of powdered sugar ready to use.
This picture shows powdered sugar being added to the melted butter in the metal mixing bowl.
This picture shows the butter and powdered sugar creamed smooth.

2. Add the Peanut Butter and blend until well mixed.

This picture shows a large bucket of peanut butter and one cup of peanut butter measured out ready to use.
This picture shows peanut butter in the metal mixing bowl with the creamed butter and sugar.
This picture shows the peanut butter, powdered sugar and melted butter all blended smooth.

3. Add the crushed cookies and blend well.

We used animal crackers in our mix. But you can use Vanilla Waffers, butter cookies, or whatever sweet cookie you like best or have on hand.

It is easiest to put the whole animal crackers in the blender to crush them up.

This picture shows a jar of animal crackers with two cups measured out ready to use.
This picture shows the animal crackers partially crushed in the blender.
This picture shows the animal crackers crushed to small pieces in the blender.
This picture shows the crushed animal crackers being added to the peanut butter mix in the metal mixing bowl
This picture shows the crushed animal crackers being mixed with the peanut butter mix in the metal mixing bowl
This picture shows the crushed animal crakcers and peanut butter mixture blended smooth in the metal mixing bowl

4. Put the mix into the fridge or freezer to chill.

5. Once chilled, roll the mix into small, bite-sized balls.

You may need to take a few out at a time as the mix becomes very sticky, very quickly. When we roll our mix, we use a little spray oil on our hands to help keep the mix in a ball and not stuck all over our hands.

This picture shows meduim sized, hand rolled balls on a sheet of parchment paper inside a metal baking pan.

6. Put the balls back into the fridge or freezer to harden.

7. Melt your chocolate. Use either store-bought, melting chocolate, or homemade chocolate dip.

We have done both. The store-bought is, as you would imagine, a faster way to do it. But homemade chocolate, in our opinion, has a better taste and is healthier for you.

Making your own chocolate is not a quick thing but in the end, you know what is in it and you control the amount of sugar you add to it.

This picture shows a tub of Baker's melting chocolate.

8. Roll each ball in the melted chocolate. Do this quickly as again, the mix will become sticky very fast.

This picture shows a row of chocolate dipped Buckeye Peanut Butter Balls on a sheet of parchment paper.

It is best to use parchment paper on the baking sheet to keep things from getting all stuck together or having chocolate all over the place.

This picture shows a sheet of parchment paper inside a metal baking pan.

9. Place the Old Fashioned Buckeye Peanut Butter Balls back into the fridge.

10. For special themes or seasonal Peanut Butter Balls, roll them in sprinkles or colored sugar.

You can also add a small, edible cake decoration to the top for some extra flair.

We did several different versions as everyone likes a different kind of treat. For the chocolate lovers, we did the standard melted chocolate. For those who do not like chocolate so much, we rolled the balls into more crushed cookies and added a drop of food coloring for a spot of fun. For those who like it all, we rolled the balls with warm chocolate in sprinkles.

This picture shows a single Old Fashiond Buckeye Peanut Butter Ball.
This picture shows a single Old Fashiond Buckeye Peanut Butter Ball covered with colored sprinkles .
This picture shows a single Old Fashiond Buckeye Peanut Butter Ball rolled in crushed animal crackers.
This picture shows four Old Fashiond Buckeye Peanut Butter Balls rolled in crushed animal crackers.
This picture shows four Old Fashiond Buckeye Peanut Butter Balls each with a different color drop offood coloring on the tops. This makes them look a bit like eyeballs.

This is similar to thinking with do-nuts. Some people like plain glazed, some like chocolate, and some like it all the way with chocolate, cream-filled, and sprinkles.

That is one of the joys of homemade treats, you can make it the way you like it or several different ways in one batch.

It is best to keep them in the fridge until you are ready to serve them. Again, the soft nature of these Old Fashioned Buckeye Peanut Butter Balls makes them melt and turn to mush in minutes.

This recipe makes a soft, creamy inside with a nice, chocolate snap on the outside. It is a rich dessert but not as sweet as some like it. We like the flavor not to be overwhelmed by just sweet.

Normally these are reserved for the Holidays but they are great year-round. If you need a quick treat for church outings, school bake sales, or family get-togethers, this is a good, quick treat with a very rich flavor.

This picture shows the recipe card for the Old Fashioned Buckeye Peanut Butter Ball Recipe. There is an ingredient list as well as a list of directions. The background is light pink at the top and moves into a mint green at the bottom. There is a picture of Old Fashioned Buckeye Peanut Butter Balls at the top right side. The Out Standing in the Field logo is at the bottom left.

This is similar to the recipe we gave you in October for Halloween Green Zombie Bites. And the recipe in November for Keep On-Hand Peanut Butter, Quick Oats, Healthy, Snack Bites.

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If you have kids that like to help in the kitchen, this is a good recipe to include them in. Care needs to be taken with the mixer and melting the chocolate. But the rest of the mixing and rolling is fun for kids and gets them involved with cooking, kitchen chores, and family time.

We hope you have enjoyed this talk about Old Fashioned Buckeye Peanut Butter Balls Recipe. Try making a batch and see how good they are and how easy they are to make. Remember, this is a rich recipe, so take care and do not overindulge.

Thank you for visiting and please come again for another edition of Out Standing in the Field.

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Kitty

Really easy to do and very tasty.

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