Description:

Peanut butter filling covered in chocolate

Source:

Dena Maxwell

Serves/Makes:1 batch

Ingredients

• 1-1/2 cups (350 ml) peanut butter
• 6 cups (1425 ml) confectioners' sugar
• 1 cup (225 ml) butter, softened
• 1/2 tsp (2 ml) maple flavoring
• 4 cups (950 ml) semisweet chocolate chips
• 1/2 block paraffin

Preparation

• Blend peanut butter, sugar, butter, and maple flavoring.
• Roll into 1 inch balls and place on a wax paper lined cookie sheet.
• Chill in refrigerator for 1 hour.
• Poke a toothpick into the top of each ball to use as a handle for dipping. You can use the same toothpick for all.
• Melt chocolate chips and paraffin in the top of a double boiler (use very low heat).
• Dip chilled peanut butter balls in chocolate holding onto the toothpick. Leave a small portion of peanut butter showing at the top to make them look like Buckeyes.
• Put back on the wax paper lined cookie sheet and refrigerate 2 hours.
• You may freeze these and keep them in a container in the freezer for up to 2 months.

Comments

These represent the Buckeye State of Ohio. It is a nut that falls from a tree, that is not edible.