Buckeyes Candies
Have a peanut butter lover in your house or family?
You may think this recipe will feed an army, but in reality it won’t last more than 2-3 days.
These babies are great for taking to a dinner party, bake sale, or just when you have company over to play cards.
These are the INGREDIENTS you will need:
- 16 ounce 4, 16 ounce jars peanut butter
- 16 Ounces 3.5, 16 ounce packages confectioners’ sugar
- 1 cup butter, melted
- 12 Ounce 3, 12 ounce packages semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 2 tablespoons shortening
These are the INSTRUCTIONS for preparation:
- Blend together the peanut butter, sugar and melted butter. Allow to chill in refrigerator.
- Roll into 1 inch round balls and return to refrigerator.
- In a double boiler over medium heat, melt the chocolate and shortening. Whisk together until smooth.
- With a toothpick inserted in the balls, dip them into the chocolate so they look like buckeyes. Place on waxed paper and allow to set in refrigerator.
NOTES:
This recipe can easily be cut in half. Enjoy!!
We frequently make a batch or two of these Buckeye Candies and add them to our Christmas cookie tins.
Buckeyes are technically not a cookie but they scream to be included in your Cookie List!
The combination of peanut butter and chocolate is known to make a chocoholic yell uncle!
You can easily sit down and eat a dozen or two of these candies before you know it. They melt in your mouth!
In order to have enough of the candies to be put in the tins I needed to figure out how to package them quickly in baggies. I put a ribbon on the bags so I could tell if they had been opened.
Then I realized I wasn;t as smart as I thought.
Some of the bags had gone missing!
So now we sit at the table and keep an eye on each other.
Making the tins while everyone was at work or school was very difficult.
There was no one left to keep an eye on me!!
So, now I make an even bigger batch and put together tins for each family member first.
It seems to work as I am able to fill all the tins on my list.
Even trying to hide a batch for when the adults come to gather is difficult.
Adding these to your dessert table won’t disappoint.
Have you ever witnessed a peanut butter chocolate dessert go untouched? Well these won’t get ignored either.
In my home they are pilfered even as they are hardening! So be sure to have plenty around.
Enjoy while you can!
Buckeyes Candies
Ingredients
- 16 ounce 4, 16 ounce jars peanut butter
- 16 Ounces 3.5, 16 ounce packages confectioners' sugar
- 1 cup butter, melted
- 12 Ounce 3, 12 ounce packages semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 2 tablespoons shortening
Instructions
- Blend together the peanut butter, sugar and melted butter. Allow to chill in refrigerator.
- Roll into 1 inch round balls and return to refrigerator.
- In a double boiler over medium heat, melt the chocolate and shortening. Whisk together until smooth.
- With a toothpick inserted in the balls, dip them into the chocolate so they look like buckeyes. Place on waxed paper and allow to set in refrigerator.
Notes
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I love buckeyes! Thank you for sharing on Farm Fresh Tuesdays! I can’t wait to see what you’ve been up to over the last couple of weeks!
Happy New Year!
Even though buckeyes are as common as sugar cookies I still have to have them on hand! Thank you for your hospitality this year and I look forward to 2020!
Your Buckeyes Candies look fantastic! Wishing you and your family a very Merry Christmas and thanks so much for sharing with us at Full Plate Thursday!
Miz Helen
Thank you MizHelen! I wish you and your loved ones a very Merry Christmas!
These sound just wonderful and my family would love them… I keep adding things from your recipes from us to try. Pinned
If they like peanut butter then these will fly off the plate. Thanks for the pin. Merry Christmas and Happy Holiday!
Buckeyes have always been a favorite of mine! I can’t eat gluten so cookies and desserts at Christmas time have always been a little tricky. But these are so effortlessly gluten free and everyone loves them! I’ll be mixing up a batch this week for sure.
I am so glad you can enjoy these buckeyes Johanna. We just found my granddaughter is gluten and folic intolerant. I feel so bad for her as we and her friends figure out what she can eat. Merry Christmas and Happy Holiday!
I love your recipe. These are a family favorite.
I found you through the Inspire Me Monday Link Party. I pinned your recipe to my Cookie board!
Thank you Gina for the visit. And for the Pin! I am tickled you like these cadies. Around here, everyone makes them for their cookie tray! Enjoy this busy week!
I am the peanut butter lover in our house so these are for me. Great recipe. Thanks for sharing.
These buckeyes are oldies but goodies and they show up on many tables. I am glad you love them too Clearissa. Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas!
I’ve never made buckeyes, but your recipe certainly seems easy enough and very, very delicious! Thanks for sharing at the #BloggingGrandmothersLinkParty! I’ve shared on social media.
Thank you for the shares! Do something special for yourself today and enjoy your week!
These buckeye candies look like the would taste delightful! Thank you for linking up at #BloggingGrandmothersLinkParty. I’m sharing your link on social media.
Carol (“Mimi”) from Home with Mimi
This is one of my favorite candies. Glad you like them. Enjoy!
Sounds delicious! You’re one of my features today at Sew It Cook It Craft It.
Thank you so much Lina! I am glad you liked this recipe and will visit soon. Have a great week.
I love peanut butter and these look great Marilyn
Thank you Amber. Have a great week.
I have never made candy. These look incredible. Thanks for sharing at #BloggingGrandmothersLinkParty.
They are as easy as cookies! Thanks Clearissa. Have a great week.
thanks for joining us at #BloggingGrandmothersLinkParty, Marilyn. Always great to have you along.
Always fun to party Sue. Have a great week!
Yummy! Interesting idea for a candy.
Thanks so much for sharing at #bloggerspotlight
Thank you Hil. I love to make candy at holiday time. This is a good one. Have a great week!
I wholeheartedly agree–you can never go wrong with peanut butter and chocolate! Thanks for sharing this #BloggingGrandmothersLinkParty .
Thanks Donna! Have a good holiday.
Oh how delicious! Thank you for linking up at #BloggingGrandmothersLinkParty!
You are welcome! Have a good holiday.
This is such a large recipe and everyone loves peanut butter and chocolate together. I bet they freeze well too. They look really delish. Yum
They freeze great! Just don’t keep them longer than 3 months because the chocolatre will turn . Have a good holiday.
Can’t go wrong with peanut butter and chocolate 🙂 Thank you Marilyn for linking up at the #BloggingGrandmothersLinkParty. I shared this post.
You are welcome! Have a good holiday.
I love making Buckeyes. I do this every Christmas and New years. I use the smallest ice cream scoop. That I use to make cookies with to make the balls. Yes, they are a little bigger. But it saves time and doesn’t make my wrists hurt. My family loves them.
I use a veggie scoop. But when then dough starts to stick, I usually just use my fingers. Don’t tell on me! ?
Yummy! These are some of my favorites. Thank you for the recipe!
Thank you Amy. This recipe is large but easily cut in half. Enjoy to your hearts content! Have a great week.
Thanks so much for sharing your awesome Buckeyes with us at Full Plate Thursday. Hope you have a great weekend and enjoy your 4th!
Come Back Soon!
Miz Helen
Thank you Miz Helen for stopping by. Have a lovely day!
These look yummy, thanks for sharing at the pit stop! 🙂
Pit Stop Crew
Thank you Julie! Have a lovely day!
Buckeyes are one of my favorite holiday treats. And I thought my single jar recipe was a large batch. Thanks so much for sharing at the #happynowlinkup!
I cut it down for every occasion but Christmas. ? Have a lovely day!
Oh Marilyn – You just made my year! I just had one .. ok maybe 2 (that’s all I bought I was being good. LOL ) of these when I was visiting South Carolina earlier this month and YUM! So quick question – can you cut the recipe in 1/2 to make a smaller batch? Thanks for linking up to #TuneInThursday today. 🙂
You sure can! When I am not making them as gifts I cut it in half or quarters! Enjoy. Enjoy the day.
My mom used to make treats like this at Christmas! They had gram cracker crumbs and were completely covered in chocolate. I should probably try making them myself. 🙂
I love the stories that are told of childhood memories. In my own home we cherish our traiditions of food and family. Thanks for sharing. Have a great week!
This is one of our favorites as a family; being obsessed with peanut butter! Thank you for sharing it at Make it Pretty Monday! Hope you’re having a lovely week. Toodles, Kathryn @TheDedicatedHouse
I can still remember my first peanut butter experience. It hooked me for life! Thx and enjoy your day!
These look amazing! My mom used to make something like this when I was a kid and I loved them.
We had them at Christmas. I need to make them again soon! Thx and enjoy your day!
Looks so yummy.
Thanks Patrick!!
Gotta love any recipe that starts with four large jars of peanut butter!
I know. A bit excessive?? I think not!! Peanut butter and chocolate are my life. Enjoy your week!
I have a good friend that would love these. Pinning to make for her!
What a great gesture Roseann. I know she will love it, and the candies!! Have a great week.
Marilyn, These look so good! The kids love the Buckeye cookies, I have no doubt they would go wild for these too! Thanks for sharing.
They would love them. Easy to pop in a pocket! LOL. My boys used to. Have a good day!
Yes, I could finish the whole batch in a day, myself! They are addicting. Haven’t made them in years. Pinning!
Thanks for the pin Cathy! I agree they are my favorite candy! Have a good day!
Buckeyes are yummy!
They sure are! Time to make a half batch!! Have a lovely week!
Visiting from Strangers and Pilgrims today and saw this recipe. I just had one of these candies a couple of weeks ago for the first time. YUM! I’m so glad to have the recipe now.
Thank you and blessings to you,
Patti
Thank you Patti! I am so glad you found my recipe. It seems to make a lot but I am sure you found it won’t go as far as you planned! Have a lovely week!
Buckeyes – yeah!! Thanks for sharing on the What’s for Dinner link up!
I just love when I come across this recipe! Makes me so hungry. Have a lovely week!
Yum! I’m the chocolate peanut butter lover around here and those look so good! It makes a lot. I think I’ll have to wait to make this one for a potluck. Do you know how they freeze and then thaw out? I’d imagine pretty good.
These freeze very well Cheryl. And I warn you, it does make a huge lot. But it is easy to devour 6-10 in a sitting! I have to package them in lots of 5!! Enjoy your week.
These are really calling to me right now!
So funny to login today and see a comment from you. Last night I dreamt you came on to say you had shaved your beard but still hiking! How funny the mind works. Enjoy your day.
That is a HUGE recipe! Wow… and yes, they would go fast here, but that’s a lot of sugar for my family (they would LOVE it. These sound great though and I think I would have to make them when I am also taking them somewhere. 🙂 Then we would have plenty.. and could also share them. I have never made these and like the idea.
The buckeyes truly fit both the idea of taking to a gathering as well as having an easy to treat in your home. I hope you get to sample them! Enjoy this Christmas season and holiday!!
It makes a lot. I can’t get enough peanut butter, so I pinned the recipe.
Thanks Barbara. You would be surprised how fast this will go! Enjoy your week!
Thanks Joyce. do you recognize them? 🙂
My grand daughter just asked to make them this Christmas so we will trylook good thanks for sharing
Sue
I know you will enjoy these buckeyes! Let me know how it goes. Enjoy this Christmas season and holiday!!