Peanut Butter Balls

Peanut Butter Balls

 

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup peanut butter
• 1/4 cup butter, softened
• 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 2 cups powdered sugar
• 1 cup chocolate chips
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil

Directions

In a large bowl, whisk together the peanut butter, butter & vanilla until smooth. Dump in the powdered sugar and stir until too stiff to stir with a fork... then comes the fun part.

 

Dig in with your (clean!) hands and stir & knead until a smooth stiff dough forms. Roll into small (teaspoon-full size) balls and place on a parchment-lined baking sheet.

 

Once you are done rolling all the dough, place the sheet in the fridge to chill and set for a few hours, until very firm.

 

In a small, deep bowl... microwave the chocolate chips and oil together in 30 second intervals - stirring well between each time - until smooth.

 

Using a fork, dip each ball into the chocolate, tap off the excess and set it back on the parchment; repeat. Again, once the pan is finished, place it back in the fridge to set completely for a few hours!

If you have excess chocolate, reheat it in the microwave for a few seconds and then scrape it into a ziploc bag. Cut off a tiny bit of the corner of the bag and drizzle the chocolate over the partially cooled chocolate balls.

 

*Alternately - and much more time-efficiently, especially great if you have littles running around! :

Instead of dipping the balls, place all of the melted chocolate in a ziploc bag and drizzle generously over the peanut butter balls. A little less chocolate to peanut butter ratio, but still great and much quicker & cleaner... and in my opinion cuter!!