Easy Holiday Peanut Butter Balls

Peanut Butter Balls are a nostalgic favorite around the holidays! With just four simple ingredients, these creamy melt-in your-mouth peanut butter balls will quickly become a holiday staple everyone will love.

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Peanut butter balls are by far our families favorite Christmas candy and the most requested treat we make each year! The original recipe came from my mom’s vintage Better Homes and Gardens cookbook and has been a staple in our home for years. I love making Christmas candy to give as gifts for our friends and family and peanut butter balls are must have in our treat boxes.

What you will need-Grocery List

Peanut Butter Balls are made with just a handful of pantry staples and are so easy to put together. Below is a list of everything you will need to make these easy no bake holiday treat.

• Creamy Peanut Butter
• Powdered Sugar
• Butter (room temperature)
• Melting Chocolate
• Parchment Paper

How to make Peanut Butter Balls

Follow these easy steps for the most delicious melt-in-your-mouth peanut butter balls!

Making the peanut butter mixture:

• In a large mixing bowl, mix together 1/2 cup peanut butter and 3 tablespoons room temperature butter until well combined and smooth.
• Gradually add in powdered sugar and mix well.
• Using a teaspoon, scoop out the peanut butter mixture and roll into approximately 1 inch balls.
• Place balls on parchment.

Melting the chocolate for dipping:

• In a microwave safe small bowl, add approximately 8 oz of melting chocolate ( I use both white chocolate and milk chocolate-Ghiardelli melting chocolate or almond bark are my favorites)
• Microwave the chocolate for 30 seconds at a time, stir until melted and smooth.

Dipping the peanut butter balls:

• using a fork, dip peanut butter balls into melted chocolate and completely coat. Allow excess chocolate to drip off fork before gently placing back onto parchment paper.
• Allow chocolate to harden completely and drizzle a little chocolate on top and allow to harden again.

Variations to Peanut Butter Balls

Once you try the this recipe, you will most likely not want another version of peanut butter balls, but the following variations are hard to beat as well!

• Add rice crispy cereal to the peanut butter mixture for an added crunch.
• If you love the crunchy peanut butter, try substituting crunchy peanut butter for creamy.
• Make this recipe into a Buckeye by only dipping 3/4 of the peanut butter ball, leaving the top of the ball exposed to resemble a buckeye.

Storing and Packaging Peanut Butter Balls

• To store peanut butter balls, place in an air tight container between sheets of parchment and store in refrigerator if not serving immediately.
• Make peanut butter balls ahead and store in refrigerator for 2-3 weeks.
• Freeze peanut butter balls for up 3 months in proper freezer storage containers. Allow peanut butter balls to thaw in fridge before serving.

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Happy holiday baking, friend!