Buckeye Recipe

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This buckeye recipe is so easy to make with just 5 ingredients! Peanut butter & chocolate candies that are so good to eat or give as gifts!

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Chill Time:1

Total Time2

Course: Dessert, Snack

Cuisine: American

Keyword: buckeye candy recipe, buckeye recipe, buckeyes recipe, recipe for buckeyes

Servings: candies

Calories: 96kcal

Place the peanut butter and softened butter in a large bowl and whip together with an electric mixer until smooth.
Work in the powdered sugar, about 1 cup at a time, until the mixture is similar to a stiff cookie dough.
Stir in the salt.
Using clean hands, roll about 1.5 teaspoons at a time into balls.
Place the balls on a parchment-lined baking sheet, and chill for 1 hour minimum.
Melt the chocolate (in the microwave for 20-second bursts, or over a double boiler), stirring, until smooth.
Drop the peanut butter balls into the melted chocolate, and coat their bottom 2/3 to 3/4, leaving the tops bare so the peanut butter filling is visible.
Transfer the buckeyes back to the baking sheet and allow the chocolate to harden before serving.