Peanut Butter Balls
- 2 cups confectioners' sugar
- 2 tablespoons butter or 2 tablespoons margarine, at room temperature
- 1 tablespoon milk
- 2 teaspoons granulated sugar
- 12 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 12 cup creamy peanut butter
- 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1 tablespoon vegetable shortening
- multicolored sugar nonpareils
- Filling: In medium bowl mix confectioners sugar, butter, milk, gran.
- sugar and vanilla w/hands til blended, mix in peanut butter.
- Line jelly roll pan w/wax paper.
- Roll heaping tsp of filling into 3/4" balls.
- Refrigerate at least 2 hrs or til firm.
- Melt chocolate& shortening in small saucepan and scrape into small bowl.
- One at a time, spear Peanut butter balls on toothpick and dip into melted chocolate.
- Lift out, let chocolate drip off.
- Return to lined pan.
- Before chocolate sets, sprinkle w/non-pareils.
- Refrig.
- 10-15 minutes to firm chocolate.
- store airtight for up to 2 weeks.
sugar, butter, milk, sugar, vanilla, peanut butter, semisweet chocolate chips, vegetable shortening, sugar nonpareils
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/peanut-butter-balls-27998 (may not work)