Buckeye Balls
- 1 (16 ounce) jar crunchy peanut butter
- 1 cup butter or 1 cup margarine, softened
- 1.5 (16 ounce) packages powdered sugar
- 2 cups semisweet chocolate morsels
- 0.5 (12 ounce) bag Hershey chocolate kisses, unwrapped
- 1 (16 ounce) box paraffin wax (Gulf Wax household preferred)
- mix peanut butter , butter and sugar until blended, adding drops of milk to moisten if needed.
- (You want a pliable dough not a crumbly mess).
- Shape into 1-inch balls; chill 10 minutes or until firm.
- In a double Boiler over medium heat melt kisses and Semisweet Chocolate morsels, stirring to mix when melted.
- shave off 1/4 cup of Paraffin wax and add to the chocolate mixture.
- (This hardens the candy coating and smooths out the chocolate for an even coating.
- Yes, it's OK to eat in small quantity!
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- Dip each ball in chocolate mixture until coated; place on wax paper to harden.
- Store in an airtight container.
crunchy peanut butter, butter, powdered sugar, semisweet chocolate, chocolate kisses, paraffin
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/buckeye-balls-262229 (may not work)