Description
Rich no-bake peanut butter cheesecake balls merge creamy cheesecake with nutty peanut butter flavors. Rolled in chocolate chips or crushed graham crackers, these bite-sized treats offer delightful indulgence you’ll savor with each delectable morsel.
Ingredients
Scale
- 12 oz (340 g) semi-sweet or milk chocolate chips
- 8 oz (226 g) cream cheese, softened
- 1 ½ cups graham cracker crumbs
- 1 cup creamy peanut butter
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1 tbsp coconut oil or shortening (optional, for smoother chocolate)
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- Crushed peanuts, sprinkles, or melted white chocolate for garnish (optional)
Instructions
- Preparation: Combine cream cheese, peanut butter, powdered sugar, and vanilla extract in a large mixing bowl, blending until smooth and homogeneous.
- Texture Integration: Incorporate graham cracker crumbs into the creamy mixture, ensuring a consistent, moldable composition that holds shape effectively.
- Forming Spheres: Craft uniform balls using a cookie scoop, rolling each between palms to create perfectly round, compact confections.
- Initial Chilling: Arrange formed spheres on a parchment-lined tray and refrigerate for 30 minutes to stabilize their structure and enhance firmness.
- Chocolate Coating: Melt chocolate chips with coconut oil in short microwave intervals, stirring between each heating to create a silky, glossy dipping medium.
- Dipping Process: Carefully immerse each chilled sphere into the molten chocolate, allowing excess to drip off, creating an even, elegant coating.
- Final Embellishment: While chocolate remains wet, sprinkle with crushed peanuts or drizzle white chocolate for added visual and textural complexity.
- Final Chilling: Return chocolate-coated spheres to refrigerator for 15 minutes, allowing chocolate shell to completely set and achieve optimal consistency.
- Serving: Present these indulgent peanut butter cheesecake balls chilled or at room temperature for a delectable treat that balances creamy and crisp textures.
Notes
- Cream Cheese Temperature: Ensure cream cheese is softened at room temperature for smooth, lump-free blending, preventing grainy texture in the mixture.
- Prevent Sticking: Lightly grease hands with cooking spray when rolling balls to stop mixture from clinging and create perfectly round shapes.
- Chocolate Coating Technique: Maintain low, steady microwave heat and stir frequently to prevent chocolate from burning or seizing during melting process.
- Dietary Adaptations: Substitute graham crackers with gluten-free alternatives or crushed nuts for gluten-sensitive individuals, and use dairy-free cream cheese for vegan version.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 45 minutes
- Category: Desserts, Snacks
- Method: Blending
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 13
- Calories: 191
- Sugar: 14 g
- Sodium: 90 mg
- Fat: 12 g
- Saturated Fat: 4 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 7 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 19 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 4 g
- Cholesterol: 15 mg