Description
Irresistible peanut butter balls combine creamy chocolate and nutty goodness for a classic no-bake treat. Sweet indulgence meets simple preparation, creating a delightful snack you’ll crave again and again.
Ingredients
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Main Ingredients:
- 1 cup creamy peanut butter
- 2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 2 cups powdered sugar
Binding Ingredients:
- ¼ cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Coating Ingredients:
- 2 tablespoons coconut oil or vegetable shortening
Instructions
- Prepare a spacious mixing vessel and blend peanut butter, powdered sugar, and graham cracker crumbs until a cohesive, dense mixture forms. Integrate vanilla extract, using hands to thoroughly incorporate all components into a uniform consistency.
- Utilize a cookie scoop to craft compact, uniform spheres from the nutty mixture. Arrange these delicate orbs on a parchment-lined tray, ensuring consistent sizing.
- Chill the formed spheres in the refrigerator for approximately half an hour, allowing them to solidify and maintain their shape during the chocolate coating process.
- Create a melting station for the chocolate chips using either a double boiler or microwave technique. Heat gently, stirring frequently to achieve a silky, glossy texture. Optional: incorporate coconut oil for a smoother chocolate coating.
- Remove chilled peanut butter spheres and carefully immerse each one in the molten chocolate. Employ a fork to ensure complete coverage, allowing excess chocolate to elegantly cascade back into the melting vessel.
- Return chocolate-enrobed spheres to the parchment-lined tray, then refrigerate until the chocolate shell becomes completely firm and gleaming.
- Transfer the completed confections to an airtight storage container. Refrigerate and consume within one week, though their irresistible nature suggests they will vanish much sooner.
Notes
- Experiment with different nut butters like almond or cashew for unique flavor variations and to accommodate nut allergies.
- Use gluten-free graham crackers or crushed gluten-free cookies to make the recipe celiac-friendly and accessible to more people.
- Add a pinch of sea salt to the peanut butter mixture to enhance the sweet-savory balance and create a more complex taste profile.
- Consider using dark chocolate or white chocolate as alternative coating options to customize the treat’s appearance and flavor intensity.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 1 hour
- Category: Snacks, Desserts
- Method: Blending
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 24
- Calories: 180
- Sugar: 12 g
- Sodium: 50 mg
- Fat: 10 g
- Saturated Fat: 4 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 6 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 21 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 3 g
- Cholesterol: 5 mg