Buckeye Recipe (No Bake) | Julie Blanner

This Buckeye Recipe is probably the most scrumptious mixture of a creamy peanut butter heart and chocolate exterior. I’m even exhibiting you how you can flip this basic deal with into the cutest little chocolate hedgehogs!

This no-bake deal with is delightfully candy, salty and creamy. When the peanut butter combination is dipped in candy melted chocolate, the result’s much like a peanut butter cup. They’re as enjoyable to make as they’re to eat!

If these basic peanut butter treats are scrumptious, then my hedgehog model is much more so, due to the feel that the sprinkles add. I really like these buckeye balls with or with out sprinkles, and I additionally make them into peanut butter soccer truffles too!

My basic buckeye recipe makes use of a quite simple methodology of melting the chocolate (paraffin free)! Actually, it’s my secret that creates the proper chocolate exterior to stability the creamy peanut butter.

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Components and Substitutions

• Peanut Butter – Don’t use pure or selfmade peanut butter for this recipe, because the consistency received’t be the identical. Strive a crunchy peanut butter as an alternative of creamy if you’d like slightly extra texture.
• Salted Butter – Use unsalted should you choose.
• Vegetable Oil – Use canola oil if that’s what you’ve gotten readily available.
• Vanilla – Substitute with almond extract should you choose. 
• Powdered Sugar – Be taught how you can make powdered sugar right here.
• Chocolate Chips – Use your favourite kind of chocolate – semi-sweet, darkish, milk chocolate or any variety! After experimenting (and after our photographs) we discovered that Ghirardelli melting wafers work even higher than chocolate chips, as they soften completely and could be reheated as obligatory.

The way to Make Buckeyes

Cream – Beat the peanut butter, butter, and vanilla collectively till clean.

Stir – Progressively stir within the powdered sugar.

Roll – Scoop and roll you batter into clean, spherical balls.

Cool – Freeze your balls earlier than dipping.

Soften – Microwave your chocolate and vegetable oil till clean.

Dip – Use a toothpick inserted into the middle of every ball to dip a lot of the manner into the chocolate. Place on a parchment-lined sheet pan.

Cool (Once more!) – Refrigerate the buckeyes till the chocolate has hardened.

Ideas From My Take a look at Kitchen

• Line your baking sheet with parchment paper to forestall sticking and permit for simple clear up.
• If dough is a bit too sticky to roll, strive including an additional tablespoon of powdered sugar.
• You should use the gel writing icing so as to add the hedgehog face earlier than or after refrigeration. To make sure you received’t have bleeding, add gel faces after refrigeration.

Storing Leftovers

Buckeyes will last as long as 2 days at room temperature, saved in an hermetic container. Retailer them in an hermetic container within the fridge for as much as 2 weeks, or pop them in a freezer bag and freeze for 2-3 months.

Steadily Requested Questions

For Adorning as Hedgehogs (non-compulsory)

• In a big mixing bowl, beat peanut butter, butter and vanilla till properly mixed.

  1 cup creamy peanut butter, 6 tablespoons salted butter, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

• Progressively add powdered sugar, ½ cup at a time till mixed.

  2½ cups powdered sugar

• Scoop and roll into spherical balls and place onto a parchment lined cookie sheet.

• Freeze half-hour.

• Whereas the peanut butter balls are within the freezer, microwave chocolate and vegetable oil in a small bowl within the microwave. Use 30-second increments and stir till clean.

  8 ounces semi-sweet chocolate, 1 teaspoon vegetable oil

• Take the sheet pan of peanut butter balls from the freezer. Holding a toothpick, spear the ball of peanut butter and gently dip each into bowl of melted chocolate. Return to sheet pan to dry.

• Non-obligatory: dip in sprinkles and place on the cookie sheet.

  ½ cup chocolate sprinkles

• Refrigerate half-hour or till chocolate has hardened for serving. Serve at room temperature.

To Flip into Hedgehogs

• Non-obligatory: dip in chocolate sprinkles earlier than chocolate absolutely units, and place on the cookie sheet.

• Use chocolate writing gel icing so as to add eyes and a nostril to every buckeye.

  Black writing gel icing

• Line your baking sheet with parchment paper to forestall sticking and permit for simple cleanup.
• If the dough is just too sticky to roll, add an additional tablespoon of powdered sugar.
• We discovered that Ghirardelli melting wafers work even higher than chocolate chips, as they soften completely and could be reheated as obligatory.
• Rolling them in sprinkles can add a seasonal contact or assist them coordinate with an occasion (like our hedgehogs). Strive crimson and inexperienced sprinkles for Christmas or pastel nonpareils for Easter.
• Hedgehogs – You should use the gel writing icing so as to add the faces earlier than or after refrigeration. We added them after refrigeration to forestall any bleeding coloration. 

 

Serving: 1Buckeye | Energy: 195kcal | Carbohydrates: 20g | Protein: 3g | Fats: 12g | Saturated Fats: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fats: 2g | Monounsaturated Fats: 5g | Trans Fats: 0.1g | Ldl cholesterol: 8mg | Sodium: 70mg | Potassium: 116mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 17g | Vitamin A: 92IU | Calcium: 12mg | Iron: 1mg

Estimated vitamin data is supplied as a courtesy and isn’t assured.