Easy Chocolate Peanut Butter Ball Recipe
This chocolate peanut butter ball recipe is absolutely delicious and seriously easy to make! These chocolate balls are the perfect sweet treat for holidays and events.
You know what goes really well with a cup of coffee or tea? A little something sweet.
The recipe for chocolate balls that I want to share with you today will provide you with that perfect, bite-sized morsel. This easy treat is to die for!
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With just a few simple ingredients, these chocolate balls come together so quickly. Keep some in the fridge or freezer for when those chocolate cravings hit. With the holiday season right around the corner, they make a great make ahead dessert for parties too. You’ll definitely want to make a double batch.
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Chocolate Ball Supplies
- Stand mixer with paddle attachment or
- Electric mixer
- Large bowl
- Small bowl
- Rubber spatula
- Measuring cups and spoons
- Baking sheet
- Parchment paper
Chocolate Peanut Butter Ball Recipe
Ingredients:
- Creamy peanut butter – Smooth and nutty, it’s the star of the show.
- Butter, softened – Adds a rich creaminess that helps bind everything together.
- Icing sugar – Sweetens the treats while avoiding a grainy texture.
- Chocolate candy melts – They melt down to create a silky chocolate coating.
Instructions
1. Mix the peanut butter and butter together in a large mixing bowl.
2. Gradually stir in the sugar until combined well into a dough ball.
3. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate until ready to form balls (at least 15 minutes).
4. Shape into small balls (about 1-inch), place on a baking sheet, cover, and refrigerate for at least 20 minutes to allow to firm up again.
5. Melt chocolate in a microwave-safe bowl at 15 second intervals until smooth.
6. Dip peanut butter balls, one at a time, into melted chocolate, allowing excess chocolate to drip off.
7. Place on a parchment paper lined baking sheet, cover, and refrigerate until ready to serve.
Fun Topping Ideas
- Roll in unsweetened cocoa powder.
- Sprinkle with pearl sugar or extra powdered sugar.
- A bit of sea salt on top would add a nice contrast to the sweetness.
- Top with crushed graham crackers.
- Use milk chocolate, dark chocolate, or white chocolate chips for your chocolate coating.
- Add a drizzle of colored candy melts to match the occasion. Use red and pink for Valentine’s Day, green for Christmas or St. Patrick’s Day, white and blue for a Frozen-themed party – the possibilities are endless!
Tips and Tricks
- Try almond butter, or any of your favorite nut butters, instead of peanut butter.
- If you like Almond Joy candy bars, mix condensed milk, desiccated coconut, and a splash of almond extract together, for a coconut center wrapped in chocolate.
- Turn these tasty treats into energy balls by adding nuts, seeds, chopped dried fruit, etc., to the filling.
- A small cookie scoop works perfectly for achieving a uniform size.
- A food processor or hand mixer make this great recipe even easier to make.
- I like these truffles best when they are still a bit cold, but they take on a smoother texture at room temperature.
- Store in an airtight container in the fridge for a couple of days, if they last that long! If stacking, make sure to add a layer of wax paper in between.
More Cake Ball Ideas
- Basic Cake Balls
- Christmas Oreo Cake Balls
- Peppermint Cake Pops
- Grinch Oreo Cake Balls
- Keto Oreo Cake Balls
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Chocolate Peanut Butter Balls Recipe
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup peanut butter smooth
- 3 Tbsp butter softened
- 1 cup icing sugar
- 8 oz chocolate candy melts
Instructions
- Mix the peanut butter and butter together in a large mixing bowl.
- Gradually stir in the sugar until combined well into a dough ball.
- Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate until ready to form balls (at least 15 minutes).
- Shape into small balls (about 1-inch), place on a baking sheet, cover, and refrigerate for at least 20 minutes to allow to firm up again.
- Melt chocolate in a microwave-safe bowl at 15 second intervals until smooth.
- Dip peanut butter balls one at a time into melted chocolate, allowing excess chocolate to drip off.
- Place on a parchment paper lined baking sheet, cover and refrigerate until ready to serve.
Notes
- Try almond butter, or any of your favorite nut butters, instead of peanut butter.
- If you like Almond Joy candy bars, mix condensed milk, desiccated coconut, and a splash of almond extract together, for a coconut center wrapped in chocolate.
- Turn these tasty treats into energy balls by adding nuts, seeds, chopped dried fruit, etc., to the filling.
- A small cookie scoop works perfectly for achieving a uniform size.
- A food processor or hand mixer make this great recipe even easier to make.
- I like these truffles best when they are still a bit cold, but they take on a smoother texture at room temperature.
- Store in an airtight container in the fridge for a couple of days, if they last that long! If stacking, make sure to add a layer of wax paper in between.
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