Chocolate Peanut Butter Balls 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.

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Prep Time: 20

Cook Time: 5

Additional Time: 30

Total Time: 55

Author: Heather Painchaud

Servings: 12

Ingredients

½ cup peanut butter smooth
3 Tbsp butter softened
1 cup icing sugar
8 oz chocolate candy melts

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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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