published on December 11, 2013 by aimee @ shugarysweets 51 comments
Classic chocolate from Ohio. Peanut Butter Buckeyes. Soft peanut butter filling drizzled with chocolate! Make sure to create a batch for you personally next party!
I'd never heard about Buckeyes until my buddy gone to live in Ohio and married an Ohio woman. I recall the very first time I saw a plate of &"buckeyes&" in a party. These were odd searching. They appeared as if a Reese’s peanut butter cup, although not. They'd toothpick marks within the center. But, ohmygosh, they sampled so amazing.
Pointless to state, I acquired the recipe from their store immediately, and also have been which makes them within the last 8 years! It happened in my experience I haven’t shared the recipe here around the blog yet!
Especially since My home is Ohio, it’s only fitting which i share this beloved treat. Do people round the country make these? Was I the only person living in the cage?
Most Ohioans leaves the toothpick marks within the buckeye. I don’t determine if that’s a trademark or idleness. However it offends me, haha! So after my buckeyes happen to be drizzled with chocolate and all sorts of set, I pinch the toothpick mark closed. Is the fact that wrong? Shall We Be Held offending any traditional Ohio buckeye rule?
Anyways, these buckeyes are soft and tender in the centre peanut butter layer, and also the crunch from the chocolate coating? My dear! I personally use Ghirardelli Chocolate melting wafers to dip mine in. The initial recipe known as for &"Chocolate and wax, mixed and melted.&" Ummm, I’m presuming it’s paraffin wax, but the possible lack of measurements scared me. So, I opted for things i know works. And can setup superbly. ENJOY.
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Peanut Butter Buckeyes
Prep Time: one hour, twenty minutes
Classic chocolate from Ohio. Peanut Butter Buckeyes. Soft peanut butter filling drizzled with chocolate! Make sure to create a batch for you personally next party!
Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, melted
- 3 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 1 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
- 1 teaspoon vanilla flavoring
- 12 oz chocolate chocolate coating (Ghirardelli melting wafers, chocolate)
Directions:
- Inside a large mixing bowl, blend melted butter, powdered sugar, peanut butter and vanilla flavoring until fully combined.
- Scoop balls and roll them to your hands, making in regards to a 1-1/2 inch sized ball. Put on a parchment paper lined baking sheet and repeat until all filling can be used.
- Refrigerate for around 1 hour.
- Melt chocolate based on package directions. Utilizing a toothpick, dip bottoms into melted chocolate (departing a few of the peanut butter tops uncovered). Put on parchment paper and permit to create.
- If preferred, when chocolate has set, pinch the toothpick marks closed and pat until smooth. Store within an airtight container for approximately two days. ENJOY.
**Chocolate chocolate coating is also referred to as chocolate almond bark or chocolate Candiquik
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I loooove me some buckeyes!
I usually repair the toothpick holes too, however they don’t offend me.
Exactly What Does offend use is the amount of individuals who say they cover the entire factor in chocolate&... that’s blasphemous! The ‘spot’ may be the part which makes it a buckeye. Other things is&... tragic.
Additionally, it surprised me that others don’t learn about them. Like a native Ohioan, I’d never recognized it had been a nearby factor. I suppose I believed that people (as Buckeyes) were far more ‘into’ this specific dessert, however i never recognized they weren’t a typical find elsewhere. Interesting!
I increased in Michigan, right close to the Ohio border. Buckeyes happen to be a vacation tradition as lengthy when i remember. So imagine my surprise when other states I’ve resided in, these were unknown&...although not for lengthy! lol.
The recipe which i’ve always used requires graham cracker crumbs within the peanut butter too.
Originating from someone who resided their first twenty five years in Ohio, I believe the toothpick mark is idleness My granny left it, but my mother attempts to cover hers up, and thus will i. Dipping the chocolate therefore the edge comes to the toothpick is a straightforward method to hide it, the opening just fills with chocolate! Or I make buckeye ‘pops’, this way you simply leave the stick on!
Most likely certainly one of my personal favorite things ever
My peanut butter mixture is simply slightly different. I'd never, ever imagine departing the toothpick holes. I, too, freeze the pb balls after moving&...just lengthy enough to harden, maybe 20 min approximately. My chocolate mixture is 12oz Hershey bars with 1/2 bar of gulf wax paraffin. I've got a nifty Wilton melting pot that keeps the chocolate mixture in the perfect temperature. Santa always will get Buckeyes at our home on Christmas
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Buckeyes are meant to seem like just that, buckeyes- so that they shouldn’t be covered entirely in chocolate. As the holes aren’t &"supposed&" to become there, I believe its rude to visualize its because of idleness! The factor is, when you roll all of them, the peanut butter is soft and it is difficult to cover the holes in those days. Then, after freezing, the ball is frequently way too hard to pay for the holes. Everybody which makes them ought to know this! Clearly they’re more attractive using the toothpick holes removed and perhaps many people are lazy however i don’t assume everybody which makes these wonderful balls is lazy! Also, aren’t you simply grateful your SIL even shared the recipe.
I had been just kidding concerning the idleness, and that's why I added the &"haha&" to my comment. To be sure they're a little bit of work (or possibly I ought to say time intensive). You will find, obviously I’m grateful the recipe was distributed to me
You laugh in the &"idleness&" of those who result in the recipe nevertheless, you really thought the recipe known as for paraffin wax. It requires melted chocolate. Hard covering chocolate coating is blasphemy. Oh- and discover to spell ‘anyway’ there's NO ‘s’ around the finish of ANYWAY.
I increased up eating buckeyes in Ohio, and that i really was disappointed with this particular rendition. I'd never attempted Candiquik coating before, therefore it didn’t strike me as an awful idea initially when i first saw the recipe. But now we all know. Candiquik is really a poor replacement for real chocolate. Dip the PB balls in melted semisweet chocolate, and also you’ll taste the main difference. No offense, however these sampled like peanut butter flavored sugar drizzled with chocolate flavored sugar. Rather of just like a Reese’s Peanut Butter cup in ball form, because it should taste.
Yummy! My pal in Ohio always transmits us a box of those as a birthday gift, they don’t last lengthy. Now I’m excited to ensure they are all year round. Go Dollars!
