Peanut Butter Balls

Learn to make creamy Peanut Butter Balls using peanut butter, graham cracker, butter, salt, milk, powdered sugar, vanilla and melting chocolate.

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword buckeye recipe, nutbutter balls, Peanut Butter Balls

Prep Time 30

Freezing time 10

Servings balls

Calories 159kcal

In a stand mixer (or bowl), combine peanut butter and softened butter on medium speed until it is smooth.
Slowly add powdered sugar, graham cracker crumbs, milk and vanilla extract as you mix the batter at medium speed.
Roll the dough into balls and place them on a piece of parchment paper. Freeze the balls for at least 10 minutes before moving on to the chocolate coating.
Use your microwave in 30-second intervals to melt the chocolate. Stir between each interval. Once the chocolate is completely melted, it's time to dip.
Dip each ball halfway into the chocolate and place it on a parchment paper to harden. Once each half has hardened, dip the other half into chocolate. Be careful to cover every part of the ball with chocolate.
Lastly, use a spoon to drizzle chocolate over the top of each ball, creating a textured design. Optionally, you can also add festive sprinkles to your peanut butter balls to match the holiday or occasion.

If you don't have melting chocolate on hand, you can melt chocolate chips or candy bars to use as your chocolate coating.
You may swap the graham cracker crumbs for cookie crumbs of any flavor. Choose peanut butter cookies for even more delicious peanut butter flavor or chocolate to create a nice flavor variation.
If you don't have a microwave, try a double broiler to melt your chocolate or use an electrical melting pot.
If you want to dip your balls all in one step, try using a spiral dipping tool or a fork.
Don't like peanut butter? You can use any type of nut butter including almond butter, cashew butter or even cookie butter to make this recipe.
Add festive sprinkles if you are celebrating a holiday.