A simple pleasure to make and a joy to eat, Buckeyes are the epitome of a delicious treat; a perfect blend of chocolate and peanut butter that tantalizes the taste buds. Along with being delicious, what stands out about this sweet confection is how simple it is making it a surefire way to spread a little joy!
Almost Instant Buckeyes
- Prep Time 50 min
- Total 1 hr 25 min
- Servings 72
- Ingredients 3
Ingredients
- 1 bag (10 oz) peanut butter chips (1 2/3 cups)
- 1 tub (16 oz) Betty Crocker™ Rich & Creamy Vanilla Frosting
- 1 bag (12 oz) light cocoa candy melts or coating wafers
Instructions
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Step1Line cookie sheets with waxed paper. In 2-quart saucepan, melt peanut butter chips over low heat, stirring constantly. Remove from heat. Stir in frosting. Let stand until cool enough to handle, about 30 minutes.
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Step2Roll mixture into 1-inch balls; place on cookie sheet. Refrigerate 15 minutes. Meanwhile, melt candy melts as directed on package.
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Step3To coat each ball with candy, pierce ball with wooden skewer or toothpick; dip into melted candy, leaving small area around skewer uncoated. Place dipped ball on cookie sheet, pushing candy off skewer with tines of fork. (If desired, smooth skewer mark with finger.) If melted candy sets up while dipping, rewarm in microwave on LOW power. Let stand 5 minutes or until set.
Nutrition
70
Calories
3 1/2g
Total Fat
1g
Protein
9g
Total Carbohydrate
9g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Candy
- Calories
- 70
- Calories from Fat
- 35
- Total Fat
- 3 1/2g
- 6%
- Saturated Fat
- 2g
- 10%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 0mg
- 0%
- Sodium
- 15mg
- 1%
- Potassium
- 30mg
- 1%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 9g
- 3%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 9g
- Protein
- 1g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 0%
- 0%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 0%
- 0%
- Iron
- 0%
- 0%
Exchanges:
1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 0 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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