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Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 1 dozen 320g

Recipe makes 4 dozen)

Calories 1531
Calories from Fat 841 (54%)
Amount Per Serving %DV
Total Fat 93.5g 143%
Saturated Fat 29.0g 145%
Monounsaturated Fat 39.1g
Polyunsaturated Fat 20.3g
Trans Fat 0.0g
Cholesterol 61mg 20%
Sodium 970mg 40%
Potassium 932mg 26%
Total Carbohydrate 155.2g 51%
Dietary Fiber 8.5g 33%
Sugars 125.5g
Protein 36.3g 72%

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Peanut Butter Balls

Recipe #304200 | 1¼ hours | 1 hour prep | add private note
happynana

By: happynana
May 19, 2008

This recipe is from an old recipe book I found. These are my grandsons's favorite recipe. I am required to bring these to holiday get togethers I have made these with chocolate and white chocolate. Time does not include refrigeration time. I am unsure of exact quantity as I always double or triple the recipe.

4 dozen (change servings and units)

Ingredients

Directions

  1. 1
    Mix peanut butter and soft butter until well mixed.
  2. 2
    Add Rice Krispies and mix well.
  3. 3
    Add powdered sugar; mix well. (I found it easier to mix with my hands).
  4. 4
    Mold into melon ball-sized balls.
  5. 5
    Put in refrigerator until cold.
  6. 6
    Melt chocolate as per instructions on package. I use coating chocolate bar squares that comes in the one pound or two pound packages and melt in microwave. I usually double the recipe. You can use a bag of chocloate chips and 1/2 bar paraffin, if desired, and cook in double boiler or microwave. I have fixed both ways and perfer the chocolate squares.
  7. 7
    Dip balls into chocolate and drain on waxed paper. I store my in the refrigerator.

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From: Lucky in Bayview

On Sep 6, 2009

These were a big hit here. I split the batch, using 1/2 dunked in white chocolate and 1/2 in semi-sweet. We liked the white choclate ones better. Next time I'll try milk chocolate. DH could not stop eating these. Thank you for posting this fun recipe!

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    From: **Jubes**

    On Jul 3, 2009

    Reviewed for Aussie Forum Recipe Swap July 09 My eldest daughter has happily taken these to a friends place. A whole group of friends are getting ready for the school dance and munching on your Peanut Butter Balls. Anyways...they've rung me and said they are wonderful. All six of them give you a BIG 5 STARS. I'm betting there wont be any come home either. I made half the recipe and got 44 balls. Using gluten-free ingredients these make a wonderful gluten-free celebration treat. I think that next time I make them I will place them on a wire cooling rack (over some paper) for the excess chocolate to drain off. Super easy to make> I melted the chocolate in the microwave. THese also would be a good recipe for kids to make as they are no bake and no cutting required. Photo also being posted. Thanks happynana- I'm sure that we will be using this recipe again

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  • From: Its Me Busy Bee

    On Dec 26, 2008

    Another sweets addition to my holiday gift bags. The whole family are enjoying them just as much as I did. I did add parafin wax (1/2 bar) to the chocolate to make it smooth and easy to apply to the balls. So yummie to my tummy!

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  • From: blancpage

    On Jun 10, 2008

    Ohh these were sooo good. I halved the recipe and got 48, most of them were about the size of a melon ball, as recipe directs, but some of them were a bit bigger than that. I might have gotten 55 or 60 I used Jif Creamy. Instead of butter I used Smart Balance with Flaxseed Oil spread with excellent results. For the chocolate, I used Chocolate Glaze (That Hardens when Cool), also with great results. Sorry no pics, mine turned out really messy, but they taste heavenly. Reminded me a little of a Reeses peanut butter cup, but actually a bit healthier, and I was able to make this fairly safe for my iBS (no dairy or milk involved), but if I can keep myself limited, even the fat won't be too bad. (Haha, these are so addictive I have a hard time not overeating!) I refrigerated these for half an hour after rolling, then rolled/drizzled in the chocolate. In this heat, leaving them on the counter would prob not work, but they kept their crispiness, at least overnight. I think they actually taste better cold. Made for My-3-Chefs June 2008, for my theme "All By Myself". Thank you for sharing happynana; I enjoyed these a lot!

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