Day 2 and I set about making Chocolate Peanut Butter Balls. Chocolate...no brainer! Peanut Butter...yes please! I'm pretty sure if they found a way to combine these to flavor sensations with Cheez Its, I would be as big as a house!
I originally found this recipe on Pinterest. My greatest frenemy. I have so many things pinned that I have now started trying to repin the same things! I can't be the only one with this problem considering little red words pop up reminding me that I already have this pinned. I have been trying to actually complete some of these projects, some with success and others being total flops. That could be a whole other series of "Crap I actually tried on Pinterest".
Back to the chocolate. The original recipe is here. I'm so glad I found this one! These do tend to be a little bit labor intensive and as they make close to 70 balls, by the end you just want to get a spoon and eat it instead of thinking about making 30 more. But because they make so many you can easily freeze them and have an awesome treat the next time you need something.
Makes about 70 balls.
I have made these twice now and found the first time they just wanted to fall apart when trying to form them into a ball, so I needed to add more peanut butter. This time they came out perfect. If they are too gooey, add more powdered sugar. In the original post she says she mixes these by hand, but I found my Kitchen Aid mixer worked fantastic. I just mixed by hand right at the end, when it wasn't such a mess to do. All of my kiddos love these and I catch my oldest sneaking them when I have them out. (He's not very good at it yet, he's only 6, so he still gets a look on his face that says I'm doing something I shouldn't).
Hope you enjoy making and eating these! As I mentioned yesterday you could easily dress these up for the holidays by adding sprinkles or a small design in frosting if so inclined.
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