Buckeyes Some Like Em Cold And Without Wax Recipes

Steps:

• 1. Cream together your first 3 ingredients. Then start adding your sugar a cup or two at a time. Now this will get really hard to mix and I usually grab my husband at this point to stir this together. But you want it to be sorta crumbly but still sticking together. So, you may use the whole pd. of sugar or not. Once you make them a few times you will get the right texture down. I have made these so many times I really don't measure to much. If you find it to dry add some more peanut butter.
• 2. Now, begin rolling into small balls about 1 inch in size and place on a cookie sheet with wax paper. Once you have them rolled push toothpicks down in center of each Buckeye. About 1/2 way or so. You will place these in the freezer for about 10 to 15 minutes or so just to get them cold. (Don't let them get too cold or else you will cause the chocolate to crack after they are dipped)
• 3. While they are chilling, melt down your candy chocolate. I have used 1 bag of milk and 1 bag of dark and mixed together. I have also added into milk chocolate a bag of Ghiradelli dark chocolate. WOW, is that good.
• 4. Now, once you start dipping the balls into the chocolate you want to go fast. Dip them about 2/3 of the way so that they look like Buckeyes. Now, sit them on another wax piece of paper.
• 5. Once dry remove the toothpicks and plate them. Use plastic gloves if possible so that you do not get finger prints on the chocolate.
• 6. At Christmas time I dip them in white chocolate too adn spinkle colored sugars on top or I drizzle green or red on top.
• 7. Melanie, made these for Valentine's day and for a bake sale for Smile Train. They are beautiful in the white chocolate and red sprinkles.
• 8. May 25th, 2014 --- Made these for my cousin Bridgette's Wedding this past Saturday on the 24th of May. I decided to put some bling on them and drizzle colors from her wedding bouquet. White, orange and pink to make them a little more festive.
• 9. May 25th, 2014 --- Here they are at the wedding on a festive tray.

Steps:

• Cook time is freeze time.
• Mix first 4 ingredients together in big bowl. (use your stand mixer if you have one to make the work easier).
• Wash hands and roll mixed dough into quarter or smaller size balls (we prefer them smaller than bigger -- they are more pop-able that way!). This recipe will make 5-6 dozen nickel size ones.
• Method #1 --.
• Place the balls on a big cookie sheet covered with wax paper. Stick a toothpick into each one. Set in freezer to firm up. After they are thoroughly chilled and working with 10 or so out of the freezer at a time, take a toothpick and dip into the chilled balls halfway into melted chocolate OR --.
• Method #2 --.
• Don't put toothpicks in, chill the balls in the freezer and let them harden up. With a small spoon, dip some melted chocolate bark over each ball trying to cover the end and maybe half way down. Let them harden up and then --.
• Either method you choose, store in an air tight container IN THE FREEZER. Trust me -- they are best this way.