CRUNCHY PEANUT BUTTER BALLS – The Southern Lady Cooks

These Crunchy Peanut Butter Balls are always a hit! Wonderful to make for any gathering however we love them for Christmas. They make a great gift too.

If you love this recipe you will want to save our Kentucky Bourbon Balls. They are so good and if you are not a fan of bourbon, you can make them with apple juice.

❤️WHY WE LOVE THIS RECIPE

We are big peanut butter and chocolate fans so this is a no brainer for us! Plus they are a festive treat during the holiday season. We love to make food gifts during the holiday season and these always make an appearance. For our favorites, see our list here.

SWAPS

We like to use crunch peanut butter in this recipe but you could use creamy. We haven’t tried this recipe with the peanut butter that has the heavy oil on top. You have to use shortening in this recipe, you can’t switch that for another ingredient. It has the texture you need and butter won’t work. You can use milk chocolate instead of semi-sweet.

CAN YOU FREEZE THESE?

Once the chocolate is set on the peanut butter balls, simply place in a freezer bag and throw them in the freezer. They can keep up to two months. When ready to enjoy, just let them thaw in the refrigerator over night.

⭐TIP

We don’t use a mixer to make these we find it does dry them out some if you do and mixing with a spoon works just fine. The addition of shortening creates a smoother and more manageable consistency than melted chocolate alone. Doing this helps to make a more evenly coated product.

OTHER DELICIOUS CANDY

STORING & SERVING SIZE

We store these in the refrigerator and this makes about 3 dozen depending on the size that you make them.

Peanut Butter Balls

Leigh Walkup

These Crunchy Peanut Butter Balls are a wonderful treat to make during the holiday season. They also make a great gift! Add these to your candy list.

Prep Time 20 minutes mins

2 hours hrs

Total Time 2 hours hrs 20 minutes mins

Course candy

Cuisine American, southern

• 2 cups crunchy peanut butter could use smooth
• 1 stick butter or 1/2 cup or 8 tablespoons
• 2 cups confectioners powdered sugar
• 2 cups rice krispies
• 2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 2 tablespoons shortening Optional (This is solid shortening like Crisco and you cannot substitute butter or margarine)

• Melt the peanut butter and butter together. (You can do it over low heat on the stove or in the microwave. I do mine 2 minutes in the microwave) Mix together the powdered sugar and the rice krispies.  Mix the sugar and krispies with the melted peanut butter and butter.  I just use a wooden spoon to mix them together. Form into balls about 1 inch in size or whatever size you like.

• Cover a baking sheet with wax paper and place peanut butter balls on the sheet and chill in the refrigerator for about an hour.  Melt the chocolate and shortening either on the stove or in the microwave. I do it in the microwave for about 2 1/2 minutes and stir well.  Dip peanut butter balls into chocolate and place back on cookie sheet. Keep chilled until firm or about an hour. Makes 3 dozen depending on size you make them.

The addition of shortening creates a smoother and more manageable consistency than melted chocolate alone. Doing this helps to make a more evenly coated product.

Keyword Peanut Butter Balls

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