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This Easy Buckeyes Recipe consists of a delicious peanut butter mixture, frozen and dipped in melted chocolate. SO easy (only 5 ingredients!!) yet SO delicious!
This tasty treat is for all the peanut butter and chocolate lovers out there! If you like this Buckeyes recipe, you’ll definitely need to try Buckeye Brownies! Or any of our other peanut butter-chocolate desserts, like chocolate peanut butter bars, or peanut butter cup cookies.
Delicious Peanut butter-chocolate treats
GUYS! Am I the only one who has never heard of Buckeyes?? So glad my sister introduced them to me because they are a new favorite! When I saw this Easy Buckeyes Recipe on the menu for our baking day, I had no idea what they were. I quickly realized how sad my life has been without these delicious, melt in your mouth peanut butter and chocolate treats.
What is a buckeye? These tasty little treats got their name because they resemble the nut of the Ohio Buckeye Tree, the state tree of Ohio. For this reason, this dessert is especially popular in the state of Ohio.
They’re really similar to Peanut Butter Balls, except that they’re not entirely covered in chocolate, leaving some of the peanut butter showing. Some people consider Buckeyes candy, and others consider them cookies! Regardless of how you categorize them, these peanut butter-chocolatey treats will not leave you disappointed.
How to make Buckeyes
As if they weren’t already amazing, they are crazy simple to make. It only takes FIVE ingredients:
- Peanut Butter
- Butter
- Vanilla Extract
- Powdered Sugar
- Semisweet Chocolate Chips
PB FILLING. Begin by mixing together your peanut butter, softened butter, vanilla and powdered sugar, in a large bowl. Roll into 1″ balls and place on a cookie sheet, lined with wax paper. Press a toothpick into the top of each ball and chill in freezer for a minimum of 30 minutes, or until firm.
CHOCOLATE. Just before removing from freezer, melt chocolate chips in a small sauce pan over lowest heat. Stir frequently until smooth.
DIP. Using your toothpick, dip each frozen peanut butter ball in chocolate, leaving a small portion of peanut butter showing at the top. Place on cookie sheet and remove toothpick. You may smooth over the hole left from the toothpick with your fingertip.
CHILL. Refrigerate until ready to serve, and then be careful not to devour all of these little goodies, because they’re DELISH!
Why do you use so much powdered sugar? The recipe does call for 6 cups of powdered sugar. That might seem like a lot but it will really help keep the peanut butter ball intact and not crumbling apart. So make sure to use all of the 6 cups of that tasty powdered sugar!
Dip in chocolate, and let set!
Storage Tips
How to store peanut butter buckeyes? Store these peanut butter buckeyes in the fridge in an airtight container. These will keep for up to two weeks. You can keep them at room temperature but just for a few hours. They should stay long term in the fridge.
Can Buckeyes be frozen? Yes, these freeze wonderfully! Store them in an airtight plastic bag with a zip top. You can keep them in the freezer for several months until you’re ready to eat them! These are great to make ahead for holiday parties, football game nights, or delivering to friends and neighbors!
If you love peanut butter and chocolate (who doesn’t?), then these won’t last long in your home. Next time, we are going to try dipping them in white chocolate!
For more yummy chocolate and peanut butter recipes, try:
- Peanut Butter Kiss Cookies
- Peanut Butter Pretzel Bars
- Reeses Chocolate Peanut Butter Krispy Treats
- Peanut Butter Chocolate Bars
- Peanut Butter Cup Cookies
Buckeyes Recipe
Ingredients
- 1½ cups creamy peanut butter
- 1 cup butter softened
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 6 cups powdered sugar
- 4 cups semisweet chocolate chips
Instructions
- Mix together your peanut butter, softened butter, vanilla and powdered sugar, in a large bowl. Roll into 1" balls and place on a cookie sheet, lined with wax paper. (NOTE: If mixture is dry, add a tablespoon or two of milk to help bring the mix together). Press a toothpick into the top of each ball and chill in freezer for a minimum of 30 minutes, or until firm.
- Just before removing from freezer, melt chocolate chips in a small saucepan over lowest heat. Stir frequently until smooth.
- Using your toothpick, dip each frozen peanut butter ball in chocolate, leaving a small portion of peanut butter showing at the top. Place on cookie sheet and remove toothpick. You may smooth over the hole left from the toothpick with your fingertip. Refrigerate until ready to serve.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Adapted from allrecipes.com
Nowhere enough peanut butter. I bought ingredients as stated and mixture never came together. What a waste of the ingredients. I’ll never use your crap again. 15.00 may as well have pitched it out the window. Recipe wasn’t good.
Sorry to hear that you didn’t enjoy the recipe. Thanks for giving it a try!
I have made these for years. If you add half to two-thirds of a block of paraffin to your chocolate mixture, they will not soften as easily when you have them sitting out.
Thanks for the tip! Good to know!
As a person born and raised in Ohio these are the quintessential treat served many time throughout the year!
Yum! Just made these. So good. I like no bake options thanks
Me too!! I am glad you liked them 🙂 Thank you!
So simple so good, just what i was looking for !
thanks
I’m so glad 🙂 Thank you for stopping by!!