Creamy peanut butter fudge is scooped and rolled into balls then dipped in semi-sweet chocolate. Each buckeye candy looks like a Buckeye tree nut and is a popular Christmas candy that's easy to make.
- ½ cup creamy peanut butter
- 1 ½ cups powdered sugar
- 3 tablespoons European-style salted butter, melted
- 12 ounces pure semi-sweet chocolate, melted
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Spoon the peanut butter into a mixing bowl.
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Sift the powdered sugar over the peanut butter and pour the melted butter over top.
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Stir until well combined.
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Scoop out twenty 1-tablespoon-size portions of the fudge.
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Roll them into balls and set them on a parchment paper-lined (or wax paper-lined) baking pan.
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Chill the peanut butter fudge balls for at least 2 hours until really firm.
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Insert the flat end of a thin wooden skewer into a cold peanut butter ball.
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Dip the fudge ball into the melted chocolate leaving about a ½ inch circle uncovered around the stick.
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Lift the fudge ball out of the chocolate and gently shake allowing the excess chocolate to drip off.
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Set the buckeye on a parchment paper-lined baking sheet.
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Repeat.
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Once you have all the fudge balls dipped in chocolate, chill them in the refrigerator for 1 hour.
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Remove them from the fridge and gently pull out the skewers.
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Pinch the hole in the fudge between two fingers, then smooth the surface out by brushing your finger over the top of the fudge.
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Keep refrigerated until you are ready to serve your buckeyes.
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- Store these chocolates in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to a few weeks.
- The buckeyes can sit at room temperature for up to 3 days.
- The chocolate is not tempered, so it will get soft as it sits at room temperature.
- You can temper your chocolate so it will stay hard at room temperature, but the candies contain butter and should not be left at room temperature for more than a few days.