Best Ohio Buckeyes Recipes

FAMOUS OHIO BUCKEYES

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.

OHIO STATE BUCKEYES

Steps:

• 1. Mix the peanut butter, powdered sugar, butter and vanilla extract in a large bowl until a dough forms. It will be nice and dry.
• 2. Roll the dough into 1 inch balls and place them on a wax paper lined cookie sheet. Stick the balls into the freezer to chill for half an hour.
• 3. Melt the chocolate chips in a double boiler or in a bowl set over a pot of simmering water. Stir it until it is smooth.
• 4. Stick a toothpick into the top of a peanut butter ball and dip it into the chocolate, being careful not to cover the whole thing. Buckeyes need a bald little head. Place the chocolate covered ball back onto the cookie sheet and smooth the peanut butter over the hole in the top to make it look seamless. Refrigerate until you serve.

BUCKEYES OR CHOCOLATE COVERED PEANUT BUTTER BALLS IF YOU ARE NOT FROM OHIO

Steps:

• Mix peanut butter, milk, sugar and butter together into a soft dough and then roll into balls (about 1" or so)
• Using a double boiler, melt chocolate chips and wax together.
• Using a toothpick to pick up each peanut butter ball, dip each ball into chocolate and set aside on waxed paper to set. (Be sure to leave part of the peanut butter showing at the top so it looks like a Buckeye!)
• Store in air tight container in a cool location or in the refrigerator

OHIO BUCKEYES

Steps:

• Mix together peanut butter,margarine,vanilla and sugar.
• Use hands to make into smooth 1 inch balls. Chill.
• With toothpick, dip all but the very top of balls into melted chocolate paraffin mixture. Drop onto wax paper to harden.
• Chill.

OHIO STATE BUCKEYES

Steps:

• Melt peanut butter and butter over double boiler or microwave. Transfer to mixing bowl. Add powdered sugar to warm peanut butter and butter mixture a bit at a time while mixing on medium-high speed. Mix until very smooth--very important! Put creamy mixture in refrigerator until cooled completely.
• Scoop scant tablespoonfuls of peanut butter mixture and roll into balls. Put balls on parchment or wax paper, stick a toothpick in each and freeze until frozen hard.
• Melt chocolate and wax in double boiler. Get peanut butter balls out of freezer and dip in chocolate, leaving a circle of peanut butter on top around toothpick. They will now look like a buckeye nut! Put back in refrigerator until chocolate is set. Remove toothpicks and package in resealable containers.
• Store in fridge or freezer. Never let the balls get to room temperature.

OHIO BUCKEYES

Steps:

• I usually use more peanut butter than it says and less powdered sugar and go by consistency and looks. That part is hard to describe. Cream peanut butter and margarine. Mix in powder sugar little at a time until rolling consistency (not sticky). Roll into 1 inch balls. Chill 1 hr in freezer. Melt choc and paraffin. Insert toothpick in balls. Dip in warm choc mix. Do not completely cover with chocolate, but leave a small spot of peanut butter showing on top. Set on cookie sheet until cool. May be frozen.