Buckeyes Candy from Peanut Butter - No Bake

Tasty, hearty American "Buckeyes" candies made from peanut butter, half-dipped in dark chocolate. Just four ingredients, no baking - incredibly delicious and mega filling. Highly recommend!

Buckeyes Candy

American "Buckeyes" candies made from peanut butter, butter, and powdered sugar, half-dipped in dark chocolate. No baking required.

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Prep Time 20 minutes mins

Cook Time 5 minutes mins

Chilling 1 hour hr 30 minutes mins

Total Time 1 hour hr 55 minutes mins

Servings: 20 candies

Course: Candies

Cuisine: Home cooking

Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients

  

• 200 g peanut butter
• 50 g butter softened, room temperature
• 125 g powdered sugar
• 100 g dark chocolate

Method

 

1. In a bowl, combine the peanut butter, powdered sugar, and softened butter. Knead into a smooth mixture.
2. Roll the mixture into small balls - about the size of a buckeye or walnut, roughly two bites each. Chill in the fridge for 1 hour.
3. While the balls chill, melt the chocolate over a double boiler.
4. Skewer a ball on a toothpick and dip it into the chocolate, leaving a bare uncoated circle on top. Let the excess chocolate drip off and place the candy on parchment. Repeat with all the balls.
   
5. Chill the candies until the chocolate sets. That's it - enjoy!

Notes

Dip the balls on a skewer, leaving an open circle on top - the signature "eye" of Buckeyes candy.

Tips

• The signature "eye": dip the ball on a skewer into the chocolate so a bare circle stays uncoated on top - that's exactly what makes the candy look like a buckeye.
• Ball size - about the size of a buckeye or walnut, roughly two bites: any bigger and they get too filling.
• Let the excess chocolate drip off before setting the candies on parchment - the bottoms will stay neat.