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     Title: Buckeye Candy For St. Nicholas Day
Categories: Candy, Nuts, Chocolate
     Yield: 72 Candies

     1 c  Peanut butter
     2 c  Powdered sugar
   1/4 lb Salted butter
     1 ts Vanilla
     1 sm Package of chocolate chips
     1 tb Edible wax (optional)

 Mix together peanut butter, butter and vanilla.

 Stir in powdered sugar. If using an electric mixer, you
 may need additional powdered sugar. The mixture should
 be firm and when rolled into balls, they shouldn't stick
 to your hands or fingers when you touch them. Use
 powdered sugar to keep your hands mostly clean.

 If sticky, add more powdered sugar. If it is too firm
 (meaning it cracks when you try and roll it or tastes
 more like sugar and less like peanut butter), add more
 peanut butter.

 Roll peanut butter into balls and refrigerate until
 firm.

 Use a double boiler to melt chocolate chips, but then
 allow it to cool until it is just at the point where it
 will solidify again. If you do not want to fuss with
 this, you can add edible wax (available at the grocery
 store), which will help the chocolate to harden faster.
 (You only need about 2 tablespoons' worth.) One other
 option is to use a nice chocolate bar, especially a dark
 chocolate and a Hershey's bar, because the wax content
 is so high in Hershey's that it will allow the buckeyes
 to dry fairly fast.

 Using a skewer, you dip the peanut butter balls into the
 chocolate, covering most of the peanut butter. I find
 that tapping off the extra chocolate helps it set
 faster.

 If the peanut butter falls into the chocolate, it is
 either not cold enough or it needs additional powdered
 sugar.

 Put the dipped candy onto a cold baking pan lined with
 parchment. Once the tray is full, put it in the fridge
 to harden. It is best to keep these cold so they are
 less messy.

 RECIPE FROM: https://www.episcopalchurch.org

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