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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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