Chocolate Covered Peanut Butter Balls

Chocolate covered peanut butter balls are a classic Christmas treat. Here is my mom’s recipe that we all enjoy year after year. Make ahead and freeze.

INGREDIENTS:

1 cup              Confectioner’s (icing or powdered) sugar

1 cup              Peanut butter

1 cup           Chopped walnut or pecans

1 cup              Crisp rice cereal

2 tbsp             Butter, melted

6 oz                Semi-sweet chocolate

1/2 square   Parowax (optional, to keep the chocolate from getting too soft at room temperature)

DIRECTIONS:

• Mix first five ingredients.
• Using wet hands, roll into 3/4 – 1 inch balls. I like small, bite-size balls because there are so many different treats around at Christmastime.
• Place on a lined cookie sheet with edges and put in freezer for one hour.
• Melt chocolate and Parowax in a double boiler. Or you can melt the chocolate in a microwave and keep the bowl over hot water. But the microwave heats unevenly so be careful not to burn it.
• Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper or wax paper.
• Dip balls into melted chocolate and cover completely by rolling with a fork.
• Place on lined cookie sheet.
• Refrigerate or freeze until chocolate is hard.
• Transfer to an airtight container separating layers with parchment paper.
• Store in refrigerator or freeze.

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