peanut butter buckeyes.

as tasty as these are, i don't like making them because they're a pain. but dennis the menace loves them & it's his birthday this week, so i'm off to vegas with a tin full of peanut butter buckeyes.

there's a little something extra in the tin this year: a copy of the recipe.

that way way he can make them whenever he wants. i'm confident he can make these buckeyes. yes i am. no problem.

Notes

1) I use this recipe from epicurious.com & i halve it so there's less of them to deal with. half the recipe makes 42 buckeyes. 42 is enough.

2) i almost always throw in more cornflakes & peanut butter. maybe 1/2 C cornflakes & 1/4 C peanut butter. my reasoning for this is that it looks like it needs more cornflakes. & then it needs more peanut butter.

2) the peanut butter mixture is dry & crumbly & will not form into a ball without some elbow grease.





3) the recipe calls for an amount of dipping chocolate that only works in the perfect world where you've achieved exactly the right temperatures for both melted chocolate & chilled buckeyes, so that when you get to dipping the chocolate runs off the buckeye in a glistening sheet that coats perfectly & there is no waste.

otherwise, add a few more ounces of chocolate. i use valrhona 70%.

4) Edit. See remarks by Anonymous in the comments section. Dipping with a fork gives the candy the distinctive buckeye nut marking. Image source: wiki.



i've never tried dipping them with a fork because i have a loop


i recommend getting one, because it makes the dipping process a lot easier. i think you can get the plastic ones at a craft store for a few dollars.