Buckeye Candy Recipe

So you want to try your hand at making one of the Midwest's most awesome Candies. Grab your extra helping hands, roll up your sleeves and dig in for an evening of fun at the kitchen table. Great FAMILY EVENT!

Ingredients:

6 Cups Confectioners Sugar (1 large bag)
1 1/2 Cups Smooth Peanut Butter
1/2 tsp Vanilla
2 Sticks Softened Butter
2 Bags of Semi Sweet or Milk Chocolate Chips
Toothpicks
Wax Paper

Wash your hands!

Throw the first 4 ingredients into a large bowl. Mix up the concoction by hand. It's the best way to get a great mix on stiff ingredients such as these. Once thoroughly mixed, roll into 1 inch balls and place on a wax paper lined cookie sheets.

Take the toothpicks and stab each ball, leaving the toothpicks in of course. Place the cookie sheets in the freezer for a bout an hour to give the balls time to settle up around the toothpicks.

After you have let them freeze for an hour, dump one bag of chocolate at a time into a microwave safe bowl. Microwave on high for 2 minute intrevals, stirring to make sure melted threw. Take a few peanut butter balls out at a time, dipping them into the chocolate to cover 3/4 of the way (leaving a circle top uncovered). Place them back on the cookie sheet, remove toothpicks, and grab more balls to dip. Repeat this until done dipping all the peanut butter balls.

Your probably wondering what about those tiny holes in the top. Take out your cookie sheets and gently rub your finger over the hole till peanut butter covers the hole. Store your buckeyes in the fridge or covered on the counter (depends on how hard you want your chocolate to set). Let everyone taste and enjoy!

Funny story behind these; Last week my sister asked me for directions on how to make these. I wouldn't give it to her till she promised to let my 3 year old niece help her make them. As soon as Eliza stuck her hands in the mixture to help mix it up, she started squealing about how "yucky" it felt. Well being 3 of course it was "yucky " to her. LOL. By the time they were done my poor sister had the mixture in her hair, on her computer, and all over the dog from where Eliza was shaking her hands to get rid of the yucky. LOL. Needless to say I have been branded to "Bad Aunt Lori" status.