Best Peanut Butter Buckeyes

• Vegetarian
• Gluten free

• Condiments

  • 1 1/2 cup Jif creamy peanut butter

• Baking & Spices

  • 2 cup Chocolate chips, semi-sweet
  • 3 cup Confectioners' sugar
  • 2 tbsp Crisco all-vegetable shortening
  • 1/2 tsp Vanilla extract

• Dairy

  • 1/2 cup Butter, unsalted

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Description

Ingredients

• 1-1/2 c Jif Creamy Peanut Butter
• 1/2 c Butter, unsalted, softened
• 1/2 tsp Vanilla Extract
• 3-4 c Confectioners Sugar
• 2 c Chocolate Chips (Semi-Sweet, Dark Chocolate, or Milk Chocolate)
• 2 TBSP Crisco All-Vegetable Shortening

Directions

• Combine peanut butter, butter, vanilla and salt in large bowl.
• Beat with an electric mixer on LOW until blended.
• Add 2 cups powdered sugar, beating until blended.
• Beat in additional powdered sugar until mixture, when shaped into a ball, will stay on a toothpick. Shape into 1-inch balls.
• Refrigerate.
• Form 1 balls and place in refrigerator or freezer for 1/2 hour or until firm.
• Melt chocolate chips and shortening together in a microwave-safe bowl on MEDIUM for 30 seconds, stir. Repeat until mixture is smooth.
• Dip Protein Buckeyes with a toothpick into chocolate mixture, remove excess, and place on wax paper-lined tray.
• Keep refrigerated.