Buckeye Recipe! Chocolate Dipped Peanut Butter Balls without Shortening!

Learn how to make this easy buckeye recipe! These chocolate dipped peanut butter balls look like a buckeye nut with the lighter brown peeking out from the dark chocolate. My version of peanut butter buckeyes is made without shortening, and I even have a lower sugar version!
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INGREDIENTS
*Traditional Version*
1 cup peanut butter
1/2 cup softened salted butter
2 cups powdered sugar
3/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 3/4 cups chocolate chips
*Less Sweet Version*
Same as traditional version, except reduce the powdered sugar to 1 1/2 cups and add 3/4 cup collagen peptides. You may need to chill the dough for an hour or so before rolling.
TIME STAMPS:
0:00 Intro
0:10 Ingredients
0:23 Mixing the Peanut Butter Dough
0:50 Forming into Balls + Chilling
1:16 Melting the Chocolate
1:33 Dipping the Peanut Butter Balls
2:23 What to Do with the Leftover Chocolate?
2:43 Storing
2:58 Less-Sweet Version
3:33 Bloopers
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[@IMOO1896]

Extra hints, priceless

[@the_kitchn]

Excellent ! the best & nice recipe 👌🏻 looks so delicious ,I like this 👍

[@rosascreativeworks5403]

Ooooo, la la! Yes, less sugar and less fat is good.

[@ButteredSideUp]

I hate it when they’re sickeningly sweet! 😅

[@LowHangingFruitForest]

You can use a nice smooth vanilla protein powder instead of collagen peptides and maybe get a better result with less sugar. Great videos.

[@ButteredSideUp]

Thank you for the suggestion! I only have experience with protein powders that aren't smooth - do you have a brand suggestion for one that isn't gritty?

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[@lulubelle525]

I will try your recipe .. for some reason with mine, the toothpicks kept falling out and creating a big mess

[@ButteredSideUp]

Aw, that's frustrating! Perhaps the dough could have been chilled more? Or it could have used more powder sugar?