My husband was raised in Ohio and well, the Buckeye candies are REALLY good!<\/p>\n
Here’s the recipe I use. I’ve never had any issues with it at all. I do use a cake tester vs. a toothpick for the dipping part.<\/p>\n
Enjoy!<\/p>\n
Buckeyes
\nMakes 50
\nIngredients
\n1 1\/2 cups creamy peanut butter
\n1\/2 cup butter, softened
\n1 teaspoon vanilla extract
\n4 cups sifted confectioners’ sugar
\n6 ounces semi-sweet chocolate chips
\n2 tablespoons shortening<\/p>\n
Directions
\nLine a baking sheet with waxed paper; set aside.
\nIn a medium bowl, mix peanut butter, butter, vanilla, and confectioners’ sugar with hands to form a smooth stiff dough.
\nShape into balls using 2 teaspoons of dough for each ball. Place on prepared pan, and refrigerate.
\nMelt shortening and chocolate together in a metal bowl over a pan of lightly simmering water.
\nStir occasionally until smooth, and remove from heat.
\nRemove balls from refrigerator. Insert a wooden toothpick into a ball, and dip into melted chocolate.
\nReturn to wax paper, chocolate side down, and remove toothpick. Repeat with remaining balls.
\nRefrigerate for 30 minutes to set.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
My husband was raised in Ohio and well, the Buckeye candies are REALLY good! Here’s the recipe I use. I’ve never had any issues with it at all. I do use a cake tester vs. a toothpick for the dipping part. Enjoy! Buckeyes Makes 50 Ingredients 1 1\/2 cups creamy peanut butter 1\/2 cup butter, … Continue reading “Buckeyes”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[74],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-recipes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southernsunnydays.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1497","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southernsunnydays.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southernsunnydays.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southernsunnydays.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southernsunnydays.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1497"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southernsunnydays.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1497\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southernsunnydays.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southernsunnydays.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southernsunnydays.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}