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No Bake Buckeye Peanut Butter Balls are rich and creamy peanut butter balls that get dipped in chocolate. This simple no-bake dessert is always a hit!

If you are looking for no bake peanut butter desserts be sure to try:  Reese’s No Bake Peanut Butter Bars,  Peanut Butter and Chocolate Granola Bars, or Crunchy Peanut Butter Bars!

No Bake Buckeye Peanut Butter Balls on a grey plate.

No Bake Buckeye Peanut Butter Balls

Remember that one time when I told you that I didn’t like chocolate? Well, still to this day I don’t like to eat a slice of chocolate cake. But the thing that got me to start eating chocolate was to combine it with peanut butter or caramel. I LOVE the peanut butter and chocolate combination! It is probably why I am so obsessed with these peanut butter bars.

My ten-year-old son loves to be with me in the kitchen and wanted to make a treat. Since it is still blazing hot here in Utah, I told him that it had to be a no-bake treat and so he chose to make these! We had fun in the kitchen making these together. They are so simple to make and the perfect chocolate peanut butter no bake treat!

No Bake Buckeye Peanut Butter Balls on a cooling rack.

How do you make buckeye peanut butter balls?

  • Start by adding peanut butter, butter, vanilla and powdered sugar to a large bowl and mix until dough forms. Roll into 1 inch balls and put onto a waxed paper lined cookie sheet. Freeze until firm 20-30 minutes.
  • Melt chocolate chips in the microwave stirring every 30 seconds until smooth. Press a toothpick into the top of each ball and dip into the chocolate. Drizzle the tops with melted chocolate and sprinkle with sea salt if desired.
  • Place them back on the cookie sheet and refrigerate until set.

 

No Bake Buckeye Peanut Butter Balls on a baking sheet.

Do Buckeyes need to be refrigerated?

I like to store mine in the refrigerator. But if you use shelf-stable peanut butter, they may not need to be refrigerated.

How long can you keep buckeye balls in the refrigerator?

Store them in an airtight container up to two weeks in the refrigerator.

Can you freeze buckeye balls?

Yes. They can be frozen for up to three months.

No Bake Buckeye Peanut Butter Balls on a cooking rack.

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No Bake Buckeye Peanut Butter Balls

4.41 from 5 votes
By: Alyssa Rivers
No Bake Buckeye Peanut Butter Bars are rich and creamy peanut butter balls that get dipped in chocolate. This simple no-bake dessert is always a hit!
Prep Time: 30 minutes
Total Time: 30 minutes
Servings: 24 Peanut Butter Balls

Ingredients 

Instructions 

  • Start by adding peanut butter, butter, vanilla and powdered sugar to a large bowl and mix until dough forms. Roll into 1 inch balls and put onto a waxed paper lined cookie sheet. Freeze until firm 20-30 minutes.
  • Melt chocolate chips in the microwave stirring every 30 seconds until smooth. Press a toothpick into the top of each ball and dip into the chocolate. Drizzle the tops with melted chocolate and sprinkle with sea salt if desired.

Nutrition

Serving: 12gCalories: 454kcalCarbohydrates: 49gProtein: 6gFat: 27gSaturated Fat: 13gCholesterol: 22mgSodium: 145mgPotassium: 277mgFiber: 3gSugar: 42gVitamin A: 251IUCalcium: 28mgIron: 2mg

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

Additional Info

Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
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23 Comments

  1. 3 stars
    Too much sugar, I think. I let the peanut butter part set in the freezer for 40 minutes, and when I went to dip them in the chocolate, some of them fell apart. I kept putting them back in the freezer and re-melting the chocolate, but they still fell apart. I wound up with 47 of them! If I make these again, I’ll cut the sugar in half.

  2. 5 stars
    I made 70 balls with 1 recipe. I don’t know where the 24 count came from. Mine are at least 1 inch balls (maybe even a bit bigger). My family loves them

  3. 4 stars
    They taste amazing! However- I thought 6 cups of powdered sugar was a bit much (I was running low on it and I didn’t want it to make too many) and did 3 or so cups. I also added about a cup of crushed graham crackers and used a bag and a half of chocolate chips rather than 4 cups.
    So I made a lot of tweaks for myself, and I don’t think it’s very hard to mess this up. Delicious 👍