Toffee Crunch Peanut Butter Buckeyes

October 17, 2023

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A straightforward buckeye recipe, these chocolate coated peanut butter truffles are excellent for the vacation season! What makes them stand aside from each different buckeye sweet recipe? You combine toffee into the peanut butter filling and prime every buckeye with a honey roasted peanut.

Peanut Butter Buckeyes

Are you able to consider a greater mixture than chocolate and peanut butter? I can not! Creamy peanut butter fudge, home made peanut butter cups, and chocolate peanut butter truffles are all proof the flavour combo works brilliantly!

My newest chocolate & peanut butter obsession? Peanut Butter Buckeye Sweet! They appear to be they got here from a elaborate sweet store and are straightforward to make. And so they make a terrific home made vacation reward!

What Does Buckeye Sweet Style Like?

Taste: The primary taste to hit you’ll undoubtedly be peanut butter! However these buckeyes even have notes of toffee, milk chocolate, darkish chocolate, salt, and espresso. The flavors are all delicate and don’t overwhelm each other.
Texture: The peanut butter filling is creamy and crunchy, and the darkish chocolate coating provides much more crunch. There’s additionally a honey roasted peanut on prime of every buckeye for much more crunch! Should you love crunchy and creamy candies, you’ll love these!

Components for this Buckeye Recipe

Peanut Butter: I don’t recommend utilizing pure peanut butter for this recipe. As a substitute, I like to recommend a typical creamy peanut butter like JIF or Peter Pan.
Butter: Unsalted butter works greatest for this recipe. You’ll need it barely softer than room temperature, in order that it simply blends into the peanut butter filling.
Vanilla Extract: As at all times, I like to recommend utilizing pure vanilla. Not imitation or synthetic vanilla, which can give your buckeye sweet an odd style.
Salt: Only a sprint helps steadiness sweetness and improve the opposite flavors on this buckeye recipe.
Confectioners’ Sugar: Aka powdered sugar. Make sure to sift the powdered sugar earlier than utilizing it so your peanut butter filling is easy and lump free.
Milk: Entire milk aka full-fat milk works greatest within the peanut butter filling, however any milk will technically work.
HEATH Bars: These milk chocolate English toffee sweet bars are simply obtainable at most grocery shops. Should you can’t discover them, be happy to make use of an equal quantity of toffee bits and chopped milk chocolate as an alternative.
Darkish Chocolate: Should you don’t like darkish chocolate, be happy to make use of milk chocolate or semi-sweet chocolate as an alternative.
Espresso Powder: This enhances the darkish chocolate taste, however is an elective ingredient. You’ll be able to 100% make this recipe with out utilizing it.
Honey Roasted Peanuts: We prime the buckeyes with nuts and it’s completely scrumptious! Not solely do the nuts add crunch and sweetness, however they make the buckeye sweet look additional fairly.

Buckeye dough ready to be rolled into truffles.

Creamy Peanut Butter Filling

Tools: You’ll want a handheld electrical mixer or stand mixer fitted with a whisk attachment to make the peanut butter filling! And be certain all your components are at room temperature earlier than starting.
Recommendation: If you add the powdered sugar, solely add a 1/2 cup at a time. In any other case the powdered sugar will fly up and make an enormous mess. Sluggish and regular is the way in which to go when including powdered sugar.
Find out how to Repair the Peanut Butter Filling: In case your filling appears too dry, add in a bit additional milk. And in case your filling appears to sticky, add in a bit extra powdered sugar. I recommend including in a teaspoon of milk at a time, and a 1/4 cup of powdered sugar at a time. The peanut butter filling ought to appear to be play dough.
Use a Cookie Scoop: A small cookie scoop will make it straightforward to portion out 1 tablespoon-sized rounds of filling. Make sure to place the balls on a pan lined with parchment paper or wax paper so that they don’t stick! And chill till agency, about half-hour to 1 hour.

Fork dipping the buckeyes into the dark chocolate coating.

Dip the Peanut Butter Balls

Soften the Darkish Chocolate: I wish to soften the chocolate within the microwave. However if you happen to don’t have one, you need to use a doubler boiler or make one.
Dip the Buckeye Sweet: As soon as the buckeyes have firmed up within the freezer, they’re able to be dipped in chocolate. Rigorously dip the underside of every ball within the melted chocolate, leaving a small spherical of peanut butter nonetheless seen.
Permit Extra Chocolate to Drip: The key to much less messy buckeyes? Let any extra chocolate drip again into the bowl earlier than putting the buckeyes on the lined baking sheet.
Chill till Strong: Place the peanut butter balls to the fridge to set, about 1 hour. This buckeye recipe is greatest served chilled, however might be okay at room temperature for just a few hours.