Best Peanut Buttermounds Candy Recipes

BUCKEYES I

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This recipe is so good that I double it whenever I make it. Since it is peanut butter balls dipped in chocolate it is almost like candy. Real buckeyes are nuts that grow on trees and are related to the horse chestnut.

Provided by Tammy Winters

Categories Desserts Cookies No-Bake Cookie Recipes

Time 50m

Yield 30

Number Of Ingredients 5

Ingredients

1 ½ cups peanut butter
1 cup butter, softened
½ teaspoon vanilla extract
6 cups confectioners' sugar
4 cups semisweet chocolate chips

Steps:

In a large bowl, mix together the peanut butter, butter, vanilla and confectioners' sugar. The dough will look dry. Roll into 1 inch balls and place on a waxed paper-lined cookie sheet.
Press a toothpick into the top of each ball (to be used later as the handle for dipping) and chill in freezer until firm, about 30 minutes.
Melt chocolate chips in a double boiler or in a bowl set over a pan of barely simmering water. Stir frequently until smooth.
Dip frozen peanut butter balls in chocolate holding onto the toothpick. Leave a small portion of peanut butter showing at the top to make them look like Buckeyes. Put back on the cookie sheet and refrigerate until serving.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 331 calories, Carbohydrate 40.6 g, Cholesterol 16.3 mg, Fat 19.4 g, Fiber 2.1 g, Protein 4.2 g, SaturatedFat 9.2 g, Sodium 105.5 mg, Sugar 36.9 g

MOM'S BEST PEANUT BRITTLE

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This is a wonderful peanut brittle that is easy to make and wows everyone! Have all the ingredients for this recipe measured out and ready. This recipe requires that you react quickly. You do not have time to measure ingredients in between steps.

Provided by Amanda

Categories Desserts Nut Dessert Recipes Peanut Dessert Recipes

Time 55m

Yield 16

Number Of Ingredients 7

Ingredients

1 cup white sugar
½ cup light corn syrup
¼ teaspoon salt
¼ cup water
1 cup peanuts
2 tablespoons butter, softened
1 teaspoon baking soda

Steps:

Grease a large cookie sheet. Set aside.
In a heavy 2 quart saucepan, over medium heat, bring to a boil sugar, corn syrup, salt, and water. Stir until sugar is dissolved. Stir in peanuts. Set candy thermometer in place, and continue cooking. Stir frequently until temperature reaches 300 degrees F (150 degrees C), or until a small amount of mixture dropped into very cold water separates into hard and brittle threads.
Remove from heat; immediately stir in butter and baking soda; pour at once onto cookie sheet. With 2 forks, lift and pull peanut mixture into rectangle about 14x12 inches; cool. Snap candy into pieces.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 143.5 calories, Carbohydrate 22.3 g, Cholesterol 3.8 mg, Fat 6 g, Fiber 0.7 g, Protein 2.2 g, SaturatedFat 1.5 g, Sodium 132.2 mg, Sugar 15.6 g

MOUNDS BALLS

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I make these bite-sized treats as gifts for friends-and I get lots of thank-you notes in return. The mailman doesn't mind delivering them, though. He gets a box of candy, too! We have three generations of family working together on our dairy farm in the "thumb" of Michigan. Everyone agrees these milky morsels promote our product deliciously. -Kathy Dorman, Snover, Michigan

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories Desserts

Time 40m

Yield about 7 dozen candies.

Number Of Ingredients 12

Ingredients

1/2 pound unsalted butter
3-3/4 cups confectioners' sugar
1 pound sweetened shredded coconut
1/2 cup sweetened condensed milk
1 cup chopped walnuts
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
CHOCOLATE COATING:
2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
4 ounces unsweetened chocolate
2 -inch x 1-inch x 1/2-inch piece paraffin wax
Round wooden toothpicks
Styrofoam sheets

Steps:

In bowl, cream together butter and sugar. Add coconut, milk, walnuts and vanilla; stir until blended. Chill until slightly firm; roll into walnut-sized balls. Insert a toothpick in each ball. Place balls on baking sheets; freeze. In double boiler over simmering water, melt chocolate chips, chocolate squares and paraffin wax. Keep warm over hot water. Using picks as handles, dip frozen balls into chocolate mixture; stick picks upright into was paper-covered Styrofoam sheet. Chill until firm. Remove picks and package candy in individual paper liners. (May also be frozen.)

Nutrition Facts : Calories 111 calories, Fat 7g fat (4g saturated fat), Cholesterol 7mg cholesterol, Sodium 18mg sodium, Carbohydrate 12g carbohydrate (10g sugars, Fiber 1g fiber), Protein 1g protein.

PEANUT BUTTER/MOUNDS CANDY

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If you like peanut butter, and coconut crean candy then this recipe is for you. Out of one mix you will get two different candy, diped in chocolate. One is like a peanut butter cup, the other is like a mounds bar. This recipe is so easy to make, and you get a lot of candy from one mix.I found this resipe years ago and I use it a lot.

Provided by donna clark @donnacl

Categories Candies

Number Of Ingredients 8

Ingredients

2 pound(s) confectioners sugar
1/4 pound(s) butter softened
1 package(s) ( 8 oz ) cream cheese softened
2 teaspoon(s) vanilla extract
12 ounce(s) peanut butter
1 pound(s) flaked coconut
4 cup(s) semi-sweet chocolate
2 tablespoon(s) shortening

Steps:

In a large mixing bowl, combine sugar, butter, cream cheese, and vanilla. Divide the batter in half and place each half of the batter in a bowl of it's own. Stir peanut butter into one bowl of batter and the coconut into the other.
Using your hands mold the dough into a ball or squars ( or mold of you choice ) and arrange on a baking sheet. Place in the freezer until harden.
When the candy has set, melt the chocolate chips and shortening in the top of a double boiler. Dip the candy into the chocolate until covered. Place the candy on waxed paper and return to the freezer to harden. After the chocolate has hardened the candy can be kept in the refrigerator until used.