buckeye candy

Ingredients

  • candy:
  • 1 stick softened butter
  • 1 3/4 cup(1 18oz jar) creamy peanut butter
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 about 1 lb confectioners sugar
  • chocolate coating;
  • 1 (12oz) pkg semi-sweet chocolate chips
  • 1 tbsp vegetable shortening

Preparation

Step 1

cream butter, peanut butter, and vanilla together, adding confectioners sugar until proper consistency is reached. roll candy into 1-inch balls and place on wax paper0lined cookie sheet. melt chips and shortening together in top of double broiler. keep chocolate mixture in double broiler over low heat while you dip each candy. using a toothpick, dip each ball, covering about 3/4 of candy. place candy on sheet to cool

makes 8