Best Buckeyes (Peanut Butter and Chocolate Candies)

By lioness7466

I make about 30 varieties of cookies and candies during the holidays and these are the most requested. They are fairly easy and delicious. I serve them on a tray in miniature muffin liners. I have tried many different buckeye recipes, but this one, given to me years ago, is the best one I have used. ADDED 12/17/06: Instead of chips and paraffin wax, this year I used chocolate bark coating and it worked really well. You will need about Five - 2 oz. blocks of bark.

Ingredients

• 1 (18 ounce) jar creamy peanut butter
• 1/2 cup butter (softened) or 1/2 cup margarine (softened)
• 1 lb confectioners' sugar (about 3.5 cups)
• 1 tablespoon vanilla
• Merckens chocolate wafers

Preparation

Step 1

1 Cream peanut butter and butter. 2 Add sugar and vanilla and mix well. 3 Form into 1 inch balls and refrigerate. 4 Melt chocolate chips with parafin wax in a double boiler. 5 Dip balls into chocolate with a toothpick about 3/4 of the way covered. 6 Place chocolate side down on waxed paper. 7 Let set at room temperature or refrigerate.