Buckeyes

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 1 (12 ounce) package semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1 lb confectioners' sugar
• 1/4 piece paraffin wax
• 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 (18 ounce) jar smooth peanut butter
• 1/2-1 cup butter or 1/2-1 cup margarine, softened

Recipe

• 1 mix confectioners sugar, peanut butter,vanilla and margarine in bowl.
• 2 roll out bite sized balls of pb mixture and place on wax paper covered cookie sheet.
• 3 set in freezer to set.
• 4 melt chocolate chips and 1/4 bar of parafin in a double boiler.
• 5 after pb balls have set, use a toothpick and dip balls 3/4 way into melted chocolate.
• 6 put back onto waxed paper and put aside to set.
• 7 candy balls will look like buckeyes, hence the name.