Jingle Balls

Added: 27th September 2006

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This recipe makes about 120 chocolate covered jingle balls. A batch this large is perfect to give as gifts to all your friends. If you want to make these just for yourself, cut this recipe in half or into thirds.

Ingredients

  • 3 C. creamy peanut butter
  • 1 C. powdered sugar
  • 2 C. softened butter
  • 4 tsp. vanilla
  • 3 12-oz. pkgs. chocolate chips
  • 6 Tbs. Para wax

Directions

Mix peanut butter, sugar, butter and vanilla together in a bowl. Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour. Melt chocolate chips w/ Para wax over low heat. Make peanut butter mixture into balls about the size of a quarter. (It's best to work with small amounts of the mixture, keeping the rest refrigerated until you're ready to form and dip. The mixture gets gooey and messy very quickly.) Using toothpicks or small forks, dip the balls into the chocolate. Set on wax paper and refrigerate. 

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Reviews (7)

  • I made these jingle balls, which we call buck eye's. They did not firm up enough to roll into balls.I chilled the dough overnight too. Are you sure about the 2 cup's of butter. That is alot. I have never seen a recipe with that much. I think 1/2 cup would have worked way better. Let me know if anyone else had a problem with this recipe. Great tasting though. Paula Deen would love it.

    Flag as inappropriate pddd  |  21st December 2008

  • IN MD WE MAKE THEM FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY AS GIFTS. THEY ARE CALLED BUCKEYES

    Flag as inappropriate sweetnanny1  |  19th December 2008

  • in Eastern Ontario, Canada our family makes a similar recipe to this every Christmas, they're called snowballs, the difference is instead of dipping in chocolate, we roll them in coconut:0)

    Flag as inappropriate okiegirl  |  24th October 2008

  • I assume parawax is paraffin wax. It used to be used to seal jellies & jams in jars. It can be used in candy making, to help harden the consistency of a dipped covering, like melted chocolate. I've also used a small amount of shortening in place of the wax.

    Flag as inappropriate wandaruss  |  19th October 2008

  • can someone tell me what parawax is?

    Flag as inappropriate almadee78  |  15th October 2008

  • sjsparks - Even in MI and IN, we refer to them as Buckeyes, where they are also a family favorite!

    Flag as inappropriate STHOMAS  |  13th October 2008

  • I make these every Christmas and in Ohio they are called Buck-Eyes.

    Flag as inappropriate sjsparks  |  24th September 2008

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