Peanut Butter Balls

Ingredients                        

• 7 cups Powdered Sugar, sifted (approximately 1 ½ lbs.)
• 1 ¼ cups Butter or Margarine, softened
• 18 oz. Peanut Butter (crunchy or smooth, your choice…)
• 36 oz. (3 bags) Chocolate Morsels (semisweet, milk, dark, white, peanut butter, your choice…)
• Shortening
• Crushed Peanuts (optional)

Steps

• Using a mixer, combine half of the Powdered Sugar, Butter/Margarine and Peanut Butter. Mix thoroughly until well blended.
• Shape mixture into 1-inch balls and place onto a parchment paper lined baking sheet.
• Cover and Chill.
• Repeat steps 1-3 with the remaining Powdered Sugar, Butter/Margarine and Peanut Butter.
• Combine 1 cup of Chocolate Morsels with ~ ½ tsp. of shortening. Melt using the microwave in 30 seconds intervals, stirring in between each until smooth.
• Dip each ball in the melted Chocolate until fully coated and place back onto the parchment lined baking sheet.
• Sprinkle the top of each ball with Crushed Peanuts (optional)
• Continue to melt Chocolate and dip each ball until all are coated.
• Allow to set until the Chocolate hardens.
• Refrigerate in an airtight container (that is if they last that long…)

Yields ~ 7 dozen

Best when made & shared with loved ones!