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Buckeye Balls recipe made with 3-Ingredients, gluten free, made low sugar and under 100 calories! Indulging in this decadent dessert just got really easy. You will be amazed by how easy they are to make!
(Gluten-Free, Vegetarian, Dairy-Free friendly)
Not long ago, I ate a bajillion peanut butter balls aka buckeyes.
But it’s ok, they were Healthy Buckeye Balls. That makes it acceptable because they were a healthy variety, right?
Side note: I totally suck at making fudge and that is how these buckeye balls were born by my failure. My mother always struggled to make it and I must have inherited the suck-at-making-fudge gene until about 2 years later I finally mastered this super easy chocolate fudge recipe.
How To Make Buckeye Balls
- Make a frosting (this is our favorite vanilla frosting recipe personally). If you want to make it easy and buy some in the store that will work as well.
- Melt together frosting and peanut butter. Allow to cool for a little bit.
- Roll into little balls and allow to set.
- Dip into some chocolate and say hello to delicious little peanut butter chocolate balls.
Just 4 easy steps to making buckeye balls. Thissssss rocks.
Here is my story on how I figured out how to make buckeye balls even easier…
It was a Sunday night, not long before bedtime, when I had a ‘fabulous’ idea to make 2-ingredient peanut butter fudge using my low-sugar vanilla frosting recipe. Who decides to start making food at 8 PM at night? I do. Well… RIP Peanut Butter Fudge; it definitely did not turn out liked I had hoped.
I was staring at this failed block of fudge that still tasted phenomenal. Actually, I kept pulling off piece after piece and eating it. Scarfing down one peanut butter chunk after another (and perhaps wallowing in my super fudge fail), I came upon the notion that these would be fabulous with chocolate.
In what universe does chocolate and peanut butter not belong together?
And that, my friends, is how these Healthy Buckeye Balls were born. It was a magical night.
The fact that these are so easy to make gives them bonus points of a billion.
Buckeyes, Peanut Butter Balls, Chocolate Covered Peanut Butter Balls– whatever you call them, we all know and love them in our family. They do not survive past Christmas.
Not one is left behind to make it into the New Year.
History on Buckeye Balls
Our family calls these little balls of heaven Buckeyes, but I think these treats are more of a knownMidwest thing. So if you haven’t heard of these babies before you’ve got to make them!
They are meant to look like the buckeye nuts off the Ohio buckeye tree. For us it is more a reminder of the Ohio Buckeyes Football team (which incidentally our Michigan State football team recently beat.) #spartanwill #ItsaMidwestThing
Whatever they may be called in your family, there is not a more healthy, low-sugar, gluten-free option to devour this holiday season.
They are also totally and one hundred percent approved to make at 9 PM at night. I will attest to the fact that they are the perfect bedtime snack.????????
What does your family call these?
Healthy Buckeye Balls Recipe (Made with 3-Ingredients)
Dessert
Gluten-free, Low-Sugar, Low-Calorie
American
Buckeye Balls recipe made with 3-Ingredients, gluten free, made low sugar and under 100 calories! Indulging in this decadent dessert just got really easy. You will be amazed by how easy they are to make!
Yield: 35
Prep Time:10 min
Cook Time:5 min
Total Time:15 min
Ingredients:
- 2 cups Veggie Balance's low-sugar vanilla frosting
- 28 ounces creamy peanut butter
- 2 cups dark chocolate chips
Directions:
- 1. Combine frosting, peanut butter in a medium microwave safe bowl.
- 2. Microwave for 30 seconds, stir, repeat this step until frosting and peanut butter are melted together.
- 3. Allow melted peanut butter to cool 10-15 minutes.
- 4. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Scoop out 1 TBS of dough into your hand, roll into a ball and place on baking sheet. Repeat until there are 35-38 buckeyes.
- 5. Place baking sheet in freezer for 30 minutes.
- 6. Start a double boiler system by heating a small sauce pan with water.
- 7. In a glass bowl add dark chocolate chips. Place glass bowl on top of sauce pan. Stir until chocolate is fully melted. Turn heat down to low.
- 8. Dip peanut butter balls in chocolate, tap the bottom of the balls to remove excess chocolate. ( I found using a fork worked best for dipping. )
- 9. Place buckeyes back onto baking sheet when finished dipping.
- 10. Place finished buckeyes in freezer for 10-15 minutes to finish setting the chocolate.
Notes
** The holes on the buckeyes from dipping with the fork can easily be erased by simply pushing the holes close with your fingers once finished drying. The fork holes left on the buckeyes personally drive me crazy.
Author: Linnie
Recipe Video:
Check out our Buckeye Bars recipe video to get an idea of what the mixture should look like! Similar recipe just made into bars instead of buckeye balls.
Nutrition Information:
Serving size: 1 buckeye
Calories: 100
Other nutrition information: Total Fat: 6g , Saturated Fat: 2g , Trans Fat: 0g , Cholesterol: 1.6mg , Sodium: 33mg , Total Carb: 10g , Dietary Fiber: .6g , Sugars: 7g , Protein: 2g
Recipe, images, and text © Veggie Balance
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