Desserts & Candy

Buckeyes

Name: Buckeyes
Ingredients: 2½ c powdered sugar; 2 c peanut butter; ½ tsp vanilla; 12 oz semi-sweet chocolate chips; ¼ lb paraffin wax; ¼ lb butter, melted

From the kitchen of Mom (Mary April)

Buckeyes — chocolate-dipped peanut butter balls that mimic the nut of the Ohio Buckeye tree — are the unofficial state candy of Ohio, as deeply identified with the state as the Buckeye football team that gave them their second wave of fame. For the April family, rooted in NE Ohio for generations, making Buckeyes at Christmas was less a recipe than an obligation — something you did because you were from Ohio, and Ohio did this.

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Ingredients

2½ c powdered sugar
2 c peanut butter
½ tsp vanilla
12 oz semi-sweet chocolate chips
¼ lb paraffin wax
¼ lb butter, melted

Instructions

Mix sugar, peanut butter, and melted butter until smooth.
Melt chocolate chips and paraffin wax in double boiler.
Roll sugar mixture into balls.
Dip into chocolate 3 times. Let set up on waxed paper.

💡 Tip: These are an Ohio tradition — named after the Buckeye tree nut. A must at any April family gathering!