Healthy Buckeye Peanut Butter Balls
These Healthy Buckeye Peanut Butter Balls are the best healthy makeover ever! They are sweetened with honey and semi-sweet chocolate, so you won’t even miss the powdered sugar! They have a slightly sweet peanut butter center, and a delicious chocolate coating!
Equipment
- Blender
- Large mixing bowl
- Measuring cups and spoons
- Spatula
- Baking sheet
- Parchment paper
- Microwave safe bowl
- Small spoons
Ingredients
Peanut Filling:
- 1 Cup Creamy natural peanut butter
- 2 Tbsp Coconut oil softened or unsalted butter
- 1/4 Cup + 2 Tbsp Raw honey
- 1 Cup Oatmeal finely ground or oat flour
- 2 tsp Vanilla extract
- 1/8 tsp Fine sea salt
Chocolate coating:
- 1/2 Cup + 2 Tbsp Semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1 tsp Coconut oil
Instructions
- Grind the oats in a blender into a fine flour texture.
- Stir together the peanut butter and softened coconut oil in a mixing bowl.
- Measure in the honey, ground oats, vanilla extract, and salt. Stir to combine.
- If the filling is too messy to handle, place the bowl in the freezer for 10-15 minutes and it should harden enough to roll.
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Scoop out small portions of the peanut butter mixture and roll into 1-inch sized balls, then place each one on the baking sheet.
- Place the baking sheet back in the freezer for 30 minutes so the balls are firm when dipped into the chocolate.
- In the last 5-10 minutes of freezing time, combine the chocolate chips and coconut oil in a bowl and melt in the microwave at 30 seconds intervals, stirring until it becomes smooth.
- Dip the balls one at a time in the melted chocolate with a spoon or a toothpick inserted in the top.
- Flip them around to make sure they're covered, except for a small circle on the top.
- Then use a spoon to remove them from the chocolate and shake off any excess that drips off.
- Place each ball back on the parchment-lined baking sheet.
- Continue this process until all the peanut butter balls are dipped.
- Put the sheet back into the freezer to let chocolate coating harden up.
- Store the finished peanut butter balls in an airtight container in the freezer or fridge until ready to eat.
- Frozen is better in my opinion!
Notes
- Use natural peanut butter that is unsweetened.
- If the peanut butter filling is too wet to handle, place the mixing bowl in the freezer for 10-15 minutes to firm it up.
- When you melt the chocolate, make sure to heat it at 30-second intervals in the microwave or a double boiler, so it does not overheat.
- Make your own oat flour by grinding the oats in a blender to a flour texture.
- Store the buckeyes in a container in the fridge for up to a week.
- The buckeyes can also be frozen for up to 3 months. Wrap them in wax paper and place them in a ziplock freezer bag or container.
