Peanut Butter Balls
1 STICK of butter
1 cup any type peanut butter
1 lb powdered sugar
1-12oz package of semi sweet “REAL” chocolate pieces
2-4 tlbs milk (as needed to make the “dough” the consistency of cookie dough
1/2 cake of parafin ..canning wax
In large bowl melt margarine, then stir in peanut butter. Mix in powdered sugar. Add the milk 1 table spoons at a time if necessary (it usually is). Roll them into bite size balls, place on wax paper. Stick a toothpick in the center. Then Freeze them for a few hours. (this makes dipping them easier)
When PBB’s are frozen, melt the wax in a small 1 qt sauce pan then stir in chocolate pieces. When smooth dip the frozen PBB’s in the chocolate. Replace on the wax paper. Remove toothpick and fill the tiny hole with chocolate.
PREP Center saranned condensed milk can in greased round cake pan.
FUDGE Heat/melt on low 12 oz choc/chips, cup p/butter chips, tea vanilla, 14 oz sweet/cond/milk. Add 1 1/2 cups unsalted peanuts, 1/2 cups raisins; stir well (sticks if not stirred consistently). Pour around can making sure can is centered. Top should be bumpy.
GARNISH Use candied halves/whole red/green cherries, MnM's to make holly garnish on top (use pill splitter to halve green M&M's for leaves. Fridge to cool/harden.
GIFT Take out of pan; wrap in cellophane and bow to give as a gift.
INGREDIENTS
12 ounces semi-sweet chocolate chips
cup peanut butter chips
14 oz can sweetened condensed milk (save the can & wrap in saran)
teaspoon vanilla extract
1-1 1/2 cups unsalted peanuts
1/2 cups seedless raisins
GARNISH candied red and green cherries or green and red M&M's
Parafin! Bingo! That's it! Thanks! I have been racking my brain what it was that we would use to make the chocolate hard when making cereal candy when I was little. I have a bag of Cheerios that no one will eat so thought about making candy. Ok, so using GailA's measurements on the parafin (Gulf Wax - found in the baking section or canning section - white and orange rectangle box), here's a simple candy recipe: Melt a 12 oz bag of chocolate chips (or white, or butterscotch, or peanut butter flavored chips, etc.) with a half a block of parafin. Stir in anything you wish from cereal to nuts to marshmallows to dried fruit to coconut. Drop by spoonfuls onto wax paper. Let harden in a cool room or fridge.