I make these every year at Christmas time; we all look forward to them so much, that sometimes I'll make them earlier.
Peanut Butter Balls/Buckeyes
1/2 cup butter
2 cups peanut butter
1 lb. confectioners sugar
2 cups Rice Krispies, crushed
Combine ingredients, form into small balls and cool in fridge until firm. Dip in chocolate dip. Let cool on foiled or waxed papered pans, until chocolate hardens. (a good few hours)
Chocolate Dip
1/4 slab parafin wax
1 8 or 9 oz. chocolate bar
1 cup choc. chips
Combine all over low heat - do not boil. Keep warm and on stove while dipping.
I've found that if you put too much parafin in the chocolate, you can taste the wax in your cookie. So what I usually do now, is melt the chocolate first and then rub the parafin slab against the bottom of the pan so you can see it melting, and it will thin up your chocolate a bit. I only melt a little bit, probably 1/8 of the whole slab. Dipping the choc. is a bit of a pain, so having a helper is a big bonus. (I usually have hubby help me!) But it's SOOOO worth it in the end!
