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Pretzel Peanut Butter Balls
sweet and salty combined to make the perfect candy treat!
Prep Time
50
minutes
minutes
Cook Time
10
minutes
minutes
Total Time
1
hour
hour
Servings
40
Balls
Author
Nancy Piran
Ingredients
1
cup
creamy peanut butter
4
tablespoons
butter room temperature
2
cups
powdered sugar
sifted
1
lb
milk chocolate chips
or semi sweet
1 1/2
cups
crushed pretzels
Instructions
Prepare two cookie sheets lined with wax or parchment paper.
Sift powdered sugar in separate bowl to make 2 cups.
Measure out 1 cup of cream peanut butter into another separate bowl.
Add butter and mix with peanut butter.
Add powdered sugar to the peanut butter mixture. Add pretzels.
Stir all together and mix well.
Mix well till it is like dough. It will be soft and creamy feeling but hold well together. Rest for 15 minutes.
While the dough rest melt the chocolate chips using a double boiler.
Melt till smooth.
Roll dough into balls. Drop balls into the chocolate. Using forks or spoons coat each ball with the chocolate.
Place on a prepared cookie sheet. Refrigerate for 15 minutes or until the chocolate has firmed up
Store in an air tight container in the refrigerator for up to 1 week!.
Notes
If dough is dry add a tablespoon of peanut butter.