Buckeyes

this came from the lid of smucker's peanut butter which i also use because i happen to think it tastes the best. i also find it helpful to pour off the oil from the top and only stir in part of it. or, i can just not use the butter. the original recipe calls for margarine, which is the stuff of the antichrist, won't touch the shit.

1. Mix the peanut butter, sugar, butter, and vanilla until semi-dry and crumbly.
2. Shape into ½“balls
3. Dip your balls into chocolate, leaving the top of the ball uncovered to resemble an eyeball.
4. Place your balls on a pan lined with waxed paper, and refrigerate until set.
5. Brag to friends and family of the enormously complicated recipe you just tackled with ease.

Smucker's PB Jar

one Etta Candy-sized serving

120

i may as well include the notes i have in my file. i had to fenagle the recipe a bit. but even when it doesn't exactly work, it still tastes damn good. the trick is to get your balls firm enough to dip without squishing in your fingers, while also without adding so much sugar and butter that it doesn't taste peanutty anymore. but it's still good.

6/24/03: START WITH JUST PEANUT BUTTER AND VANILLA, THEN ADD ENOUGH SUGAR FOR THE RIGHT CONSISTENCY. no butter at all.

XMAS 02: DECREASE-BY A LOT- BUTTER AND SUGAR Start with half the butter, then mix in the sugar, enough until the desired consistency is reached, then go from there.

ALSO-- CHILL TWICE. ONCE BEFORE AND ONCE AFTER DIPPING.

1 ½ cups peanut butter (one jar smucker’s)

2 ½ cups powdered sugar

½ cup butter

1 t vanilla

semisweet chocolate chips