{"id":5877,"date":"2014-11-12T18:59:30","date_gmt":"2014-11-12T18:59:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.com\/?p=5877"},"modified":"2014-11-12T19:35:58","modified_gmt":"2014-11-12T19:35:58","slug":"turkey-shaped-peanut-butter-buckeye-balls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/?p=5877","title":{"rendered":"Turkey Shaped Buckeye Peanut Butter Balls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chocolate and peanut butter is one of my most favourite combinations! \u00a0Whose isn&#8217;t it? \u00a0All those people who yell at me in capital letters that they are allergic to peanut butter. \u00a0I feel for you, I really do as I couldn&#8217;t imagine being without my addiction, but finding a substitution is probably something easier for you to do, than me. \u00a0There is also this amazing thing called Google.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This recipe is a special one to me, as my girlfriend Melissa made it for us during a Christmas Cookie Exchange one year. \u00a0Unfortunately, a number of years ago, she passed away. \u00a0I felt so lucky being able to continue on using her Dad&#8217;s recipe for this creation. \u00a0I know she would have loved it, and I appreciate my time that I got to spend with her, albeit too short.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>You can make these traditionally by rolling the peanut butter mixture into balls, and dipping them into melted chocolate.\u00a0 But if you&#8217;re looking for an adorable Thanksgiving treat, you have to try these.\u00a0 They&#8217;re super simple, and the only thing that takes time is the setting of the chocolate.\u00a0 I address this in the video, but I chose to use melting wafers\/almond bark as they set faster than regular chocolate.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/N9j77Sw44HE\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Peanut Butter Buckeye Ball Turkeys<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ingredients<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Chocolate baking squares (or chips, or melting wafers)<\/li>\n<li>Peanut butter melting wafers (or tan colored chocolate)\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 cup butter<\/li>\n<li>1 cup peanut butter<\/li>\n<li>3 cups icing sugar<\/li>\n<li>Orange candy coloured sunflower seeds<\/li>\n<li>Small red heart sprinkles\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Candy eyeballs <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/DSC_9331site.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-5890\" title=\"Buckeye Peanut Butter Balls\" src=\"http:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/DSC_9331site.jpg\" alt=\"Buckeye Peanut Butter Balls\" width=\"601\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/DSC_9331site.jpg 800w, https:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/DSC_9331site-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 601px) 100vw, 601px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div><strong>Procedure<\/strong>:<\/div>\n<div>\n<ol>\n<li>Melt chocolate in 30 second intervals in the microwave at 50% power, or use a double boiler.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Using a silicone oval mold, fill cavities with 1 tablespoon of melted chocolate. \u00a0Place in fridge to harden. \u00a0Repeat with a second coat of chocolate, ensuring that all holes, or gabs are filled in.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Melt more chocolate into a piping bag, and snip a small piece of the tip with scissors.<\/li>\n<li>On a baking tray, lined with a piece of parchment paper, pipe out the outline of tail feathers for the turkey. \u00a0Place into the fridge to harden once one set of feathers per turkey has been completed.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Once feather outlines are hardened, fill in the tail feather out line with the melted peanut butter chocolate, which is also in a piping bag.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>With the peanut butter chocolate, also pipe small feet for the turkey.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Place tray into the fridge to harden.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>To make the peanut butter filling, cream butter and peanut butter together in a medium sized bowl, using a large spoon.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Add the icing sugar and mix until combined. \u00a0Mixture will look grainy, but if pressed together, balls will be able to be formed.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Remove hardened chocolate cavities from the fridge and fill each cavity with peanut butter filling.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Once each cavity is filled, cover peanut butter mixture with melted chocolate, sealing the peanut butter inside. Ensure that there are no gaps of chocolate. Return to fridge to solidify.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Once chocolate and peanut butter cavities are completely solid, you can remove them from the silicone mold.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Using melted chocolate, attach eyes, beak and wattle to the turkey&#8217;s face. \u00a0Then the tail feather and feet.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Serve when desired once the chocolate is set.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>These are best kept in the fridge in a sealed container, for 2-3 days.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_target addtoany_list\" id=\"wpa2a_1\"><a class=\"a2a_button_facebook_like addtoany_special_service\" data-href=\"https:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/?p=5877\"><\/a><a class=\"a2a_button_twitter_tweet addtoany_special_service\" data-count=\"none\" data-url=\"https:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/?p=5877\" data-text=\"Turkey Shaped Buckeye Peanut Butter Balls\"><\/a><a class=\"a2a_button_google_plusone addtoany_special_service\" data-annotation=\"none\" data-href=\"https:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/?p=5877\"><\/a><a class=\"a2a_button_pinterest\" href=\"http:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/add_to\/pinterest?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Fcookiescupcakesandcardio.co%2F%3Fp%3D5877&amp;linkname=Turkey%20Shaped%20Buckeye%20Peanut%20Butter%20Balls\" title=\"Pinterest\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/icons\/pinterest.png\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Pinterest\"\/><\/a><a class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\" href=\"http:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share_save\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nwpa2a.script_load();\n\/\/--><\/script>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chocolate and peanut butter is one of my most favourite combinations! \u00a0Whose isn&#8217;t it? 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