Chocolate Balls

| Confections

Category: Confection

Ingredients

• 1 cup (300 g / 11 oz) peanut butter
• 1 cup (60 g / 2.1 oz) puffed rice cereal
• 2 tablespoons melted butter
• ½ cup (50 g / 1.8 oz) chopped nuts
• 2 tablespoons vanilla
• 1 cup (125 g / 4.4 oz) icing sugar
• 1 cup (125 g / 4.4 oz) fine coconut
• 1 small bag (50 g / 1.8 oz) semi-sweet chocolate chips

Instructions

1. Melt the semi-sweet chocolate chips in a double boiler.
2. Put all other ingredients into a bowl. Mix.
3. Form the mixture into small balls, about half the size of a golf ball.
4. If desired, refrigerate or freeze the peanut butter balls for easier dipping.
5. Dip the balls in the melted chocolate and place on wax paper.
6. Allow the chocolate balls to cool in the freezer or fridge before consumption.

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