We're having an early Thanksgiving potluck at work on Tuesday which works perfectly with this week's Club:Baked recipe: Buckeye candies. They're an easy crowd pleaser and the recipe makes a lot of candies. Even better, I don't have to worry about bringing a serving spoon (which I usually forget!). This recipe is quick to put together, but the dipping took me awhile. It took about 5 candies for me to figure out the right way to dip and roll the candies in the chocolate to get a clean, pretty peanut butter circle. I don't think any of mine came out as pretty as the picture in the book, but my husband took a positive position: "atleast they'll know they're homemade!" My husand thought they'd be better with milk chocolate (he's not a fan of dark chocolate). He also tried to suggest using white chocolate (his favorite)- maybe one day we'll experiment. While I don't have any great suggestions for getting the perfect "buckeye" look for the candy, I messed up a few and decided to cover the entire ball with chocolate, which I found to have a better ratio of chocolate to peanut butter. So if you get frustrated with rolling the perfect buckeye, go ahead an roll the enitre ball. They are just as yummy :) I hope everyone else at
Club:Baked enjoyed their Buckeyes!
We're having an early Thanksgiving potluck at work on Tuesday which works perfectly with this week's Club:Baked recipe: Buckeye candies. They're an easy crowd pleaser and the recipe makes a lot of candies. Even better, I don't have to worry about bringing a serving spoon (which I usually forget!). This recipe is quick to put together, but the dipping took me awhile. It took about 5 candies for me to figure out the right way to dip and roll the candies in the chocolate to get a clean, pretty peanut butter circle. I don't think any of mine came out as pretty as the picture in the book, but my husband took a positive position: "atleast they'll know they're homemade!" My husand thought they'd be better with milk chocolate (he's not a fan of dark chocolate). He also tried to suggest using white chocolate (his favorite)- maybe one day we'll experiment. While I don't have any great suggestions for getting the perfect "buckeye" look for the candy, I messed up a few and decided to cover the entire ball with chocolate, which I found to have a better ratio of chocolate to peanut butter. So if you get frustrated with rolling the perfect buckeye, go ahead an roll the enitre ball. They are just as yummy :) I hope everyone else at Club:Baked enjoyed their Buckeyes!
They look great. Mine were a lil messy too but i only made 6! Thanks for baking along with me this week.
ReplyDeleteyou did a great job and what a pretty dish! Your tray looks clean- looks nothing like mine (total mess).
ReplyDeleteThey look wonderful! They will be perfect for your potluck. I think the idea of white chocolate sounds intriguing! But I used milk chocolate, as I am not a dark chocolate fan.
ReplyDeleteLook fantastic! I bet the white chocolate would be delicious! I'll have to keep that in mind :)
ReplyDeleteI used milk chocolate too! Yours looks great! I took the easy way and dipped mine completely.
ReplyDeleteI think milk chocolate would be great too! I coated the whole thing. I like your assessment that coating the whole thing is a better chocolate to peanut butter ratio. Nice job on your candies!
ReplyDeleteMilk chocolate is a great idea. It would be fun to make milk, dark, and white chocolate candies. Great photos!
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