Every Christmas season, it’s tradition that my family makes Buckeyes! They are everyone’s favorite holiday treat! These buckeyes are peanut butter truffles covered in chocolate. Since I usually only have buckeyes at Christmas time, I decided to make them into an adorable fall version! These Peanut Butter truffles are covered in chocolate and then dipped in peanuts to make them look like acorns. I added a little pretzel stick to give them a little stem.
These chocolate peanut butter acorns taste like a Reese’s but BETTER! I mean, just look at that delicious peanut butter filling. Covered with peanuts, these chocolate peanut butter treats taste almost like a cross between a reese’s and a snickers. Next time, I think i’ll use caramel sauce as the “glue” to stick the peanuts to. YUM!
These Chocolate Peanut Butter truffles keep extremely well in the fridge for a week, or in the freezer for up to 2 months. Make them ahead of time for Halloween and enjoy them with a warm mug of apple cider on Halloween night while watching your scary movie marathon.
Chocolate Peanut Butter Buckeyes Acorn Truffles
Ingredients
Method
- In a bowl, add the peanut butter, butter, vanilla, and powdered sugar. Stir to combine.
- Add in the milk and stir again. I like to use my hands for this step.
- Make acorn shaped balls and place the balls on a parchment paper lined baking sheet. Chill in the freezer for 30-45 minutes.
- In a small bowl, add the chocolate chips and coconut oil. Microwave at 30 second increments stirring until melted completely.
- Coat each acorn ball in the melted chocolate using a fork to drip the excess melted chocolate off. Place back on the parchment paper and put back in the freezer for 10 minutes.
- Dip the acorns tops in the melted chocolate and then into the chopped peanuts. Allow the chocolate to set for 1 minute before sticking half of a pretzel stick into the top of the acorn.