These Peanut Butter Balls are super delicious, so easy to make, and taste just like a homemade Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup.  Great for a party!

Close up of a white bowl filled with Peanut Butter Candies including one candy that is cut in half to showing the peanut butter filling.

If you love Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups these Peanut Butter Balls are a great homemade version. They are easy enough to make, keep for a long time and you can decorate them with sprinkles or not. And did we mention how pretty they are going to look on your Christmas Dessert Table. We have all the directions you’ll need to make these yummy chocolate and peanut butter candies that will wow your friends and family! 

Ingredients you will need

All the ingredients you will need to make Peanut Butter Balls including Peanut Butter, Chocolate, Graham Cracker crumbs, Powdered Sugar and  Butter.

How to make the Peanut Butter Filling

Collage image showing the steps for making the filling for the Peanut Butter candies.

Step 1: Place the Graham Crackers into a Ziploc bag and crush them into crumbs. (Or you can use the food processor.) The crumbs should be pretty fine.
Step 2: Add the Graham Cracker crumbs, Peanut Butter, Powdered Sugar, and Butter into a bowl.
Step 3: Mix the ingredients well with a spoon.
Step 4: Scoop out a piece of the mixture. We weighed the Peanut Butter filling so all of our peanut butter balls would be the same size. Roll into a ball and place them on a lined cookie sheet. Put the candy balls into the freezer for at least an hour.

How to Cover in Chocolate

Collage images showing the steps for dipping the peanut butter balls into chocolate.

Step 5: Melt the chocolate in a bowl big enough to dip the peanut butter balls. Melt according to package directions.
Step 6: Remove the candy balls from the freezer.
Step 7: Use a fork to dip the peanut butter ball into the melted chocolate.
Step 8: Once completely covered with chocolate, place the peanut butter ball back onto the cookie sheet and allow the chocolate to set back up.

Collage image showing how to add a decorative drizzle of chocolate to the tops of the of Peanut Butter Balls.

Step 9: Use the leftover chocolate in my bowl to create a zig-zag decoration on top of the Peanut Butter Balls. Spoon some of the chocolate into a Ziploc bag.
Step 10: Reheat the chocolate for a few seconds in the microwave so that it melts and made a small cut in the corner of the bag.
Step 11: Add a squiggle of chocolate to the top of each Candy Ball and allow the chocolate to setup again.

How to make a Holiday Version

Collage image showing three close up images of a Christmas version of Peanut Butter Balls featuring Christmas sprinkles.

To make a more festive version of these yummy Peanut Butter Balls, top with colored sprinkles immediately after dipping them in chocolate.  These fun homemade peanut butter candies would be great for Christmas, Valentine’s Day, Easter or for a Birthday Party!

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Peanut Butter Balls

Yield 24 servings
Prep Time 10 minutes
Additional Time 30 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes

These Peanut Butter Balls are super delicious, so easy to make and taste just like a homemade Reese's Peanut Butter Cup.  Great for a party!

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 cups Graham Cracker Crumbs (13 sheets or 1 1/2 packages)
  • 1 cup Creamy Peanut Butter
  • 1/2 cup Powdered Sugar
  • 2 tablespoons Butter (softened to room temperature)
  • 1 package Chocolate Melting Wafers

Instructions

  1. Place the Graham Crackers into a Ziploc bag and crush them into crumbs. (Or you can use the food processor.) The crumbs should be pretty fine.
  2. Add the Graham Cracker crumbs, Peanut Butter, Powdered Sugar, and Butter into a bowl and mix well.
  3. Scoop out a piece of the mixture. We weighed the Peanut Butter filling so all of our peanut butter balls would be the same size.
  4. Roll into a ball and place them on a lined cookie sheet. Put the Peanut Butter balls into the freezer for at least an hour.
  5. Melt the chocolate in a bowl big enough to dip the peanut butter balls. Melt according to package directions.
  6. Use a fork to dip the peanut butter ball into the melted chocolate. Once covered, place the peanut butter ball back onto the cookie sheet.
  7. Use the leftover chocolate in my bowl to create a zig-zag decoration on top of the Peanut Butter Balls. Spoon some of the chocolate into a Ziploc bag. Reheat the chocolate for a few seconds in the microwave so that it melts and made a small cut in the corner of the bag.  Then add a squiggle of chocolate to the top of each Candy Ball.

Did you Make this Recipe? Leave a review below, then snap a picture and tag @twosisterscrafting on Instagram so we can see it!