Looking for a quick, yummy and easy dessert for the entire family to enjoy. Well, I didn’t need to make one last weekend but I wanted to, and believe me, my family wanted me to as well. That’s why I’m sharing these Peanut Butter Graham Cracker Balls recipe with you today.
We are a big peanut butter and chocolate family so I thought I would whip up a quick batch of peanut butter balls to compliment the Raspberry Magic Bars or Peanut Butter Cup S’mores Dessert Skillet or Maple Chocolate Pecan Pie Bars that I already had made. I’m not a one dessert-making gal much to my sister’s chagrin. I like everyone to have a choice. 🙂
So, I decided to make the peanut butter balls but quickly realized we were out of powdered sugar. That is an integral ingredient in those balls. Not to worry because crushed graham crackers (which I had!) were to the rescue. These peanut butter balls with graham cracker crumbs were delicious! My family loved them.
Peanut Butter Balls with Graham Crackers Ingredients:
1 cup peanut butter (I used crunchy)
1 1/2 cups graham crackers crumbs
¾ cup mini chocolate chips or Heath bits
1 – 1 ¼ cup chocolate (I used semi-sweet chocolate)
Peanut Butter Graham Cracker Balls Directions:
1. Take your graham crackers and blend to crumbs in a food processor until you get 1 ½ cups. Add graham crackers crumbs to the 1 cup of peanut butter. Mix it up good. You want the mixture to be dry enough to be able to form balls. Add a little bit more peanut butter or cracker crumbs to achieve this consistency if need be.
2. Form 24 even sized balls with your hands and place on a wax paper covered plate, cutting board or baking sheet. Freeze for 30-60 minutes.
3. Melt the chocolate in the microwave until just melted (do not overcook!) or use a double boiler and stir chocolate until melted. Placed mini chips or crushed Heath bits in a small bowl. Note: You can use whatever topping that you would like including nuts, crushed Oreo…etc.
4. Using a toothpick or fork dip the peanut butter balls in the melted chocolate, one at a time, and then toss in the topping until covered. Refrigerate or freeze until firm.
5. That’s it. Enjoy!
OTHER PEANUT BUTTER RECIPES
Chocolate Peanut Butter Pretzel Flowers
Peanut Butter Caramel Toffee Chocolate Chip Bars
Pretzel Crust Peanut Butter Cookie Candy Bars
Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Toffee Cookies
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Peanut Butter Graham Cracker Balls
Ingredients
- 1 cup peanut butter creamy or crunchy
- 1 1/2 cups graham crackers crumbs
- 3/4 cup mini chocolate chips (or Heath bits)
- 1 – 1 1/4 cup chocolate
Instructions
- Take your graham crackers and blend to crumbs in a food processor until you get 1 ½ cups. How many graham crackers in a cup, you ask? About 10 but just keep adding them to the food processor and measuring the crumbs.
- Add graham crackers crumbs to the 1 cup of peanut butter. Mix it up good. You want the mixture to be dry enough to be able to form balls. Add a little bit more peanut butter or cracker crumbs to achieve this consistency if need be.
- Form 24 even sized balls with your hands and place on a wax paper covered plate, cutting board or baking sheet. Freeze for 30-60 minutes.
- Melt the chocolate in the microwave until just melted (do not overcook!) or use a double boiler and stir chocolate until melted. Placed mini chips or crushed Heath bits in a small bowl. Note: You can use whatever topping that you would like including nuts, crushed Oreo…etc.
- Using a toothpick or fork dip the peanut butter balls in the melted chocolate, one at a time, and then toss in the topping until covered. Refrigerate or freeze until firm.
Nutrition
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Recipe adapted from Avocado Pesto.
LInda
Saturday 11th of March 2023
In the ingredient list you ask for 1 - 1 1/4 cup chocolate … is that the amount after you have melted it or is that chocolate chips or wafers that we are to melt. It’s not at all clear. Another poster has also asked that question and has never been answered.
Hollie Schultz
Wednesday 19th of April 2023
It is the chocolate before it has been melted. Since that is the dipping chocolate - it will also depend on how thick you coat each PB Graham Cracker Balls to how much chocolate you go through.Hope this helps!
Sherl
Tuesday 25th of December 2018
Hi, I made these peanut butter balls tonight but I used Hershey's milk chocolate morsels I followed the directions but the problem I ran into why is that my chocolate seem to be a little too thick some when I tried to dip the balls into it it would come off of my Fork and if it's just a little hard to get to chocolate right they didn't turn out bad but there's a little more chocolate on them that I wanted but great recipe they are very rich the Great! Can you give me some advice on my chocolate I would appreciate it thank you!
Hollie Schultz
Thursday 10th of January 2019
Add a little canola/vegetable oil (or melted butter) to the chocolate and that will thin it out. :)
Elaine
Friday 21st of July 2017
Would you have a weight quantity for the 1-1 1/4 cups of chocolate; or are you specifying semi-sweet chips? Thank you ????
Mollie
Friday 2nd of September 2016
This was exactly what I was looking for, thank you so much for posting this.
mariel
Wednesday 25th of November 2015
i love it very much