Monday, April 9, 2018

Crunchy Peanut Butter Pretzel Balls

Peanut butter balls filled with pretzels and peanuts, topped with melted chocolate.

Oh, has it been a minute since I expressed my undying love of peanut butter? Rest assured my obsession has not waned. And while I fully admit that my preferred method of eating peanut butter is with a spoon, right out of the jar, sometimes I feel compelled to actually make stuff with it.

Peanut butter balls filled with pretzels and peanuts, topped with melted chocolate.

I recently saw peanut butter treat balls of some kind on a grocery store shelf but the ingredient list seemed needlessly long. Still, it got me thinking that they couldn't be too hard to make myself. A little sweet, a little salt and definitely a whole lot of crunch would make them delicious.

Peanut butter balls filled with pretzels and peanuts, topped with melted chocolate.

I debated between adding crushed pretzels or crushed peanuts and decided there was no reason to choose and used both. Note that I used an all natural style peanut butter with no added salt or sugar. But if you're using a commercial brand that has both, start with less sugar and salt than I added and keep tasting until you find the balance you like. You might want to be careful with the tasting though because I found it's way too easy to "taste" the whole mixture and have none left to make the crunch balls. Enjoy!
Yield: 8 Servings
Author: Anita Schecter
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Peanut butter balls filled with pretzels and peanuts, topped with melted chocolate.

Crunchy Peanut Butter Pretzel Balls

Prep time: 12 MCook time: Total time: 12 M
Recipe for crunchy peanut butter balls filled with pretzels and peanuts, topped with melted chocolate.

Ingredients:

  • 1/2 Cup crushed pretzels
  • 1/4 Cup crushed peanuts
  • 1/2 Cup powdered sugar
  • 1/2 Cup natural style peanut butter
  • 2 Tablespoons milk, as needed
  • 1/4 Teaspoon kosher salt, or to taste
  • 1/2 Cup semi-sweet chocolate chips, melted
  • Sprinkling of sea salt

Instructions:

  1. Crush the pretzels and peanuts in a food processor or by placing in a plastic bag and crushing with a rolling pin.
  2. In a large bowl, mix together the crushed pretzels, crushed peanuts, powdered sugar, salt and peanut butter.
  3. Add one to two tablespoons of the milk, as needed, to form a dough that holds together when scooped.
  4. Using a 1 oz. scoop, form balls and place on a parchment lined plate. Melt the chocolate chips in the microwave and drizzle over the peanut butter balls.
  5. Sprinkle the tops with a pinch of sea salt.
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2 comments:

  1. omigosh seriously I'm 1000% in the mood for exactly these RIGHT NOW. gah I need

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  2. Super easy to make and super delicious! Thanks for sharing :)

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