The combination of chocolate and peanut butter is one of my family’s very favorites and these homemade chocolate peanut butter truffles get rave reviews when I make them. You just can’t beat the rush as you bite through the hard chocolate coating and get into the sweet, creamy center of peanut butter.
Chocolate peanut butter truffles are fun to make with children, too. My son loves to shape the peanut butter mixture and dip them into the chocolate.
A delicious treat to answer that chocolate and peanut butter craving
Ingredients
- 2 pounds confectioner's sugar
- 8 tablespoons butter, softened
- 8 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 1 1/2 cups peanut butter
- 1 1/2 tsp vanilla
- pinch of salt
- 12 ounces semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1/3 cup shortening
- 1/4 cup cocktail peanuts, chopped (optional)
Instructions
- Beat together sugar, butter, and cream cheese until creamy.
- Add in peanut butter, vanilla and salt and beat until well-combined.
- Spoon tablespoons of peanut butter mixture and form into the shape of a ball in your hands. Place on parchment lined baking sheets and chill for approximately 30 minutes.
- Melt chocolate and shortening in a microwave safe bowl.
- Dip peanut butter balls into chocolate and place back onto parchment lined baking sheets to harden.
- Sprinkle with chopped peanuts, if desired.
- Keep refrigerated.
Meal type: dessert
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Is there anything better in life than chocolate and peanut butter? I think not. And then you go and add cream cheese? I’m beside myself.
Kelley: Too funny, yes it’s quiet the treat!
I second that! Yum, yum, and more yum!
These sound fantastic, Robyn!
They are certainly quiet addictive.
Oh my! What a treat these would be, Robyn.
Pretty delicious little bites of goodness.
I am going to make these and then eat them all myself. My husband is anti-peanut butter (weird British person!) and so anything like this I get allllll to myself. Mwuahaha
ROFL – I bet you could freeze some for later, too. Now that I think of it, I may just have to make another batch to test that freezing theory out (yeah – just for testing purposes. Not to gobble up by any means!)
These look lovely! Hubby would love them!
We adore chocolate & PB over here too! These treats look wonderful
i could eat an entire recipe of these . . . if The Professor doesn’t beat me to it!!
Love these… and love that I can do them with my kids!
Chocolate and peanut butter…what’s not to love? These look great, Robyn!!
Robyn my hubby thinks peanut butter should be it’s own food group!! he would LOVE these!! I make something similar at Christmas, I may need to try your recipe this year!
Thanks for linking up
My hubby and son would go crazy for these. Delicious and they seem so simple!
These look incredible… Chocolate and peanut butter is one of my favorite combos.
Okay, you gotta stop. This is too good to not try soon, but I need to be eating salad. Yum!
Don’t force me to make them…bring some over
Chocolate and peanut butter are made for each other! I think these would disappear pretty quickly around me, lol.
Peanut butter and chocolate is one of my all time favorite combinations. Yum!
I would be honored if you shared this on my Sweet Tooth Friday linky. I hope to see you there. http://alli-n-son.com/2011/04/21/quick-no-rise-chocolate-cinnamon-rolls/
Can I say yummy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! they look awesome! You have a wonderful site.
Those little truffles look delicious! Who doesn’t love chocolate and peanut butter? Yum
I adore truffles and the fact they have peanut butter in them pushes me over the edge!
These look like a perfect treat to make with the kids, and EVERYONE would enjoy them. I have a similar recipe but it doesn’t use cream cheese – and I love cream cheese – must try!
These look wonderful You have a great web site! Can’t wait to check out your shop. congratulations on being featured, can’t wait to see what else you got here!
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Oh boy these are trouble!!! Especially when I’m trying to cut back on my chocolate intake (it’s reached almost an obsession/addiction to get me through finals) but these look too good to resist!!! I might have to try them! And eat them all by myself too!
David just asked me to make some PB truffles and then BAM, I see this in your sidebar while looking at your spicy shrimp wrap recipe. Perfect timing! Can’t wait to make these guys!
You have such a gorgeous site, Robyn. I appreciate all of your hard work in putting the post, pictures and organized thoughts together. You rock!