How To Make Peanut Butter Balls
Peanut butter balls were a staple in our school lunchrooms. Word got around fast on the day the lunch ladies were making them and we all looked forward to the single serving we got on our trays come noon meal. Single serving for everyone but my brother.
My brother, who never once passed up a chance to be unusually cruel to me, managed to singlehandedly wrap every one of the hair netted lunch ladies around his little finger. While we all surfaced with our single peanut butter ball, Bill waltzed to his table with at least three. Alright, so maybe he wasn’t always unusually cruel. He did let me be a backup singer when he was singing Buddy Holly, but that wasn’t my point here.
This is a great snack for children and grown ups alike. They are kept in ziploc bags in the freezer and when we manage to have any (they are eaten so fast!), I often see my husband or son coming back from the freezer with a handful at a time. Full of all sorts of goodness, its one snack that will not only tide your family over until you can finish up supper, but one you can feel good about letting them have.
Note about honey: If you have children under the age of two, substitute corn syrup as raw honey poses health risks.
I can go into why but don’t I go off on enough tangents as it is?
I make a LOT of these at a time so I need a dishpan.
Feel free to half this recipe!
Ingredients
- 2 C honey or corn syrup
- 3 C creamy peanut butter
- 5 C dry milk powder
- 6 C quick oats
Instructions
- Mix all together with hand mixer. Form into balls with hands and freeze on waxed paper lined cookie sheets until hardened. Store in freezer in ziploc bags. (Makes about 100)
Nutrition
If my brother shows up, only let him have one. ~grins~
Tring to make them there really dry! What can I do?
I finally got around to making these. YUM! I’d never had them before. YUM! (Did I say that already?). I must now reserve a spot in my freezer to keep these on hand.
Thank you for the great recipes Christy!
I am so glad you liked them Jane!!
Mom called these Power Bars and they were great. She’d roll them into logs, wrap them in foil and put them in the freezer. Very easy to eat on the run. I’m glad to see this recipe again.
I hope you get the chance to make them soon Beth!!! Enjoy!!
Oat allergy, suggestion for substitute?
This was a first for me so I had to do some research because I was stumped. 🙂 Looks like quinoa flakes are a good option. You might could just add 50% more powdered milk and leave the pats out entirely though. Let me know what you try!
And just so you know, it took a lot of self restraint not to comment on your lovely name and make a reference to you-know-who 😉
You can use rice crispies or corn/rice chex.
Just a couple thoughts, pasturized honry should be safe enough, get the pure honey, not a blend or honey flavoured spread, yes they are now mixing honey with other stuff and chsrging for resl honey.
For the powdered milk problem, I just found powdered cocoanut milk, that would certainly give a different flsvout. Do not use powdered soy if you are lsctosr intolerant,as the protien that is the root cause of lactose intolerance is present in soy milk, therefore it would be in the powder too. I said for years that soy milk made me ill just like the regular milk, and then they printed a study and it turned out I was right.
If you have reg slow cooking oats (cheaper than quick) simply run through a food processor or blender until its chopped into smaller bits. I got that tip from Ladies Day mag many years ago, and never had ti hunt fot the quick osts.
Can you use agave syrup instead of honey or corn syrup? Thank you!
I’m thinking I’ll add some mini chocolate chips. Might keep me from eating the chocolate chip cookie dough!