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.
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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~
Made these with Sunbutter (for the nut allergics in the household) and they are yum! Thanks for something so easy. The children had a great time helping. And I’ll have a great time just pulling them out of the freezer! ~ Tricia
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For years, I have wondered how to make these! I remember trading items back and forth with friends just to get one more of them! Thank you for this recipe!
I am a fan of any recipe that says “makes about a hundred.” Love that. : )
I just made these and they’re in the freezer, I cut the recipe in third b/c there’s only three of us but as I was “sampling” (licking my fingers after rolling them out) I realize I probably only needed to cut the recipe in half because they’re so good! I think I’m going to try to drizzle some chocolate over some and those can be Mommy snacks. =)
As many times as I’ve searched this site, I don’t know how I over looked this recipe.
I commute almost an hour each way to and from work. I am always in need of a snack before dinner. I do believe I’ve found a snack I can now feel good about eating.
Instead of using oatmeal I makde/make a smaller batched recipe with toasted wheat germm buying raw from the store and toasting in oven per their directions, Our kids loved them and I can eat the whole batch but unfortunately, they do add the weight; and the scale knows. (hehehe) They’re like peanuts —you can’t eat just one.