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~
My brother saw this recipe and said, “Oh, I’ve made those before They’re VERY addictive!” When I asked him where he got the recipe, he said, “In my students’ handwriting book!” (he used to be a teacher) Think I’ll whip up a batch of these to ration out ~snickers~ and bring back some fun memories! Thanks Christy!
You are going to love them Debbie! They are very addictive.
Christy, You have got to try cooking with natural peanut butter. When my kids were young, I was making Christmas Candy, they were fussing at me for using “my peanut butter” that’s what they called it. So I made one recipe with their peanut butter and one with natural peanut butter. After tasting both, they wouldn’t eat the candy made with regular peanut butter. After you try it, I will tell you how to store it.
I will have to check it out.
OH MY GOODNESS!!!! When I saw this post it was 2:45..my kids get home at 3:15…I RAN to walmart and grabbed the stuff and mixed it up while my kids were doing homework. YUMMY!!!! Definitely our new fav snack! I had to halve it bc I dont have a hand mixer so had to use my kitchen aid. Luckily I didn’t clean it yet, cause I”m going to mix up more right now!
I am so glad that you liked them Barbara!!!
do you eat these frozen , or at room temp???
Both! 🙂
We eat them both ways here Laura, I keep them in the freezer but if we are headed out for the day I just throw some in a baggie and by the time we arrive they are at room temp, if we haven’t eaten them all.
wonder how these would taste dipped in chocolate? we always need our chocolate!!
I bet they would be great!
That was my first thought too!
I was wondering the same thing… so won’t post hope to get an answer… lol
ooops missed the replies. sorry so lets dip…. ha ha
That was my first thought, too.
Thank you so much for this! One of my teachers (about 25-30 yrs ago-gosh I’m old) made these for us at school and I lost the recipe. My kids are going to love these.
Hmm. Can I make these without the powdered milk? I’m out. 🙁