Old Fashioned Peanut Butter Balls (4 Ingredients)

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Old Fashioned Peanut Butter Balls Recipe is a quick, simple and easy 4 Ingredients, no-bake snack recipe. It is made mainly with smooth peanut butter, butter, vanilla extract and powdered sugar.

Peanut Butter Balls

Unlike many of the peanut butter recipes you must’ve come across, this one has no chocolate whatsoever. We’ve only added it in our “Recipe Variations” section as a choice. But the true essence of these easy peanut butter snack lies in them tasting like a sweet, wholesome bite of just plain peanut butter.

Lucky for you, this recipe can be made from the bare minimum. You’ll be surprised, by the blast of flavour these buttery balls of goodness bring to your mouth, with just one plain old ingredient; peanut butter.

Ingredients

See the recipe card for full information on ingredients and quantities.

Peanut butter: I use good quality smooth peanut butter.

Butter: I use unsalted.

Powdered Sugar: To sweeten up the balls.

Vanilla extract: To add flavor.

How to Make Old Fashioned Peanut Butter Balls?

One: Start with butter, and add it to a mixing bowl. Use a hand mixer to beat the butter until it is nice and fluffy.

Two: Next, we will add the peanut butter and continue mixing until it is well combined.

Three: Proceed to add the vanilla extract or essence (whatever you have in your kitchen is fine), and then proceed to add the sugar.

Four: The sugar will take time to mix in with it, so add it in small quantities. Add some sugar, and mix well. Once blended smooth, add some more sugar. Continue this process until all the sugar is added and the dough is nice and smooth.

Five: Place this ‘mixture’, which would now look like dough, in the fridge for 1-2 hours so that it can firm up.

Once taken out of the fridge, go ahead and shape it into the exciting shape of balls.

Six: Scoop about 1 tablespoon of the dough and roll it between your hands, forming a ball. Repeat this with the remaining batter, then put it in the fridge for 30 minutes or so.

Your delicious snack is ready without the time or fuss of baking!

plain Old Fashioned Peanut Butter Balls in a bowl

Some Variations

Although this recipe tastes excellent, all plain and simple, there is a chocolate variation you can try. Just take the cold balls into warm melted chocolate and allow them to dry on a baking sheet. You’ll love this if you’re a chocoholic.
If you don’t like chocolate and want to make these balls more attractive and seem more like “candies”, then you can also add some colourful sprinkles.
I’ve mentioned that I use smooth peanut butter. However, if you like that texture, you can also use the crunchy one.

How To Store Them

I really enjoy them at room temperature, and I usually store them at room temperature for up to 3 days and in the fridge for a whole week or so.

I also sometimes freeze them; to do so, line these in an air-tight container with parchment paper on top and bottom. They’ll stay good in the freezer for about a month.

no bake plain Peanut Butter Balls in a bowl

Recipe FAQ’s

Why are my peanut butter balls so sticky?

It could just be that they aren’t firm enough yet. Most sticky balls will become firm when stored in the fridge for more than 30 minutes.

Why are my peanut butter balls so crumbly?

If they are too crumbly, then there could be two reasons causing this. One could be excess powdered sugar, and the second could be the lack of butter.

Are this no bake recipe gluten-free?

If you try this recipe as it is, then yes! This recipe is gluten-free.

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