Peanut Butter Balls without a White Streaked Chocolate Shell

Smooth, creamy peanut butter meets shiny, crisp chocolate in these classic Peanut Butter Balls. This no-bake recipe includes tips for tempering chocolate for professional-looking results at home.

Ingredients
4 oz cream cheese (full-fat, brick-style), softened (113g)
2 Tablespoons butter, softened (salted or unsalted butter will work here) (28g)
¾ cup creamy peanut butter (see note) (185g)
2 cups powdered sugar (250g)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract (5ml)
12 oz quality dark or semisweet chocolate (I like to use couverture chocolate or finely chopped quality baking bars) (340g) (alternatively you may use dark chocolate melting wafers)

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Instructions
00:00 Introduction
00:30 Combine cream cheese, butter, and peanut butter and stir together (I like to use an electric mixer) until smooth, creamy, and completely combined.
01:14 Gradually stir in powdered sugar until completely combined, then stir in vanilla extract. Mixture should be very thick.
02:03 Scoop dough into Tablespoon-sized scoops and roll between your palms until you have a smooth ball (if the dough is sticky or difficult to work with, you may either add a bit more powdered sugar or transfer the dough to the refrigerator to chill for 10-15 minutes before rolling).
02:17 Transfer to wax paper lined baking sheet and repeat until you have scooped all of your dough. Transfer the baking sheet to the refrigerator to chill for 20 minutes.
Chocolate (see note)
02:47 Place couverture chocolate or chopped chocolate in a microwave-safe bowl and heat for 25 seconds. Remove from microwave and stir thoroughly (even though it will look like not much has happened).
03:51 Return chocolate to the microwave and heat in 15-second intervals, stirring thoroughly and scraping down the sides of the bowl each time until chocolate begins to melt. Once chocolate appears to be about 50% melted, start checking the temperature.
04:20 In order to properly temper chocolate (semisweet or dark chocolate in this instance), you must maintain a temperature above 87F (30C) but below 91F (33C). If you notice your chocolate has exceeded 87F but the chocolate still isn’t completely melted, just keep stirring it until the temperature has dropped or the remaining chocolate has melted).
04:49 Once your chocolate is in temper, remove your peanut butter balls from the refrigerator.
05:00 Dip the bottom of the peanut butter ball into the chocolate and then place on a candy fork (or just a regular fork, if you don’t have one!). Use a spoon to drizzle chocolate over the entire peanut butter ball until it is entirely cloaked in chocolate, then carefully slide off of the fork onto a wax paper lined baking sheet. Allow chocolate to re-solidify before enjoying, and store in an airtight container in the refrigerator.

Notes
Peanut Butter
I do not recommend using a “natural” variety of peanut butter (the kind where the oil separates to the top). Unfortunately this often results in greasy peanut butter balls.

Chocolate
I am providing instructions on how to properly temper your chocolate. This can be a bit tricky if you’ve done it before and takes some practice for perfect results, but the goal of this is to prevent the unattractive white streaks that often form if chocolate is simply melted without being tempered. If you aren’t worried about appearance you can simply skip this step and melt your chocolate in 25 second increments.
If following instructions for tempering, I do not recommend using chocolate chips.
If you are using chocolate melting wafers or almond bark, you can simply melt your chocolate according to the package instructions and dip without worrying about temperature.

Storing
Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 1 week.

[Lettuce-and-Tomatoes]

Those are some professional looking peanut butter balls. I’m going to have to acquire one of those candy forks. Awesome video!!!

[antoniominejahdambuznass]

Two things I love about sugar spun run
1) That poor stand mixer 🤣
2) You can really tell when Sam enjoys the food she cant hide it ❤️

[kevinbossick]

I make mine with butter, peanut butter, powdered sugar, and rice crispies. Everyone loves peanut butter balls.

[karenbalkaranali]

OMG!!! I love these.Sam you are so creative.

[minnoux]

Such a treat to watch your videos….thankyou, these look sooo good. Your superb recipes and the lovely way you present them, you deserve to get tons more subscribers xxx

[lindachaplain]

Made your zebra cake and tiramisu at the weekend and they went down a treat. Thank you for sharing.

[Javaman]

You have a very professional, very well done channel. Looking through your playlist, I gotta wonder if you actually eat all these sweets you make. Doesn't look like you do. I know I'm going to be making AND eating some of your recipes! :-D

[tootsiepeter]

I made truffles the other day and they were very good but the outer shell had white points i had no idea it’s because i didn’t temper the chocolate [ i melted it and dipped the truffles in ] i will not skip this next time! Thank you so much Sam🎄

[eldridgesmart]

Thank you very much for the video. I'll definitely be making these, this Christmas. You're the Best. Take care ✌🏾

[yeverino]

This recipe is nice, few ingredients and pretty easy. I hope lol, got get the chocolate right. But will definitely be making these this week

[AFairytaleFlavor]

Looks absolutely delicious and amazing! 😊

[beuba]

I’ve just learned how to temper my chocolate after making lots of hot chocolate bombs 🤣 so I’m always happy to see a recipe that will let me practice again 🙋🏻‍♀️ 💞

[terrymauriello]

You are such a great chef. I love this recipe. When I was a young girl, I had a similar recipe but it included very fine ground Graham crackers. It was also very good. At Easter, I shaped them into small eggs ❤️

[patriciatremblay]

Lol..I was just searching your channel for a certain recipe and this notice popped up!! They sound yummy!!

[leahbozulich-coker]

These look delicious! However, I do have a small question. Are you able to also share with us instructions for achieving the cute white and dark stripes across the balls? They really add to the festive look! :) ❤

[nethraa]

I’m definitely gonna make this!! But, do we have to use wax paper? Is parchment paper ok or is it gonna stick to the peanut butter?

[patso]

Thank you very much for this recipe and the other ones! I will try this one for Xmas, it looks delicious.
Any idea how many the mix yield? Thank you

[designyourcards]

This is like my grandmother's Easter egg recipe

[williamlindemulder]

Do these need to be refrigerated because of cream cheese?