These easy to make Peanut Butter Balls are made with homemade peanut butter, vegan, and incredibly fast to make. The perfect bite of peanut butter chocolate delicousness!
Is there a better combination than peanut butter and chocolate? I doubt it. Even being a not so huge chocolate or peanut butter fan, there’s something about peanut butter and chocolate together. It’s amazing. And dangerous. And these little balls are just too stinkin’ easy to make. We devoured them. And then wished there were more but were happy they were gone.
Seriously so easy. And Vegan and raw which means they’re totally healthy for you, right? Yup, I’m going with that. Plus, we used our very own Peanut Butter which is pretty freakin amazing, if I do say so myself 😉
All these little bites of deliciousness are is some peanut butter, pure maple syrup, salt, and some coconut flour combined,
and some puff cereal too to add a little bit of crunch on the inside. I used Kashi’s whole grain puff cereal, but you can totally use any kind or even a gluten free one to make them gluten free. Or you could just not add them at all, but the added crunch is really good.
Then I rolled the dough into little balls. And clearly my ball rolling skills needs serious help.
Then they got a little dunk in my melted semi-sweet chocolate baking bars with just a touch of coconut oil.
Yummmm.
I popped them into the freezer for about 30 minutes for the chocolate to harden.
Then, to make sure they weren’t poisonous or anything before we fed them to our guests, I took a bite. Quality control, ya know. Just doing my due diligence as a proper hostess.
However, since we weren’t having them until dessert, I immediately put them back in freezer because it was sooo warm out. Can you see how the little guys were sweating already? They started to melt pretty quickly.
But once we finished our lovely Vegan meal with our favorite newlyweds Charles and Alicia, I brought these bad boys back out and between the four of us, we finished them. All of them. It was hot out an all, we couldn’t just leave them out to melt, right? 😉
For some more chocolate peanut butter goodness, go check out my buddy The Cozy Cook’s No Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Rice Krispie Treats! Talk about a delicious sounding mouth full!
Ingredients
- 1 cup 100% natural peanut butter
- 3.5-4 tablespoons pure maple syrup to taste
- 2-3 tablespoons coconut flour
- fine grain sea salt to taste
- 6 tablespoons gluten-free rice crisp cereal
- 1 bar of semi sweet baking chocolate
- 1/2 tablespoon coconut oil
Instructions
- Stir the jar of peanut butter well before using. In a large bowl, mix together the peanut butter and maple syrup vigorously, for 30-60 seconds, until it thickens up. It will go from runny to thick during this time.
- Stir in the coconut flour until combined (if your PB is dry, you might be able to skip this step or only use half). We're looking for a texture that isn't too sticky, but not too dry either. Let it sit for a couple minutes to firm up as the coconut flour will continue to absorb moisture with time. Add a touch more coconut flour if necessary. Or if it's too dry, add a touch more syrup.
- Add salt to taste and stir in the cereal.
- Shape into small balls (I made about 18).
- In a small pot, add the chocolate chips and coconut oil and heat over low heat, stirring frequently. Once half the chips have melted, remove from heat and stir until completely smooth.
- Dip the balls into the melted chocolate with a fork or a spoon. Tap off excess chocolate on the side of the pot and place the ball on a plate or cutting board lined with parchment. Repeat for the rest.
- Freeze the balls for another 15-30 minutes, until the chocolate is completely set.
Very cool x
Thank you! 🙂
This looks wonderful!
I’ve GOT to make these for my next social gathering!
AHHH I’ve been OBSESSED with peanut butter lately, I don’t need to see this! (Okay, yes I do… my god it looks SOOO good)… I made some Reeces Peanut Butter Easter eggs once, I’ll have to try this next. (Ps, toss one of these in some vanilla ice cream… ahhh.. kill me now)
Oh my gosh I saw your Reeces Peanut Butter Easter eggs and I was wondering how the heck you made them look so good! I had a hard enough time rolling these into balls! Oh man… mini peanut butter balls in ice cream- you’re killing me!
Yum!! Chocolate and peanut butter is simply heavenly. These look great!
Heavenly- perfect way to describe it! Thank you! 🙂
Easy and yummy dessert
Thank you! 🙂
Yummmmyyy!! How beautifully they are drunk in the chocolate
Thank you!
Hello,
I’m wanting to make these tomorrow and I’m a little confused of the melted chocolate. I got some cocoa powder and a health food store but I think I may have got the wrong stuff and what is process of making the melted chocolate
Hi Cody, thanks for stopping by!
For the melted chocolate, the best thing to use is to melt down baking chocolate squares or chocolate chips. But you can substitute 3 tablespoons of the cocoa powder + 1 tablespoon of vegetable oil (not olive oil or anything with a strong flavor, you want an oil that’s really neutral in flavor). This is what I substitute when I don’t have squares and I’m baking… but I’m not sure how it’ll work as a coating. It may be a little too thin, or it could work beautifully! For this recipe, I’d use at least which is 3/4 of a cup of cocoa powder and 1/4 cup of olive oil. If you try the cocoa powder and oil, please let me know how it works- I’m curious! 🙂
how do i melt chocolate chips and how much do i use. I bought two packages of chocolate chips though i think just using 1 should be fine. You just say 1 bar of chocolate so its a little confusing to someone like me that has never baked before
Hi Cody,
You can melt like half the bag- it’s a coating for the balls so you can melt whatever you need to coat. If you don’t have enough, just melt more! 😀
Sounds great!
I wish there was a calorie count for the recipes featured at this site.
thank you for all the wonderful recipes , do you have a yummy birthday cake[healthy recipe that you could suggest for me to make for her birthday this weekend im thinking pink or a white cake something that looks unhealthy but is healthy ??
Hi Michele,
Thanks so much for stopping by! Oooh yum birthday cake! I actually don’t really have any cake recipes on my site, but Cake Whiz is the mecca of all things cake and deliciousness where you can totally find some amazing inspiration! 🙂 http://cakewhiz.com/category/cakes/
thank you for your help