Make sure when you follow this recipe that you measure the cups of confectioners sugar! Just because you have a bag of sugar that says it is 16 ounces does not mean that bag only contains 2 cups of sugar! It is actually a lot more. I don't know why it ends up that way but that's the way it is. This might be why some folks did not have luck with this recipe. Don't make the same mistake I made! Measure Measure Measure!!!

By Valerie on December 26, 2012

6 cups conf sugar 1 1/2 cups peanut butter 1 cup butter 1 tsp vanilla This it's how it is made, ask someone from the buckeye state!!!

By Anonymous on December 23, 2012

How this Ohioan makes buckeyes: 1/2 lb butter 1 lb peanut butter Melt together in a heavy bottomed sauce pan. Add about 1.5 lbs powdered sugar gradually until the peanut butter mixture is solid and can be rolled into balls. (after you think you've added enough add more) Melt 1/2 to 3/4 lb chocolate in a double boiler. Dip PB balls into chocolate, leaving a bit of the PB showing. I usually spin the tooth pick between my thumb and finger a time or two after I've dipped it to remove excess chocolate. The Buckeye is our state tree. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Aesculus_glabra_seeds.png http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aesculus_glabra

By Cathy on December 22, 2012

Actually, I believe it is based on different peanut butters. At first I used peter pan and it worked wonderfully, everyone said they were fantastic. Then I used jif, jif made it super crumbly and I had to add extra peanut butter to it. But either way, they came out fantastic!

By Anonymous on December 22, 2012

Normally I love everything Paula does but I tried this recipe and it was just awful!! The mixture did not come together near enough to form balls or hold a shape at all really, it was just a crumbly too sweet mess!! Melting the chocolate as described does not work either you must thin by using vegetable or canola oil otherwise no matter how slowly you melt those chocolate chips it just stays way too thick. I added another half stick of unsalted butter to this recipe and a tad bit more peanut butter as well as cutting out some of the powder sugar and that gave me a good mixture which formed easily enough and tasted much more peanut buttery instead of so overwhelmingly sweet 

By Sherry on December 19, 2012

You need way mire peanut butter!! Can't even make the balls If you follow the recipe as written

By Anonymous on December 17, 2012

I would like to see Paula Deen use this exact recipe and make these candies...EPIC fail!

By Anonymous on December 16, 2012

My dough turned out SUPER crumbly and I ended having little balls of peanut butter flying all over my kitchen. I think I'm going to try adding more PB next time, and maybe melting it together with the butter.

By Caitlin W. on December 15, 2012

Worst recipe ever!! You need at least 1.5 cups of peanut butter. Try this, melt the butter and peanut butter in a medium size pot over medium heat. This will make the buckeyes really creamy and tast less like pure powdered sugar.

By Erin R Smith on December 08, 2012

I'm a GA girl transplanted to MA. I've made buckeyes at Christmas for years and my mom before that. I was telling a friend from Orgeon about them last night and she'd never heard of them. I was looking for a recipe online to quick email her rather than typing mine out. I notice that in your directions you left out the confectioner's sugar! That would get messy! = ) Obviously one should know to add the sugar in the mix but there are some who....well...would leave it out because she would do exactly and only what the directions say. :/ Here's to buckeyes for breakfast at Christmastime!!! Bon appetit y'all!!!

By Tricia Alford on November 06, 2012

Very dry. Add more peanut utter!

By Anonymous on October 25, 2012

As written this is way too dry. Are you sure the quantities are correct? By adding 1/2 cup peanut butter it works. Thanks!

By Sharon on September 26, 2012

I would rate that the best of all 5 Star 5

By Norma on February 20, 2012

Mine turned out really dry... but with the help of some more peanut butter it was ready to go... it turned out delicious Great to put in holiday tin containers and use them as Christmas presents. Merry Christmas Paula

By Anonymous on December 25, 2011

Paula, I saw a show that you took buckeye receipe and instead of making it into balls, you put it in a 9x13 pan and put the choc. on it after putting it in the frig. Can you just use the buckeye receipe and put it in a pan or not? Please let me know. thanks Margaret

By Margaret on November 27, 2011

hi im darlene i have so much from you i cant read to well i had trouble in my life i did not learn to read in till 11 year old and im not to hot. but your cooking and baking i learn and i love to cook and bake i also use coffee syrup in cookies and dresser.it is so good try it also in frosting too.thank you so much gril and you look so pretty too. god bless you all. darlene

By Anonymous on October 06, 2011