Description
Indulgent peanut butter chocolate bliss bites promise a rich, creamy escape from ordinary desserts. Small chocolate-covered treats pack intense flavor that melts smoothly across eager taste buds, delivering pure deliciousness you’ll crave again and again.
Ingredients
Scale
Main Ingredients:
- 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
- ½ cup creamy peanut butter
- 1 cup powdered sugar
Binders and Fats:
- 3 tablespoons (3 tbsp) salted butter, softened
Additional/Optional Ingredients:
- 1 tablespoon (1 tbsp) vegetable shortening or coconut oil (optional)
Instructions
- Craft a velvety base by whisking peanut butter and softened butter in a spacious mixing bowl until uniformly blended and silky.
- Gradually incorporate powdered sugar, stirring until the mixture achieves a consistent texture and holds together seamlessly.
- Refrigerate the combined mixture for approximately 15 minutes, allowing it to firm up and become more manageable for shaping.
- Extract the chilled mixture and use gentle, clean hands to roll compact, uniform spheres approximately one inch in diameter.
- Arrange the carefully formed peanut butter orbs on a chilled baking sheet, maintaining slight separation between each.
- Return the sheet to the refrigerator and allow the spheres to solidify for a minimum of 20 minutes, ensuring structural integrity.
- Create a luxurious chocolate coating by melting semi-sweet chocolate chips using a microwave or double boiler method.
- Enhance the chocolate’s liquidity by introducing a small amount of vegetable shortening or coconut oil, promoting a glossy, smooth finish.
- Delicately immerse each chilled peanut butter sphere into the molten chocolate, utilizing a fork to ensure complete and even coverage.
- Permit excess chocolate to cascade off, then gently transfer the chocolate-enrobed spheres onto wax paper for precise setting.
- Refrigerate the completed bites until the chocolate hardens completely, transforming them into an irresistible confectionery delight.
Notes
- Chill the peanut butter mixture before shaping to ensure a firmer, easier-to-handle consistency that prevents sticking and makes rolling into balls more manageable.
- Use clean, slightly damp hands when forming balls to prevent the mixture from clinging to your fingers and help create smooth, uniform shapes.
- Opt for high-quality chocolate chips for a richer, more decadent coating that enhances the overall flavor of these delightful bites.
- Add a sprinkle of sea salt or crushed peanuts on top of the chocolate coating for an extra layer of texture and gourmet touch.
- Store these bliss bites in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to a week, making them a perfect make-ahead treat for spontaneous sweet cravings.
- Allow the chocolate-coated balls to sit at room temperature for a few minutes before serving to soften slightly and maximize their creamy, melt-in-your-mouth texture.
- Prep Time: 35 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Category: Snacks, Desserts
- Method: Mixing
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 12
- Calories: 130
- Sugar: 10 g
- Sodium: 85 mg
- Fat: 8 g
- Saturated Fat: 3 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 5 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 15 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 2 g
- Cholesterol: 5 mg