Peanut Butter Cookie Balls
These Peanut Butter Cookie Balls feature just 3 ingredients! Easy to make, and takes minutes. Great one for kids to help make, and as an edible gift!
Peanut Butter Cookie Balls
For another festive holiday dessert that’s also great for exchanges, try these Star-Shaped Jam Cookies, or these Eggnog Cookies. This White Chocolate Christmas Trash Snack Mix is one of my all time favourites too!
Sometimes the best desserts come in tiny bite-sized pieces. Also, the best ones to make are those that are incredibly easy to make. When you have a recipe that includes both = success!
I recently made these Peanut Butter Cookie Balls, because – 3 ingredients. You just can’t beat that.
It did take me a long time to make though, only because I purchased the box of cookies as per the recipe, and hubby ate them. Then, the next time I went shopping, I had to buy more, and hide them better.
When I finally did make them, it literally only took minutes. The hardest part was waiting for them to cool and form in the fridge for 30 minutes.
Yet once done, so worth the two trips to the store.
I love this recipe because the kids can really get involved in crushing the cookies, mixing and forming the balls. They can also dip the cookie balls into the chocolate and help decorate.
That being said, this makes such a wonderful recipe to give as Edible Gifts – package up all pretty and done!
These Peanut Butter Cookie Balls are very good, I’ll be making another batch right before our holiday company arrives.
Consider this recipe on to add to your ‘holiday baking must-make list’!
Enjoy!
Also, check out our Peppermint Mocha Donuts recipe. They have become my holiday must-have with a cup of morning coffee!
Peanut Butter Cookie Balls
Ingredients
- 350 g Oatmeal Peanut Butter Cookies (finely crushed, divided)
- 8 oz Philadelphia Brick Cream Cheese (softened)
- 450 g Baker's Semi-Sweet Chocolate
Instructions
- Reserve 1 Tbsp. cookie crumbs. Mix cream cheese and remaining crumbs until well blended. Shape into 42 (1-inch) balls. Refrigerate 30 min.
- Melt chocolate as directed on package. Dip balls in chocolate; place on parchment or waxed paper-covered baking sheet. Sprinkle with reserved crumbs.
- Refrigerate 1 hour or until firm.
Notes
To easily coat cookie balls with melted chocolate, add cookie balls, in batches, to bowl of melted chocolate. Then, use 2 forks to roll cookie balls in chocolate until evenly coated. Remove cookie balls with forks and allow excess chocolate to drip back into bowl before placing cookie balls on prepared baking sheet.
SPECIAL EXTRA
Sprinkle cookie balls with coloured sugar or sprinkles in addition to, or instead of, the cookie crumbs.
I have not heard of that brand of cookie, I wonder if they have it in the stores here. My little one and I have been baking up a storm lately. I will run it past him to see if he can handle one more – I am sure he will love these.
These sound so simple and that is a huge plus for me. I had a good giggle that your husband ate them all so you had to make more! ha!
Peanut butter cookie balls sounds delicious, I’d love a few!
Oh my goodness, these sound delicious. I am sure if I made them Hubby would eat them up in a minute flat.
Yumm!! They sound delicious!!
I go back and forth on cookie balls, some years I love them, some I don’t – this year I think I need to have a few and these look great!
These look absolutely DIVINE! This would make the perfect “neighbor” gift!
How simple and yummy! And it includes my favorite cookies, Pirate cookies! I would totally have to hide the cookies so hubby and jr didn’t devour them before I could use them in the recipe lol
Peanut butter, cream cheese, and chocolate!? I am so totally sold. Those look and sound delicious!
You can’t go wrong with peanut butter and chocolate! What a great, festive treat!
Oh I so wish we could make these but my son is allergic to peanut butter! I soooo miss it in our house. I just love peanut anything. So sad.
I hear ya, we can have PB here in the house but no nuts. Yet, check out the Kraft site though – there’s others, just as easy and no PB. I’m going ot be making a couple of those next!
You had me at peanut butter 🙂 These would be perfect for me to bring with me to the Christmas party I was invited to this weekend!
Is there anything I could swap the PB with and use same recipe? My son doesn’t like PB. Or do you have another simple, delicious holiday cookie recipe?
Those look and sound Ah-mazing! I really like the little Christmas trees on them too, super cute!
Okay Okay, I am going to HAVE to try these, they sound and look to good not too!!! YUMMY!