Dirty Buckeyes are Bacon and Chocolate Covered Peanut Butter Balls and are the perfect marriage of sweet & salty in one bite. Bacon lovers rejoice.
Ingredients
▢32 ounces thin-sliced bacon
▢1/4 cup butter
▢3/4 cup peanut butter
▢1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
▢12 ounces milk chocolate
▢2 tablespoons solid shortening IE Crisco, 1/4 block food grade paraffin wax can be substituted
Instructions
Cut bacon in small pieces and cook over medium-high heat until no fat is visible.
Remove bacon from pan and drain on paper towels.
Set bacon aside to cool.
Line cookie sheet with non-stick foil or wax paper sprayed with baking spray.
Mix together butter and peanut butter in a bowl.
Add powdered sugar and mix until sugar has disappeared.
The mixture should be the consistency of a peanut butter cup center. Add more powdered sugar a tablespoon at a time until that consistency is reached.
Roll peanut butter mixture into equal sized balls.
Set balls on prepared cookie sheet.
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