Healthy Peanut Butter Buckeyes Recipe

Healthy Peanut Butter Buckeyes Recipe

These healthy peanut butter buckeyes are full of peanut buttery goodness, naturally sweetened, and dipped in dark chocolate. Snacking never tasted so good!

Some days I want to punch life in face, like square in the nose (and really hard).

Other days, I want to give it a high five. If it’s a particularly good day, one of those high fives where you take a running start and leap in the air until your hands meet. The kind you see in the movies where they do a screen freeze with both parties frozen in the air with their hands together.

Today is definitely a high five kind of day. Here’s why: 1. I made you a healthy peanut butter treat that you’re going to obsess over, and 2. There’s a giveaway.

No punching life in the face today. Maybe you’ll get your chance tomorrow.

Let’s talk about these crave-worthy peanut butter buckeyes, shall we? They’re my new obsession. I tried my first ever buckeye over the holidays and fell in love. I mean, peanut butter and chocolate—what’s not to love?

I can totally make a healthy version of these so I can have them every day and not feel the least bit remorseful. And, here they are.

Here’s how they’re made:

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1. Add ½ cup of old-fashioned oats to the bowl of a food processor. Pulse until the mixture resembles coarse sand.
2. Add ½ cup almond meal and 2 tablespoons flaxseed meal. Pulse to combine.
3. Add peanut butter and honey. Pulse until blended.
4. Roll the mixture into ½-inch balls. Place on a parchment-lined baking sheet and freeze for 30 minutes.
5. Melt chocolate over a double boiler or microwave in 30-second increments until smooth.
6. Dip each ball halfway in chocolate and return to the baking sheet.
7. Freeze again for about 15 minutes until the chocolate sets.

These little dreamy, peanut-buttery bites are made with wholesome ingredients and are naturally sweetened. You can make them gluten-free using certified gluten-free oats. For a vegan option, substitute maple syrup for honey.

Healthy Peanut Butter Buckeyes

These healthy peanut butter buckeyes are full of peanut buttery goodness, naturally sweetened, and dipped in dark chocolate.

Yield: 30 buckeyes
Total Time: 45 minutes
Prep Time: 45 minutes

Ingredients

• ½ cup old-fashioned oats
• ½ cup almond meal
• 2 tablespoons flaxseed meal
• 1 cup creamy peanut butter
• ¼ cup honey or maple syrup
• ½ cup dark chocolate chips

Directions

1. Line a baking sheet with parchment or wax paper.
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2. Pulse oats in a food processor until coarse.
3. Add almond meal and flaxseed meal; pulse to combine.
4. Add peanut butter and honey; pulse until smooth.
5. Form into ½-inch balls and freeze for 30 minutes.
6. Melt chocolate until smooth.
7. Dip bottoms of balls in chocolate and return to sheet.
8. Freeze for about 15 minutes until chocolate hardens.
9. Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 1 week.