Home > Recipes > Easy Peanut Butter Balls

Easy Peanut Butter Balls Recipe

"These simple saucepan cookies are a snap to make," assures Marg Mitro of Grafton, Ontario. "In fact, I can whip them up in 10 minutes for school lunches. The little treats are a big hit with any crowd—young or old," she adds.

This recipe is:

Quick

[X]

Rate Easy Peanut Butter Balls Recipe

Click on stars to rate

Would you make this recipe again?

Write a review

[X]

Easy Peanut Butter Balls Recipe

Prep/Total Time: 20 min.

Yield: 39 Servings

20 20

Ingredients

1 cup light corn syrup
1/2 cup sugar
1 cup peanut butter
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
4 to 5 cups cornflakes

Directions

In a large saucepan, bring the corn syrup and sugar to a boil. Add the peanut butter. Remove from the heat; stir in vanilla and cornflakes.
Drop by heaping teaspoonfuls onto waxed paper. Store in an airtight container. Yield: about 6-1/2 dozen, 39 servings, 2 per serving.

Editor's Note: Reduced-fat peanut butter is not recommended for this recipe.

Nutritional Facts 1 serving (2 each) equals 83 calories, 3 g fat (1 g saturated fat), 0 cholesterol, 62 mg sodium, 13 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, 2 g protein.

Originally published as Peanut Butter Drops in Quick Cooking January/February 2001, p8