These amazingly easy (and so delicious) Chocolate Peanut Butter Balls are a welcomed treat every holiday season!
I’ve been making these peanut butter balls for friends and family every year since my early twenties. I realized recently it had been THREE long years since I made them, and I knew I couldn’t go another year without them (I never missed a year until 3 years ago!).
This recipe is different from any other I’ve come across because it includes coconut, graham cracker crumbs, and chopped pecans… so good!!!
I have a few heartstrings attached to this recipe because I literally grew up eating these pretty much every holiday season. My childhood friend’s grandmother (Mrs. Morris) made them every Christmas, and they were one of my favorite treats. When I was nine years old, I asked her for the recipe.
She handed me the recipe from her recipe box, and I wrote it down on a piece of notebook paper to take to my mama. Mama started making them for me every Christmas after that.
In my early twenties, I asked my mom for the recipe so I could start making them for holiday gift-giving. She gave me back the same piece of notebook paper I wrote on when I was 9 years old!
I hope you, your family, and your friends love these peanut butter balls as much as I have over the years. Enjoy!
More Holiday Treats
Chocolate Peanut Butter Balls
Ingredients
- 2 ½ cups graham cracker crumbs
- 16 ounces powdered sugar
- 7 ounces sweetened shredded coconut
- 2 cups chopped pecans
- 2 cups creamy peanut butter
- 2 sticks butter 1 cup, melted
- 1 (24 ounce) package chocolate almond bark squares
- 3 tablespoons crushed pecans
Instructions
- Line a large rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper.
- In a large bowl, add graham cracker crumbs, powdered sugar, coconut, chopped pecans, peanut butter and melted butter. Stir to combine.
- Form into 1 ½ inch balls and place on the prepared baking sheet.
- Melt chocolate according to package directions. Dip balls into melted chocolate and place on parchment paper. After each ball is placed on parchment paper (before chocolate has hardened) dust lightly with crushed pecans.
- Allow to harden and cool. Store in an airtight container in refrigerator.
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Notes
- While forming balls, if mixture is too sticky, add more powdered sugar until desired consistency is reached, and/or place mixture in your refrigerator to slightly firm.
Nutrition
If provided, nutritional info is a courtesy, is not guaranteed and should only be considered as a guideline.
Originally published December 13, 2011. Recipe revised and updated with new photographs and video November 12, 2018.
Kristi E
My nanny made peanut butter balls with this recipe when I was a little bitty thing. She called them “Bon Bons”. She only made them at Christmas time. I have a similar recipe but it’s just not quite right. So I went in search of the right recipe that tastes and has the same texture as my Nanny’s had. This is it! Thank you so much for sharing. It’s very hard to find a recipe that has the pecans and coconut like this one!
Thank you for sharing, Kristi! I’m so happy you enjoyed them!
Amy M.
Thank you for sharing this! I had misplaced my recipe and could not find any other recipe that was the same one I had used. This is it and I can’t thank you enough! Christmas wouldn’t be the same without them.
Latasha
This recipe is one that my great grandmother used when I was growing up and it was passed down to every generation until my mom. Someone borrowed her recipe and she never seen it again. They was my childhood favorite Christmas candy! So when it was time for me to get the recipe it wasn’t there. I was heart broken! Thank you for sharing it online! It truly meant the world to me to find it and now be able to know I can pass it onto my kids!!! You helped to keep a Christmas tradition alive!!! Merry Christmas!!!
Hi Latasha, Thank you so much – this makes me so happy! I hope you and your family enjoy the peanut butter balls. Merry Christmas!
Bradley
Really good
Julie
I am in love with these! I make a huge batch to share with my coworkers and the women all want the recipe! The men just love to eat them! Haha! Sometimes I add a little extra peanut butter and chill a little before rolling into balls because the batter is slightly thinner than normal. Either way, they are a huge hit!
Thank you Julie – I am in love with them too (LOL!). So glad everyone has enjoyed them!
Rebecca Brooks
My Grandmother and Mom used this recipe and i did when I first got married its been awhile and I think im going to make these for Christmas. I just had to find the recipe they had and it used nuts coconut and Graham crackers i don’t know if it is the exact same one but im going to try it!!
Hi Rebecca, this is an old recipe for sure! When I was 9, my friend’s grandmother made them and I LOVED them so much. She called them “golf balls”. I wrote down her recipe and gave it to my mom to make for me :-). I hope you enjoy them as much as I have over the years. Merry Christmas!
Jen
This was the only recipe I found online that has cocunut, graham cracker crumbs, and pecans in it. This is a classic and definitely a keeper. Thanks for sharing!!
Thanks so much, Jen! Merry Christmas! 🙂
Amy
Thank you. You just saved me, I couldn’t find my recipe anywhere and all the other recipes I could find were not the one that I had always used.
Yay! This is my favorite recipe for peanut butter balls (although I love them all). Merry Christmas! 🙂
jody
hi what is chocolate almond bark squares for the peanut butter balls
Hi Jody, it’s found in the baking aisle, normally in the same area where the chocolate chips are. Hope you enjoy them! 🙂
Cheryll salter
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