Peanut Butter Snowballs Recipe

Peanut Butter Snowballs. These peanut butter balls are easy to make, rolled in powdered sugar and uniquely have the extra added texture of graham crackers in the dough! They’re also fun to make with kids!

white bowl of Peanut Butter Snowballs with powdered sugar

Do you ever suddenly remember a recipe from childhood? Something you haven’t made or eaten in ages… or even thought about? For me – it’s these Peanut Butter Snowballs.

Growing up we actually just called them Peanut Butter Balls. But since I’m sharing these around Christmas and in the winter and they actually look a little like snowballs… I thought I’d change up the name!

What triggered my memory? Pinterest, of course.

white bowl of Peanut Butter Snowballs with powdered sugar

I’m always seeing recipes for Chocolate Dipped Peanut Butter Balls or Buckeyes if you will. And when reading through one of those recipes a while back, I had a flashback to childhood.

I remembered mixing peanut butter and graham cracker crumbs…. and rolling them in powdered sugar.

I searched and searched and never could find the recipe until I was talking to a friend about it one day and she said she had a similar recipe.

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Sure enough, after reading through her recipe, I knew it was very close to what we used to make! I don’t know if most (or any) Buckeyes have graham cracker crumbs in the recipes. But I can tell you for sure that the added texture really makes these Peanut Butter Snowballs stand out!

Skippy Peanut Butter Balls with powdered sugar

So the next time I went to Walmart, I grabbed all of the ingredients I needed. Bonus… there are only 4 ingredients! This recipe is so easy-peasy!

Ingredients for Peanut Butter Snowballs:

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How to Make Peanut Butter Snowballs step by step photos

To make them, start by mixing together the softened butter and 1 pound of powdered sugar. Then add in the SKIPPY® Natural Creamy Peanut Butter and the graham cracker crumbs.

How to Make Peanut Butter Snowballs step by step photos

Mix again until thoroughly combined. I used my hand mixer but you might also have to dig in with your hands if it’s too thick for your mixer! Next, roll the dough into 1″ balls. I used a small cookie scoop to get mine uniform!

How to Make Peanut Butter Snowballs step by step photos

If you do 1″ balls, you should get around 6 dozen! After they’re all rolled out, chill them in the freezer for about 20 minutes, then spread out the extra 1 cup of powdered sugar in a shallow dish and roll the balls in the powdered sugar.

Fun candy to make with kids!

I have a confession… I was home alone with my baby boy Asher the day I made these. He asked if he could help me and I almost said no, but then I decided I really wanted to be a “yes” mommy!

Making Peanut Butter Snowballs with Kids

We had the very best time working together on these… making memories and laughing and getting messy and laughing some more!

Asher absolutely loved scooping the dough – he insisted on scooping it all then handing them to me to roll… and when it got to be powdered sugar time, he really didn’t want me to help 😉

How to Make Peanut Butter Snowballs step by step photos

Once you have them all rolled and coated in powdered sugar, chill them again until ready to eat!

Peanut Butter Snowballs in white bowl

If you need a last-minute Christmas treat that is easy and delicious… give this recipe a try! I bet you can’t get them in the fridge without sneaking a bite!

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Peanut Butter Snowball with missing bite

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Peanut Butter Snowballs


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  • Author: Rose
  • Total Time: 1 hour
  • Yield: 72 1x

Description

These Peanut Butter Snowballs are easy to make, uniquely rolled in powdered sugar and have the extra added texture of graham crackers in the dough!  They’re a perfect snack or dessert and SUPER fun to make with kids!


Ingredients

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Instructions

  1. To make them, start by mixing together the softened butter and 1 pound of powdered sugar. Then add in the SKIPPY® Natural Creamy Peanut Butter and the graham cracker crumbs.
  2. Mix again until thoroughly combined. I used my hand mixer but you might also have to dig in with your hands if it’s too thick for your mixer! Next, roll the dough into 1″ balls. I used a small cookie scoop to get mine uniform!
  3. If you do 1″ balls, you should get around 6 dozen! After they’re all rolled out, chill them in the freezer for about 20 minutes, then spread out the extra 1 cup of powdered sugar in a shallow dish and roll the balls in the powdered sugar.
  4. Once you have them all rolled and coated in powdered sugar, chill them again until ready to eat!
  • Prep Time: 1 hour
  • Category: Dessert
  • Method: None
  • Cuisine: American
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How to Make Peanut Butter Snowballs in white bowl

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59 Comments

  1. Oh man! These look awesome. I made several batches of the snowball cookies at Christmas. I would love to try these. Thanks for sharing the recipe.
    Lisa

  2. Hi Rose,
    Just wanted to know what is the weight of the butter, I am in Australia and out sticks of butter are 250grams/8.8 oz each… which seems like a lot of butter if I use 2 🙂 will be making these next week 🙂

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    1. i doubled the recipe and used exact measurements but they melt into blobs at roo. temperature. I don’t understand why. only thing I did is I did butter and peanut butter then added powder sugar instead of sugar to butter the peanut butter. could that be the culprit?

  4. These look absolutely delicious! I love peanut butter and the graham cracker crumbs are super smart. Thanks for sharing your recipe with us at Merry Monday this week!

  5. OH MY GOSH!!!!! The SAME THING happened to me!!!!! I remember bringing home a book in 1st grade with this recipe (or something similar) and recently I remembered them but couldn’t for the LIFE of me find the recipe! I knew it didn’t have chocolate but that’s all I could find. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING!!!!!

  6. I think when I make these I may add some mini chocolate chips.
    How long do they “look pretty” ? I’m thinking that the powdered sugar may sorta dissolve into the cookie ….. or do they stay covered well?

  7. I used to make these as a kid, with rice crispies in them – great texture! But I could not make them much as an adult as my son was allergic to peanuts. Now that he is grown and moving out, I look forward to making a few batches. We did make other fun, messy memories.

    1. Yes, we also made them with rice krispies but then rolled them in a liquid mixture (I think it was powdered sugar, milk and vanilla?) We them rolled them in coconut! Yuuuuumm

  8. When I was in elementary school the lady in the kitchen made these. She lived around the corner from my house so I got an extra treat by going over to see her on the weekends and we made these. I have looked for a recipe for years and this sounds like what she made. Cant wait to try it. Thanks for sharing
    Barbara

  9. These cookies are delicious!! I doubled the recipe and rolled part in confectioners sugar and part in crushed peanuts and part in cocoa powder. Going to try red and green granulated sugar next.

  10. Just wanted to say thanks for this recipe. I enjoy the firecracker chicken and having just attempted this for the first time, I have to say it tastes 99% the same! Would have never been able to figure out how to make it myself!

    Harold Burton

    1. I halved the recipe twice which should come out to around 18 balls.
      1 1/4 cup powdered sugar
      1/2 cup peanut butter
      1/2 stick butter
      7 tablespoons graham cracker crumbs

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