Buckeyes

If there was an Annual Montenero Cooking Championship and we were to pick brackets, Josie Pelusi would at least make the Final Four every single year.  This is Josie's recipe for the Ohio-famous buckeye candies; a peanut butter confection partially dunked in chocolate.

1/2 pound (8 ozs) of peanut butter (not organic)
3/4 pound of confectioners sugar
1/4 pound margarine or butter
6 oz chocolate chips
1/4 slab of paraffin wax* or 1/2 teaspoon melted Crisco

Mix peanut butter, powdered sugar and margarine together until smooth. Form into balls. (I used a scoop-look familiar yet?) Refrigerate or freeze balls until firm.
Melt chocolate chips and paraffin (or Crisco) in a double boiler.  This is nothing more than a gently boiling pan of water with a heat proof mixing bowl on top.  The  bottom of the bowl should not touch the boiling water.
Once chocolate is melted, dip balls into chocolate.  Do not completely submerge-leave a small circle on top so the peanut butter mixture shows through. Allow candies to dry on wax paper (or parchment paper).
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