Peanut Butter Snowballs

I suppose I should preface this post by saying that Grayson is a very picky eater.  He turned 2 in November and for his birthday, I wanted to make something special for him.  One problem... he doesn't eat cake.  Doesn't eat cake you say?? Is he crazy?? Well.. he's 2.. and he's stubborn to try new things... and well... he's 2.  Around that time, one of his staple foods that he loved was peanut butter.  He would carry the jars (one crunchy, one smooth) around with him asking for a spoon and a butter knife.  So naturally I was looking for a recipe for something sweet and delicious that had peanut butter in it and that wasn't cake.

As luck would have it, my Kraft What's Cooking magazine showed up about a week before his birthday, which had a couple of different peanut butter dessert recipes included.  The recipe for Peanut Butter Snowballs seemed incredibly simple and like something that would be a big hit. (Click link above for recipe.)  Despite Grayson's love for peanut butter, his stubborn streak showed itself and he refused to even have one bite of the peanut buttery goodness.  We've made them a couple of times since (delicious and gets rave reviews every time) but he has yet to try one.  

Peanut Butter Balls

The tip Kraft gives is to roll the balls in the chocolate using two forks.  This worked well but was the most time consuming part as you had to let each drip the excess chocolate off before placing on your wax paper lined cookie sheet.  All in all though, it was a super easy recipe and it's definitely a favorite!