Over the years I have also tried substituting homemade sunflower butter or you can use pumpkin seed butter for peanut butter allergies and it's so heartwarming to ensure everyone is safe and happy.
You'll find a recipe for sunflower seed butter to substitute for peanut butter recipe in the recipe card below!
The candy is not only delicious it's super easy to make and just 5 ingredients unless you want to roll them in pretty sprinkles or nuts which is totally optional.
The kids love helping also since these can be shaped into molds, by hand in hearts or egg shapes, so Easter, Christmas, and Valentine's Day are always super special making these together.
Everyone loves the peanut butter and chocolate combination and these even freeze well so you can make them ahead of time.
Using white chocolate can even be tinted the color to match the theme of a party your making these for, I even did them for a gender reveal party.
Just tint white chocolate to the holiday theme or use dark chocolate and add colored sugars to match your theme.
For these instructions, scroll down to the printable recipe card and print off this easy candy recipe!
Candy Making Fun
Whether it's Valentine's Day, Easter, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Game Day or Christmas, you can shape this no-bake peanut butter delicious candy into whatever you like.
The candy is creamy but held together perfectly with graham cracker crumbs and the butter makes them smooth with the peanut butter and a favorite flavor pairing.
They look so adorable in Easter baskets, in Christmas tins and you can even use them for treat bags at Halloween.
This recipe is so versatile but the best part is how fast and easy these no-bake treats are.
Ingredients You Will Need(scroll to the recipe card for exact measurements)
- peanut butter
- graham crackers
- chocolate for melting(chocolate chips, white chocolate, candy melts)
- butter
- powdered sugar
- Optional: colorful sprinkles, nuts, or sugars
Quick Tips
- I always refrigerate it for easy handling for around 30 minutes
- melt in 1-minute intervals in the microwave and keep and stir in-between times for chocolate melting
- I either shape the dough by hand or use dollar store silicone molds for some shapes
- use two forks or a dipped spoon for easy coating of the candy
- any holiday can be transformed in colors just by using color-coordinated sprinkles can make this candy a festive treat to match the theme
- dark white or milk chocolate can be used and white chocolate can be tinted with food coloring or use candy melts
- these easily shape into heart form, rounds, eggs, footballs for other parties
- these are perfect for fundraisers
- freeze them coated with chocolate on a cookie sheet when solid addition to a freezer bag and take them out when needed
- roll them in tinted coconut while the chocolate is still wet
Special Events Candy
As I said before the creativeness for when, where, and how to make chocolate-covered peanut butter candy is endless.
Charity events are perfect and these are always great fundraisers.
These are great for gameday shaped into footballs, baby showers in white pastel-colored dipped chocolate, or any other occasions just leaving them in round shapes.
Again get creative, these are so moldable and fun I am sure you will be able to give me some more ideas and I would love to hear about them.
Try Some Of Our Other Favorite Holiday Recipes
Peanut Brittle
Baked Caramel Corn
Irish Potato Candy
No-Bake Rum Balls
Easy Fudge Recipe
Salted Caramel Bites
Holiday Peanut Butter Chocolate Candy Pin for Later
A Little More Special
When you make candy homemade, it sure shouts out you're someone special.
The best part about them is no one has to know how easy these are to make!
One last thing, I have also used almond butter instead of peanut butter.
If you have food allergies you can also try substituting with sunflower butter included in the recipe card.
Holiday Peanut Butter Chocolate Candy
Yield: 40
Prep time: 10 MinTotal time: 10 Min
This is an easy no-bake peanut butter candy made with just 5 ingredients and perfect for any holiday!
Ingredients
- 1 cup creamy peanut butter
- 1 cup graham cracker crumbs
- 1/4 cup butter
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- dark, milk, or white chocolate (use good grade chocolate) around 8 to 12 ounces
- Optional Garnishes:
- colored sugars or sprinkles, nuts, coconut
- food coloring to tint nuts or coconut
- Note: see the recipe for Sunflower butter at the end for food allergies
Instructions
- In a medium-sized, bowl, add the peanut butter and butter mixture together.
- Add the graham cracker crumbs then slowly add the powdered sugar to form a ball.
- Shape by hand or use themed plastic Molds for Holidays, game day themes, or any event you have.
- Place them on the parchment-lined cookie sheet. I refrigerator them (as they are easier to dip in melted chocolate) for around 30 minutes.
- Melt the chocolate.
- Dip the candy into the melted chocolate using two forks.
- Place on the parchment paper and sprinkle with coordinating holiday-themed colors of sprinkles or sugars, nuts, coconut etc.
- Store in the refrigerator until set or freeze on a cookie sheet until firm them place in ziplock bags.
- Sunflower Seed Butter:
- 6 cups raw sunflower seeds
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- Put the sunflower seeds on a cookie sheet and toast in a preheated oven at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes, stirring occasionally until
- golden brown. Do not overbake them. Watch them carefully.
- Sunflower seeds cook rapidly and burn easily.
- Cool for a few minutes then out them into a food processor.
- Pulse them for a total of 30 minutes, stopping every 2 to 3 minutes to scrape down the sides.
- After about 20 minutes, the seeds should start releasing some of the oil they have and the butter get creamy.
- Keep it running for another 5 to 10 minutes until really smooth and creamy.
- Add the salt and vanilla extract and process for another minute
- Use an old clean glass jar with a tight lid to store this butter. This lasts around 2 months in the pantry or freezes for 1 year.
Calories
376.78Fat (grams)
7.64Sat. Fat (grams)
3.29Carbs (grams)
78.08Fiber (grams)
0.96Net carbs
77.12Sugar (grams)
74.46Protein (grams)
2.33Sodium (milligrams)
73.56Cholesterol (grams)
4.75Holiday Peanut Butter Chocolate Candy Pin for Later
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Disclosure: This recipe was originally shared in 2018. It was edited and re-published in 2021.
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