Reviewed: Nov. 12, 2009

First off, I love this idea. Very creative. I did not make eyeballs though - I made mini pb cups. The only reason I tried this recipe is because I saw some reviews say they taste exactly like the store bought PB cups and boy, they were right! I almost couldn't believe it. Since I ran out of chocolate along the way I just stuck the rest in a lined pan and stuck it in the freezer to cut into squares later on. Delicious, but the mixture sure does soften quickly after it exits a cold environment. Either way, I enjoyed these. Made the cups to make some cookies and they turned out fabulous. Thanks for sharing.

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Roxanne J.R.

Cooking Level: Intermediate

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Reviewed: Nov. 6, 2009

These were awsome! They do require alot of time and patience to make but the final product is worth it.

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Jen H

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Reviewed: Nov. 3, 2009

I will say that I completely messed up the recipe. I misread the amount of powdered sugar that was supposed to go in. Even so these tasted really good. Like a Reese's. Thanks.

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rae

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Living In: San Antonio, Texas, USA

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Reviewed: Nov. 2, 2009

This was a disappointing recipe for me. It all went well until I started dipping. I used the microwave to get the chips to melt but found that it was cooling to fast. I don't have a double boiler (try to find on now days!) so I got out a pan and glass bowl that was going OK but then it hardened up again. All said and done I got 50 quarter sized balls out of the mix (17-18 grams each) but only got about 2/3 dipped and none got decorated with the iris. I didn't take them to the party I went too but took them to our monthly potluck at the beach yesterday. They did taste gook and a lot of them got eaten. I can see making them again ONLY if I can ever find a double boiler. Guess I'll have to start going to the thrift shops once in a while. It is hard to give this a fare rating as most of the problem is from a cook that is inexperienced with making candy. I'm giving it 4 starts for taste and originality but they were a pain to work with.

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Royall

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Home Town: Tacoma, Washington, USA

Living In: Keaau, Hawaii, USA

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Reviewed: Nov. 1, 2009

LOVED the filling ~ tasted like Reese's Peanut Butter Cups' pb filling!! I happened to have blue fondant for the iris , red fondant for the arteries, & black gel (store-bought tube) for the pupil. Instead of white chocolate, I used the Wilton's Candy Melts, but it did not go on smoothly. Maybe the recipe's white chocolate with veg. shortening will??So I only dipped & decorated 6 of the 44-48 1 Tablespoon-sized balls. The rest I served as PB Balls & they were happily eaten at a party!

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Rhianna

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Reviewed: Nov. 1, 2009

These remind me so much of my favorite peanut butter ball recipe, which is the same except that it calls for semi-sweet chocolate instead of white chocolate. The recipe is time consuming, but worth every minute! I took these to a halloween party, and received rave reviews, not only for the presentation, but for how delicious they are!

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TMARKLE

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Home Town: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Living In: Fremont, California, USA

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Reviewed: Nov. 1, 2009

Awesome looking and tasting! I added red frosting to the bottom to conceal the pooling effect the chocolate had when it dried. I lined my tray with crumbled oreos, lined the edges with gummy worms, and filled the tray with these eyes and the spooky witches fingers from this site. I drizzled some thin red frosting over the whole tray to add to the bloody spookiness of it all. It got a lot of compliments for looks and taste! I will be doing that again next year for sure!

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lehna

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Reviewed: Nov. 1, 2009

I dipped them in dark chocolate and they were good, but the chocolate was kind of thick...maybe the crisco thins it a little? I left it out.

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Home Town: Bronx, New York, USA

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Reviewed: Oct. 31, 2009

if you are extremely short on time, you can put peanut butter between vanilla wafers and dip in the white chocolate, then decorate the same, even less time? just one wafer plain in the white! have had no complaints on either of those!

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Reviewed: Oct. 30, 2009

Just finished making these with my kids they are very tasty but way to hard to make . We ran out of white chocolate 12 ounces not enough. We got them all covered just didn't have enough left to make the iris. The toothpick dipped in red coloring was very time consuming. I don't know if I would go to the trouble of making these again.

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MISSY29

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Reviewed: Oct. 30, 2009

These really do take forever to make, but they are really fun. I thought the peanut butter dough was kind of soft and sticky, while I was making the balls it was sticking to my hands. I am not sure why but I ran out of white chocolate for all of the balls and the white chocolate started hardening very quickly. I don't usually bake or make stuff like this because I am not that great at it and I hate measuring my ing. out, and I know that's key in baking, but I would make this again. Oh the toothpick in red food coloring wasn't working for me so I used a tube of red decorating frosting. Took this to work and everyone thought they were cute but very sweet!

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amandak23k

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Reviewed: Oct. 30, 2009

These are delicious and super cute, but they take FOREVER to make so I don't think I'll be making them a second time! I used a lot of red food coloring in the peanut butter mixture to make them red inside. (You know, more realistic.) I used upside down full sized chocolate chips instead of mini chocolate chips for the pupils. I thought they looked better. I also made blue and green eyes. When you apply the red for the veins use a tiny bit on a toothpick and lightly drag it through the white chocolate before it has hardened all the way. Don't over do it or it will look really cheesy!

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Reviewed: Oct. 30, 2009

These were delicious. I made them with natural peanut butter - it is thicker, so I did not have issues with them being too soft. Also left out the shortening, wasn't necessary for the chocolate glaze. I shaped them into little ghosts instead of eyes. Mini chips for eyes.

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lesel

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Reviewed: Oct. 30, 2009

These came out soooooo cute. My daughter had a half day of school today, so I made all of the peanut butter balls and just put them in the fridge for a couple of hours, then we did the fun stuff. Be sure to place your mini-chips in as soon as you do the retinas, the white chocolate seemed to set up pretty fast. They do, indeed, taste like peanut butter cups. I already have plans for Christmas, just subbing semi-sweet for white chocolate, and sprinkling with festive decorator sprinkles. Thanks for a great tasting, fun recipe!

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Sue Bee

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Home Town: Yonkers, New York, USA

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Reviewed: Oct. 30, 2009

There are several shortcuts I took from other sources. Stick the balls on plastic forks, easier to work with, stand them in coffee mugs and refrigerate. I have trouble with chocolate melting so I used a can of ready made frosting in the can and melted it in the microwave for 25 seconds, took the fork and dipped it into the frosting can. Eyballs were gummy lifesavers with a dark chocolate chip stuck in with frosting. Red veins were made with red readymade frosting in the tube. For the kids I used donut holes instead. fast and easy. they made and ate them at the same time.

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Reviewed: Oct. 29, 2009

Made these for a halloween dessert contest at work and I won! They are not hard to make but take a lot of time from start to finish. I agree with other posters to putting them in the freezer prior to dipping them in the chocolate. Thanks for the winning idea!

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Patt

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Reviewed: Oct. 29, 2009

I was not so pleased with the outcome of this however, taste is still great. This is time consuming project so I did it in steps: I made the peanut butter mixture 1st night, rolled the balls the next night and the 3rd night I dipped them. I was doing pretty good till I got to the decorating part. Blood shot look: Tried toothpick didn't work (hardly saw the red), then I tried the food coloring pen (waste of money) and then I tried an tiny brush and loved the results. Next night I went to put the blue centers on with the chip and guess what? The red food coloring didn't dry I had to pat the eyeball to remove some of the coloring. Now I'm concerned because if they sweat the red food coloring is going to come off on peoples finger....UGH!!!! So if any one can help let me know.

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Reviewed: Oct. 28, 2009

amazing! well worth the time they took ... i impressed myself! thank you!!!

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Reviewed: Oct. 27, 2009

Okay, I just made these to top the Halloween cupcakes and here are my recommendations: 1) After you shape the balls, put a toothpick in them and then place them in the freezer for about 30 minutes or so. 2) Don't bother adding the shortening to the white chocolate. I zapped a bag of white choc. chips in the microwave for 30 seconds...stirred...30 more seconds...really stirred and it melted beautifully (do have to stir for a while to completely melt the choc). 3) Dip the frozen PB balls in the white chocolate and gently push it off of the toothpick (push it up off the toothpick), after you set it down the choc will still "ooze" over where your fingers were. 4) I didn't bother with the red squiggles as it looked too time consuming. All in all it looks great!! The boys really like them!

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Reviewed: Oct. 25, 2009

These were a hoot to make. I found the peanut butter mixture quite soft to work with, and instead of refrigerating the eyeballs for 30 minutes before dipping, I put them in the freezer. It helped, but they softened fast. Broke toothpick in half to have a bigger "drawing" surface for the red food color. Oh, and they taste great--very creamy.

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