This is sort of a mish-mash of Buckeye (peanut butter candy) and Cake Truffles (sometimes called cake balls)

Of course this can be made keto, but to be sweet to all those who are not afraid of sugar, I will include BOTH keto and the traditional recipes.

Just a few ingredients:
KETO NOT KETO
3 cups chunky Peanut Butter (regular Peter Pan, NOT Honey Roasted) ANY kind of PB ok
2 cups Lakanto Monk Fruit OR 2 cups 10X confectioners sugar
1/2 cup real Land O Lakes REAL margarine

2-3 cups of Rice Krispies (or for Keto, omit these)
Mix well, by hand or in the mixer.

Mix together about 1 cup chopped pecans and 1 cup coconut mixed together well for rolling the candy in to at the very end. (You may need a lot more of this, depending on how things roll.) Set aside until needed.

Place the peanut butter mixture in the fridge for a few hours to firm up a bit, and then roll them into about 2” balls, placing them on wax paper, spaced well apart. (Sometimes at this point I’ll then put all the peanut butter balls in the freezer for several hours- partly to keep myself from eating them, and partly because it makes the dipping process seem to go faster.)

Melt 2 packages of Hershey’s Sugarfree Chocolate Chips (20 oz) – I do it in the microwave at 50% power one minute at a time. (For non-Keto, use either chocolate almond bark, or 2 packages of semi-sweet chocolate chips, about 24 oz). If you would like you can also melt some Gulf wax, just a bit, to thin your chocolate and give it a glossy shine – 1/4 of a bar is all you need. Once everything is well incorporated glossy and smooth, roll your Peanut Butter balls a wee bit on the wax paper to smooth out the edges, and then dip into your melted chocolate lifting them out with a fork. Tap off the excess chocolate.

Now place the chocolate covered goodness directly into the bowl of pre-prepared nuts and coconut (natural coconut if trying to go for Keto), rolling it and pressing the nuts and coconut all over it. Lift out the ball with your (gloved) fingers, and place on the wax paper again to firm up.

Doesn’t that look delicious? I serve them on mini-cupcake liners, and give these as gifts!

Enjoy!