These spooky Halloween Buckeyes turn the traditional chocolate-covered peanut butter balls into a fun and festive treat by turning them into candy mummies. White chocolate and candy eyes makes these just perfect!
Mummy Buckeyes for Halloween
Buckeyes are a classic candy that consists of a peanut butter ball wrapped in chocolate. It gets its name because a small part of the peanut butter is left exposed, resembling a buckeye seed.
These Halloween Mummy Buckeyes use white chocolate instead of milk chocolate to make them spooky and fun. White chocolate is also draped over the peanut butter ball to mimic the tissue paper that mummies are wrapped in. It’s a fun treat for Halloween and easy to make.
Why You’ll Love this Dessert Recipe:
- Simple ingredients: You only need 5 basic ingredients plus candy eyes for these fun Mummy Buckeyes. You probably have a few of the ingredients in your kitchen already!
- Kid friendly: Not only are these Halloween Buckeyes a treat that the kids will love, they are also perfect for letting them help create. They can help with melting, mixing or even rolling out the buckeyes before coating them with chocolate.
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How to Make Halloween Mummy Buckeye Cookies
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- Combine the peanut butter, vanilla and butter.
- Mix in the powdered sugar.
- Scoop into balls and chill in the fridge.
- Melt the white chocolate.
- Swirl the peanut butter ball in chocolate, leaving a portion exposed.
- Add the eye to the peanut butter.
- Drizzle more of the white chocolate over top to resemble mummies.
It’s called a buckeye because it resembles the nut from the buckeye tree found in Ohio. The candy and the nut even have similar colors and appearance!
These Halloween Buckeyes are made of peanut butter, butter, vanilla, powdered sugar, and white chocolate. Traditional buckeyes are made with similar ingredients, except milk chocolate instead of white.
Yes, to keep them fresh, you do need to keep them chilled. Place them in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks.
Let your kiddos help make these white chocolate buckeyes. They can help mix the peanut butter, melt the chocolate or even drizzle the stripes to make them look like mummies. They will love being able to help make these fun Halloween treats.
White Chocolate Buckeye Candies
These Mummy Buckeyes are great for Halloween parties or just to have on hand during spooky season. You can also hand them out as gifts to teacher or friends.
Recipe Tips and Notes
- Make sure to allow the peanut butter time to harden up in the fridge before dipping it in the chocolate.
- You will want to press the candy eyes into the peanut butter so that they stick and won’t fall off.
- Use a Ziplock bag with melted chocolate to drizzle over the buckeyes to make the mummies’ stripes.
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Halloween Buckeye Mummies Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 cup creamy peanut butter 270 grams
- ¼ cup unsalted butter 57 grams, room temperature (½ stick)
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract 4 grams
- 2 cups powdered sugar 226 grams, sifted
- 16 ounces white melting chocolate 454 grams
- 24 candy eyes
Equipment
- Kitchen Scale (optional)
- Fine-Mesh Sieve
- 2 Baking Sheet
- Stand Mixer (optional)
Instructions
- Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper. Set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl (or the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment), combine the peanut butter, butter, and vanilla.1 cup creamy peanut butter, ¼ cup unsalted butter, 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- Once the butter and peanut butter are fully incorporated, slowly add the powdered sugar with the mixer running on low. Mix just until all of the powdered sugar is incorporated.2 cups powdered sugar
- Scoop and roll into 1-inch balls and place on the baking sheets.
- Chill in the refrigerator for at least 1 hour.
- Once the buckeyes are chilled, melt the white chocolate in a medium bowl according to the package directions. Pour ¼ cup of the melted white chocolate into a plastic bag and set it aside.16 ounces white melting chocolate
- Place a toothpick into one of the peanut butter balls and then dip it into the chocolate. Swirl the buckeye around to coat it on all sides, but leave the top peanut butter exposed.
- Place the peanut butter ball back onto the baking sheet and add a candy eye where the toothpick was. Make sure to stick it into the peanut butter so it doesn’t fall off.24 candy eyes
- Cut a small corner off of the plastic bag off and drizzle the buckeyes to make them look like mummies. If your chocolate has hardened too much, just microwave it for a few seconds and try again.
- Put the buckeyes back in the fridge to harden for another hour.
Notes
- I’m using a classic creamy peanut butter in this recipe. I don’t recommend all-natural peanut butter as it tends to be a little softer and makes dipping the buckeyes more challenging.
- Make sure your butter is fully softened so it incorporates smoothly into the peanut butter.
- Vanilla helps enhance the sweetness and peanut flavor in the buckeyes.
- Powdered sugar gives our buckeyes structure and sweetness. Make sure to sift it so you don’t end up with lumps!
- I highly recommend using white melting chocolate as opposed to regular white chocolate– it melts smoothly and doesn’t require tempering!
- Make sure to allow the peanut butter time to harden up in the fridge before dipping it in the chocolate.
- You will want to press the candy eyes into the peanut butter so that they stick and won’t fall off.
- Use a Ziplock bag with melted chocolate to drizzle over the buckeyes to make the mummies’ stripes.
- Storage: Buckeyes may be stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks. To freeze, spread out the buckeye candies on a baking sheet and freeze until solid, about 1 hour. Transfer to an airtight container or Ziplock bag and keep frozen for up to 2 months.
These mummies were incredibly cute and simple to make. I just sent them off to a classroom Halloween party so I won’t know how well they were received by 3rd graders until later. White candy melts from a certain bullseye retailer made the perfect coating to dip the balls in. A few observations – I think a very small piping tip in the piping bag would give better control and a slower dispensing of coating to make the “strips”. Also, if you are more of a peanut butter buckeye person you may want to increase the peanut butter and slightly decrease the powdered sugar – these are more on the powder sugar side. 5 stars for the buckeye mummies! Will definitely make them again for future Halloween celebrations!
Thanks so much for sharing your thoughts, Nancy! Hope they’re a hit!