My family loves peanut butter balls and we love football, so it felt natural to combine the two for Super Bowl Sunday. I take my classic peanut butter balls recipe and add two simple steps to transform them into festive football-shaped treats. Give them a try!
With Super Bowl Sunday fast approaching, my mind is all about game day food. I couldn’t resist turning one of our family’s favorite sweets into the perfect football snack.
Lacie’s Easy Peasy Pleasy Tips
- Use your hands when mixing — they’re the best tool for thoroughly blending the ingredients.
- Form the football shapes by hand, or use a football-shaped candy mold for consistent results.
- Dunk each peanut butter ball in melted chocolate almond bark, lift with a fork, and gently remove excess chocolate with a toothpick before placing on parchment paper to set.
These peanut butter balls transformed into peanut butter footballs are a must-have on my game day menu. What’s your favorite game day food?
Super Bowl Sunday isn’t complete without some indulgent sweets. For another simple treat, try the OMG! Way Too Easy Football Munch recipe. If you want more appetizer ideas for the big game, here are some favorites from my collection you might enjoy: Sweet Chicken Bacon Wraps — a guaranteed crowd-pleaser; Ranch Jalapeno Popper Dip — an easier take on jalapeno poppers that often tastes even better the next day; Seven Layer Dip Footballs — small-bite perfection for game day; and a kicked-up Velveeta Cheese Dip that’s ideal for a crock pot.
Chocolate Covered Peanut Butter Balls Footballs
- Servings: 72
- Difficulty: easy
Ingredients
- 4 cups confectioners’ sugar
- 1 1/3 cups graham cracker crumbs
- 1 1/2 cups peanut butter
- 2 sticks (1 cup) butter, softened
- 24 ounces chocolate almond bark
*For football laces: white almond bark or Wilton Cookie Icing
Directions
- In a large bowl, mix confectioners’ sugar, graham cracker crumbs, peanut butter, and softened butter until well combined.
- Use your hands to shape the mixture into small footballs and place them on parchment paper.
- Melt the chocolate almond bark following package directions.
- Dip each peanut butter football into the melted chocolate, place back on parchment paper, and allow the chocolate to harden.
- Create the lace details using Wilton Cookie Icing, or melt white almond bark and transfer to a zip-top bag, snip a tiny corner, and pipe the laces onto each football.
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