These Peanut Butter Bonbons the Size of Texas {with toffee bits and potato chips} are a riff on a few of my family’s favorite treats.
The sweet and fluffy peanut butter center comes from the recipe Mom uses for homemade peanut butter cups. And the chocolate/peanut butter/Ritz cracker combo comes from some fantastically easy and completely addictive sandwich cookies. The potato chips are a secret ingredient in a recipe my mother-in-law is famous for, while toffee chips were thrown in just for the sweet, sweet heck of it.
And I made the bonbons big.
Texas big!
They’re just a bit bigger than a golf ball. You’ll love every last smooth and crunchy, sweet and salty, bite!
Peanut Butter Bonbons the Size of Texas {with toffee bits & potato chips}
Yield: 30 large bonbons
The sweet and fluffy peanut butter center comes from the recipe Mom uses for homemade peanut butter cups.
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Ingredients
- ½ c. unsalted butter softened (not melted)
- 2 c. powdered sugar
- 1.5 c. creamy peanut butter
- 1 c. toffee bits
- 2 c. crushed thick ripple potato chips
- 30 Ritz crackers
- 16 oz. chocolate almond bark
- 4 oz. bittersweet chocolate
- toffee bits crushed potato chips, sprinkles, optional for topping the finished bonbons
Instructions
- In the bowl of a stand mixer, cream together the butter and powdered sugar. Add peanut butter and incorporate until thoroughly mixed together. Using a wooden spoon, fold in the toffee bits and potato chips.
- Line a large pan with waxed paper. Using a medium scoop, fill the scoop with peanut butter mixture. Try to get the peanut butter mixture solidly into the scoop, so the mixture is compact. Release peanut butter mixture onto the top of a Ritz cracker, rounded side up. (If you don't have a medium scoop, use a spoon to scoop up approximately 2 tablespoons of peanut butter mixture. Roll slightly to achieve a rounded shape, and then place on top of a Ritz cracker.) With the back of a spoon, or with your finger, seal the peanut butter mixture down onto the cracker, all the way around the cracker's edge. Place on lined pan. Repeat until peanut butter mixture is gone. Place pan in freezer for 30 minutes.
- Meanwhile, melt almond bark and bittersweet chocolate in a double boiler over low heat until completely melted and smooth. Take care to not overheat the chocolate. Remove chocolate from stovetop.
- One by one, drop frozen bonbons into melted chocolate. Using 2 forks, turn the bonbon over in the chocolate to completely cover. Set bonbon on top of one fork’s tines, with Ritz cracker on the bottom, and remove from the chocolate, gently tapping any excess chocolate off, and then sliding the bottom of the fork out over the edge of your bowl to remove excess chocolate underneath the bonbon. Return the chocolate coated bonbon to the wax paper.
- If desired, top immediately with additional toffee bits, crushed potato chips, or sprinkles. Let chocolate completely set. These freeze well, separated by layers of wax paper.
Notes
Adapted from a few favorite recipes from my mom and mother-in-law.
Nutrition Information:
Serving: 1 Calories: 339kcal Carbohydrates: 27g Protein: 7g Fat: 24g Saturated Fat: 9g Polyunsaturated Fat: 13g Cholesterol: 17mg Sodium: 130mg Fiber: 4g Sugar: 15g
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These sounds AH-MAZING! I love the salty/sweet combination here with the chocolate, toffee and the potato chips. Crunchy, creamy, sweet? YES! I need these in my life and so does Amber. What a lovely addition to the shower. Yum!
Love these bonbons, especially the toffee bits on top!
Oooooooooh my gosh, these are genius, Brenda! I could down a whole box in one sitting, for sure. :)
Keep the cold milk flowing, and I’ll join you!! :)
At first I thought these would be too sweet until I got to The Ritz Crackers and potato chips. Then I knew it would be a sin not to try these. Thanks so much for sharing these. I’m one happy Texas girl!
Love that these are Texas size!!!
Toffee bits, ritz crackers, potato chips, peanut butter?!! It’s enough to make a girl want to have another baby, just to get her hands on a batch of these!
I’m not sure I’d go that far, ha!!!! ;)
Oooh… I love all things peanut butter and chocolate. I could use a few of these bonbons right now. Yum! What a perfect recipe for the baby shower… Thanks so much for joining in on the baby shower fun!
Brenda, I am in love. I’m pretty sure I’ll need these in the months to come like I’ve never needed chocolate before. Thank you so much for celebrating our baby boy – it truly means so much. These are sweet, salty, peanutty perfection, and I kind of need one *right* now.
You are so welcome, Amber. Please promise me you’ll keep some good chocolate on hand, ok? It truly was a life saver at times. Wishing you countless blessings of little boy joy. xo
Are you even serious with these?? Dying over the flavor combo!!
What a sweet gesture to have a virtual baby shower for a couple who obviously is so deserving of this miracle. The recipes sound awesome and the Bon Bons….well.. can I say “Lets eat!” Congratulations Amber!
I could pop a few of these into my mouth right about NOW …
Those look so good Brenda! What a fun virtual baby shower. Off to check out the other links!
These sound perfect! I love the ritz crackers in these!
These are perfect for welcoming a little baby. No silverware need…just stuffed straight in my mouth!
These are adorable, Brenda! Thank you so much for bringing them along to celebrate Amber’s shower. I’ll definitely have to try these with SunButter, yum!
Potato chips? Genius. Pure genius. Beautiful post my friend!
Oh, the ritz crackers sound delicious in this! It looks like a winner!
I could eat about 25 of these…
So yum!
Bonbons look fantastic!
Aww such a fun online event! And these bonbons are awesome!