BUCKEYE BALLS

1 stick plus 1 tea. of butter or “fat” margarine

1 cup peanut butter

2½ cups confectioners sugar

chocolate coating

Mix butter and peanut butter in a large mixing bowl. Add powdered sugar gradually. Shape into small balls, about ¾” in diameter. Refrigerate for 1 hour or until firm.

Buy chocolate coating. Using toothpicks, dip balls in chocolate, but not all the way, leaving a buckeye effect.

CHOCOLATE-COCONUT CANDIES Dorothy

3/4 cup mashed potatoes

4 cups coconut

1 lb. confectioner's sugar

1 tab. almond extract

chocolate coating

Combine the first 4 ingredients. Drop by heaping teaspoons on waxed paper; roll into balls. Refrigerate 1 hour. Dip balls in chocolate coating. Place on waxed paper.