Peanut-Apple Crunch Balls
Recipe from
Diabetic Living
Lightly wetting your hands helps make the cereal, apple, and peanut mixture easier to shape into balls.

Servings:
18 balls
Prep Time:
35 mins
Total Time:
50 mins
Ingredients
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1/3 cupchunky peanut buttersee savings

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1/4 cup68-percent vegetable oil spreadsee savings

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2 tablespoonshoneysee savings

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1 cuprice and wheat cereal flakes, crushed slightlysee savings

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1 cupbran flakes, crushed slightlysee savings

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1/3 cupfinely snipped dried applessee savings

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2 tablespoonsfinely chopped peanutssee savings

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1/8 teaspoonapple pie spicesee savings

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2 ounceswhite baking chocolate (with cocoa butter), choppedsee savings

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1/4 teaspoonshorteningsee savings

Directions
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In a medium saucepan, combine peanut butter, vegetable oil spread, and honey. Cook over low heat just until melted and nearly smooth, whisking constantly. Stir in cereals, apples, peanuts, and apple pie spice until well mixed. Divide mixture into 18 portions. Using slightly wet hands, shape mixture into balls. Let stand on a waxed paper-lined baking sheet about 15 minutes or until firm.
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In a small saucepan, combine white chocolate and shortening; cook and stir over low heat until melted. Drizzle balls with melted white chocolate. Let stand about 15 minutes or until white chocolate is set (if necessary, chill balls until white chocolate is firm). Makes 18 servings.
Nutrition information
Calories 94, Total Fat 6 g, Saturated Fat 2 g, Cholesterol 1 mg, Sodium 76 mg, Carbohydrate 9 g, Fiber 1 g, Protein 2 g. Daily Values: Vitamin A 0%, Vitamin C 0%, Calcium 0%, Iron 0%. Exchanges: Other Carbohydrate .5, Fat 1.
Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet
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