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.


Peanut-Apple Crunch Balls

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Ingredients
  • 1/3 cup
    chunky peanut butter
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  • 1/4 cup
    68-percent vegetable oil spread
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  • 2 tablespoons
    honey
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  • 1 cup
    rice and wheat cereal flakes, crushed slightly
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  • 1 cup
    bran flakes, crushed slightly
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  • 1/3 cup
    finely snipped dried apples
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  • 2 tablespoons
    finely chopped peanuts
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  • 1/8 teaspoon
    apple pie spice
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  • 2 ounces
    white baking chocolate (with cocoa butter), chopped
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  • 1/4 teaspoon
    shortening
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Directions
1.
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.
2.
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
Per serving: 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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