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Buck Eyes

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Serves
not specified
Course
Sweets

Read this one with the card open. Something on it is illegible, missing or ambiguous. It is transcribed exactly as written — nothing has been guessed or filled in — and every uncertainty is marked below.

Summary

A handwritten two-sided index-card recipe for peanut-butter "buckeye" candies dipped in chocolate-paraffin coating.

Key contents

  • Title as written: "Buck Eyes" (two words on card; standard name is "buckeyes").
  • Ingredients (peanut butter mixture): 2 cups peanut butter, 1 stick oleo (melted), 1 box powdered sugar, 2 cups rice crispies.
  • Coating ingredients: 12 oz package chocolate chips, 1/2 slab paraffin (wax).
  • Method: Mix the peanut butter mixture well with hands and form into balls. Melt chocolate chips and paraffin together in a double boiler (for dipping).
  • The card does not state how to dip the balls (e.g., toothpick, leaving a peanut-butter circle exposed — the classic buckeye look), nor how long to chill/set the dipped candies before serving.

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