Peanut Butter Balls

• 1 pound butter or margarine
• 2 ½ pounds powdered sugar
• 3 tsp vanilla
• 2 cups smooth peanut butter
• 1 package semisweet chocolate chips

Directions

1. Melt the butter, add vanilla, and peanut butter.
2. Add powdered sugar and mix by hand.
3. Roll into balls.
4. In a double boiler, melt chocolate chips and add paraffin wax (1/8-1/4 of one rectangle of paraffin- closer to 1/8).
5. Drop ball into melted chocolate and lift out with tongs or spoons.
6. Place on foil or wax paper lined cookie sheet.
7. Place in refrigerator to set- then bag or place in containers- but store in refrigerator until ready to serve. They can stay out of room temp for a while.