So many of our favorite family recipes start with a particular brand of soup or in this case, a jar of peanut butter. We have been making this same No Bake Peanut Butter Snowball recipe for as long as I can remember. My grandmother used to make these same snowballs for our entire family every Christmas. Gosh, she would make so many Peanut Butter Snowballs for Christmas. I seriously don’t know how she kept up with us, lol. Growing up my siblings and I were Jif kids, my poor grandmother we would always go bother her to fill up his spoon with Jif Peanut Butter, and she always did it with a smile, even during the holidays when she was making 100 snowballs. She’s not with us any longer, and she is dearly missed. However, it is awesome to see this Peanut Butter Snowball recipe along with several other of my grandmother’s recipes living on with the holiday season. Her recipes were passed to my mother, my mother gave to me, and I will continue the tradition and do the same for my children.
Okay, so let’s talk about these Peanut Butter Snowballs! First of all, they are amazing! Second of all, they’re a little messy, but you know how it is with messy foods right. YES, the MESSY STUFF IS THE BEST! This recipe for Peanut Butter Snowballs doesn’t fall short of amazing either. I don’t think I have ever seen anyone not like these yummy balls of magical Jif Peanut Butter unless of course you don’t’ like peanut butter but we don’t have that issue in my family, lol. Third, they are not only SUPER YUMMY they the recipe is quick and easy. We can all stand to save a little time during the holiday’s right!
Quick & Easy No Bake Peanut Butter Snowballs Recipe
- ½ cup butter (melted)
- 3 ½ cups powder sugar
- 1 ½ cups Jif creamy peanut butter
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup powder sugar for coating
Let’s make these Peanut Butter Snowballs:
- Scoop peanut butter mixture out and begin rolling balls about 1 to 1 1.2 inches. When you are finished rolling the peanut butter ball place it on parchment paper and repeat until all peanut butter mixture is gone.
- Place in the refrigerator for about 30 minutes, it helps them to stay together a little better. However, you can skip this step if you like I just prefer chilling the peanut butter balls first.
- Put powder sugar in a baggie, place a few peanut butter balls into the bag and move around until thoroughly coated.
- Enjoy!
When I go to the grocery store and need peanut butter, my kids run over and grab the biggest container of Jif peanut butter they can find, just like I used to when I would help my mom grocery shop. Gosh, I don’t remember seeing another brand of peanut butter until I started doing my grocery shopping lol. Of course, I’ve tried different brands once I left my parents’ house, but when you grow up with Jif, you can taste the difference. It’s just one of those things I can’t substitute, neither can my brother and sister.

My brother still eats his daily peanut butter with a spoon and my sister still loves her peanut butter, honey and banana sandwich and me, well I like to mix things up a bit – Grilled Peanut Butter & Jelly Sandwich, Baked Peanut Butter & Jelly Donut Holes, Ancient Grains Granola & Peanut Butter Energy Balls with Chia Seed, Peanut Butter & Jelly Muffins, No Bake Peanut Butter Chocolate Chips Cookie Dough Bars, Chocolate Caramel & Peanut Butter Graham Cracker Toffee. These are a few recipes I have made over the last year and shared on the blog, all with oh so yummy, peanut buttery Jif!
Grilled Peanut Butter & Jelly Sandwich
Baked Peanut Butter & Jelly Donut Holes
Ancient Grains Granola & Peanut Butter Energy Balls with Chia Seed
No Bake Frosted Flakes Peanut Butter Cereal Bars
No Bake Oatmeal Chocolate Peanut Butter Protein Balls
No Bake Peanut Butter Chocolate Chips Cookie Dough Bars
No Bake Peanut Butter Energy Bite Balls with Chia Seed
Chocolate Caramel & Peanut Butter Graham Cracker Toffee
18 comments
I’ve never heard of these before. I have to try them.
Yum, yum, yum. I want to make the Peanut Butter Snowballs now! (And I know exactly what you mean about never seeing another brand of peanut butter as a kid! ;))
I just have to make these Peanut Butter Snowballs. Thank you for sharing the recipe.
those look good.
These looks so good. I haven’t never tried or heard of snowballs.
Thank you so much for sharing these recipes for peanut butter, mom and I used to make peanut butter balls back in the dark ages and I always remember how great they are, and I will share this recipe with my granddaughters would be fun to make
Oooh! Love those peanut butter snowballs. Great recipe. Quick, easy and so good!
Told my mom about the snowballs and we made them today, my god, this is delicious :I
This recipe looks so good, sweet and salty my favorite.
Omg these peanut butter balls look amazing! I have never had them with powder sugar before. I will definitely be making some tonight, I already have all of the ingredients on hand! Thanks for sharing this special recipe! 🙂
Looks delicious.I want to try the peanut butterball. THANKS FOR SHARING.
All of these recipes sound so good. I love the no bake cookies. They look so good and I love the no bake part. Thank you for sharing
looks delicios! pinning!
Love the no-bake recipes. Pinned a few. Thanks for sharing them. =)
Love these no-bake recipes! They’re simple and brilliant! I think these balls will be quite hand-in-hand with whipped cream.
When scrolling through your blog these made me stop immediately! These would be amazing and quick for parties! I will have to make my mom some for Christmas also, she is a peanut butter feen! lol
Will have to try these. Great finger food for a party
i love making these! they are so yummy