Buckeye recipe

Some of the other bloggers and I got on the discussion of cookies. I've been planning on making Buckeye bark so I thought I'd share my recipe with you. Buckeyes are one of my family's traditional Christmas candies. I'm from Ohio, the Buckeye state, so I don't know if this is mostly an Ohio thing or what. Since I've been eating my family's buckeyes pretty much my entire life, I have to say first off: the kind you buy in the store are just not the same! I much prefer our recipe! The ones in the store tend to be a creamy candy. These are not. My boyfriend was once addicted to Reese's peanut butter cups. After eating my buckeyes, he's a convert!

Buckeyes
(actually considered a candy, not a cookie)

crush 2 packages of graham crackers
1 cup margarine
1 1/2 cup crunchy peanut butter
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 box powdered sugar (4 cups)
1 1/2 to 2 packages chocolate chips, melted

mix together all ingredients except melted chocolate. roll mixture into small balls and
dip each ball into melted chocolate, then place them onto wax paper to dry. They should look
very much like buckeyes when finished. These freeze great!

I somehow seem to have zero pictures of buckeyes. No idea how that happened, but I guess as I'm making buckeye bark I'll make a few actual buckeyes as well and add in a photo later.

I've never made buckeye bark; this is how my sister does it:

combine all ingredients except chocolate. melt the chocolate, then combine it with the mix. pour onto waxed or parchment paper and cool.

(its later LOL) since I wrote this I decided to go ahead and make the buckeyes & bark right away so here's some photos.

 Since its fairly warm out, I just stored these in the fridge and freezer to set up. Yum!