10/25/2026
🧡🎉 Make room for bite-sized sweetness this Thanksgiving! Save these dessert ball ideas for Friendsgiving celebrations, family dinners, and holiday treat platters.
Ingredients
1. Butterfinger Balls
1 cup creamy peanut butter, your favorite brand, I used Great Value
¼ cup salted butter, softened
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1 cup powdered sugar
¾ cup graham cracker crumbs
½ cup crushed Butterfinger candy, 6 fun-size bars plus 1-2 extra crushed candies for optional garnish
10 ounces chocolate flavored almond bark, divide 8 ounces and 2 ounces
2. Baileys Cheesecake Balls
11 ounces shortbread cookies, Lorna Doone
¾ cup powdered sugar
8 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
½ cup Baileys Original Irish Cream
16 ounces white vanilla almond bark
4 ounces milk chocolate almond bark
3. Pumpkin Cheesecake Balls
2 cups white chocolate chips (I used Ghirardelli)
8 ounces cream cheese, softened
⅓ cup powdered sugar
⅔ cup pumpkin puree
1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
1 ½ cups graham cracker crumbs
1 ½ cups gingersnap crumbs
16 ounces white almond bark, coating (most stores carry 20-ounce packages, so you'll likely have some left over)
1 cup orange candy melts, optional drizzle
4. Peanut Butter Balls with Rice Krispies
1½ cups creamy peanut butter, Peter Pan brand (one 16-ounce jar)
5 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted and cooled
1½ cups powdered sugar
2 cups Rice Krispies cereal, lightly crushed
20 ounces dark chocolate melting discs (I used the Ghirardelli dark chocolate melting discs)