{"id":685,"date":"2012-07-19T03:41:30","date_gmt":"2012-07-19T03:41:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lifeinspice.com\/?p=685"},"modified":"2012-07-19T03:42:17","modified_gmt":"2012-07-19T03:42:17","slug":"me-n-martha-project-day-56-buckeye-candy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeinspice.com\/?p=685","title":{"rendered":"Me n&#8217; Martha Project: Day 56, Buckeye Candy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lifeinspice.com\/?attachment_id=686\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-686\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"686\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/lifeinspice.com\/?attachment_id=686\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/lifeinspice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/buckeyes01.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,920\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.3&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D90&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1342648357&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;62&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1600&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.02&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"buckeyes01\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/lifeinspice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/buckeyes01-300x230.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/lifeinspice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/buckeyes01-1024x785.jpg\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-686\" title=\"buckeyes01\" src=\"http:\/\/lifeinspice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/buckeyes01-300x230.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifeinspice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/buckeyes01-300x230.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lifeinspice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/buckeyes01-1024x785.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lifeinspice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/buckeyes01.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>We all know the story of chocolate and peanut butter right?\u00a0 When an unexpected collision took place between two people, one holding chocolate and the other holding peanut butter and what at first appeared to be a tragedy that nearly lead to a violent battle (&#8220;You got your chocolate in my peanut butter!&#8221;\u00a0 &#8220;You got your peanut butter in my chocolate!&#8221;) turned out instead to be a beautiful symphony of two great tastes that taste great together.\u00a0 That brings us to my Martha recipe of the day Buckeye Candy from the Midwest on page 279.<\/p>\n<p>This is a recipe that&#8217;s easy to make, but not as easy to put together.\u00a0 That&#8217;s because the yummy peanut butter candy starts to melt very, very quickly!\u00a0 I had to put the peanut butter mixture in the freezer for an hour before I could roll them into little balls, and even then I had to work quickly because they start to melt and get sticky right away.\u00a0 I guess that&#8217;s the peril of making candy in Florida in the summertime!\u00a0 Yes, I do have air-conditioning, but that doesn&#8217;t stop the humidity from wreaking havoc in my kitchen.<\/p>\n<p>But once these candies are cold and served right out of the freezer they&#8217;re terrific!\u00a0 I mean, how can you go wrong with chocolate and peanut butter?\u00a0 They are sweet, salty and creamy and totally satisfying!\u00a0 My hands are all messy and sticky from eating them, but that&#8217;s okay, these buckeye candies are worth it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We all know the story of chocolate and peanut butter right?\u00a0 When an unexpected collision took place between two people, one holding chocolate and the other holding peanut butter and what at first appeared to be a tragedy that nearly &hellip; 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