Peanut Butter HiFi Buddy Balls—Prototype 1:
 
Or is that "Peanut Butter [HiFi/Bran] Buffles"? How about just "Peanut Buffles" ("Butter" somewhat contracted into "Buffles")? Anyway, this one is simply a matter of combining all the ingredients of the "Bars" version. Note that the total ingredient proportions between Prototypes 1 and 2 of the Peanut Butter HiFi Buddy Bars are the same. The following recipe contains the sum of the Prototype 1 Bars, which is a regular-sized recipe (its Prototype 2 counterpart being 50% larger).
 
6 oz. melted, white chocolate
8 oz. unsalted peanut butter
16 oz. whipped lowfat cottage cheese
1 tbsp. skim milk
1 cup plus 2 tbsp. sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla (last ingredient just before the Bran Buds)
8.8 oz. Bran Buds, ground up (make sure that all the other ingredients are thoroughly blended first, then quickly combine this one using a serious amount of intensity, expecting stiff results)

These is no need to let the resulting mixture sit for long. It gets very stiff rather quickly. Form this into balls, and refrigerate until firm. Makes about 24 (each one close to 1 1/2" in diameter, based upon about 1.9 to 2.0 ounces per ball).
 
These Balls reminded me of peanut butter fudge. They went over very well at the Sports Page.
 
Peanut Butter HiFi Buddy Balls—Prototype 2:
 
In Prototype 1, the peanut butter favor is rather on the strong side. I had an idea of making HiFi Buddy Balls which would combine the peanut butter mixture with its chocolate counterpart (i.e., Chocolate HiFi Buddy Balls, above), somewhat like a marble cake. However, I felt that the peanut butter was too dominant. This flavor is reduced for Prototype 2.
 
Repeat Prototype 1, but...
Reduce peanut butter by 2 ounces, to 6 ounces
Reduce sugar by 3 tablespoons, to 15 tablespoons (1 cup minus 1 tablespoon)
 
I felt that this provided a better balance when combined with the chocolate HiFi Buddy Balls mixture (see Chocolate Peanut Butter HiFi Buddy Balls, below, for more details).

NOTE: Even if the peanut butter flavor were to still be too strong, I had already come up with a contingency plan to further reduce the peanut butter to 4 ounces, and also reduce the sugar to 3/4 cup.
 

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