Swap Out the Peanut Butter and Bake a Batch of Tahini Buckeyes

Tahini is a million times better to me than peanut butter, in my very humble opinion. Ive always had tahini in my pantry. Over the years Ive added it to hummus (of course), salad dressings, soba noodles, a whole lot of things! It took me a while to add it to sweet items but once I did, I never looked back. 

Ive wanted to make buckeyes for a long time. A friend of mine from Ohio introduced them to me. The buckeye tree is the official tree of the state of Ohio; these are meant to look like the nuts that fall off that tree.

These cookies are usually peanut butter mixed with powdered sugar and butter and then frozen until still. Then theyre partially dipped in chocolate to resemble the buckeye. 

Instead of peanut butter, I figured Id give them a bit of a grown-up twist and use tahini. They were SO good. Sweet and nutty and of course chocolate-y. 

Serve them at a cookie table this holiday season, theyll be the favorite, I promise!

Adrianna Adarme is a food blogger and author living in Los Angeles, California. She writes the blog A Cozy Kitchen, where she shares comforting, everyday recipes from her kitchen. She recently authored her first cookbook, PANCAKES: 72 Sweet and Savory Recipes for the Perfect Stack. She's a lover of breakfast, pie (and sometimes even pie for breakfast), corgis and cute things. You can find her on Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook.