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Any suggested substitutions for the malted milk?

Yummy yummy. These will be perfect for game night. And who doesn't love balls in their mouth? I know I do...

These look as though they could be addictive.

Ok, this takes me right back to childhood and an episode of the carebears where they teach you how to make this recipe by singing the instructions to the tune of "my darling Clementine". Except i think their PB-balls were made with sugar instead of honey, and also rolled in coconut.

I would totally make this right now, but i've already eaten a lot of peanut butter today.

is peanut butter safe to eat again?

zuzupetals, I remember making something like this as a child except we used powdered milk instead of malted milk and I want to say instead of honey, we used molasses or karo syrup or something. If you're looking for a non-dairy ingredient, though, maybe try rice flour or some sort of soymilk powder?

ooo these look yummy! we used to get these in elementary school but they were called peanut butter blobs and they had chocolate chips in them. SO good!

I just made them! They're fantastic.

Added a little extra malted milk, maybe my peanut butter was moister than most. Also, I flattened the balls and dusted with coconut to make them look like a more adult treat.

i've seen malt powder, like ovaltine, but who makes malted milk powder? like carnation instant breakfast?

Assuming you don't eat them all at once, how do you store these so that they don't all stick together?

Carnation just makes plain malted milk powder. It's next to the Ovaltine.

Juuuust finished making these. If you're nosey you can see them here.

I can't find malted milk powder anywhere! I NEEEED these!

Update: I broke down and bought it online - I got it from iherb.com with a $5 off coupon, so it ended up only being $0.75 shipping!

catlike - thanks for the recommendations! It's not the milk problem in my case; it's a malt problem (gluten, *sigh*). These would be awesome to tuck into a lunchbox. Can't wait! =)

we made this too when I was a kid, though ours had no cocoanut and powdered milk instead of malted milk. My mother called it Peanut Butter Playdough, because we could make shapes with it before we ate it. I loved it.

This sounds wonderful!

I'm looking for a good replacement for the malted milk powdered too... hm... maybe almond meal? ... I'm going to experiment.

Plain powdered milk works just fine - the original recipe uses it. A few ideas (un-tested!) for a non-dairy subsitute, in addition to the good ones above: tapioca powder, nut flours, soy protein powder, ground coconut, non-dairy powdered coffee creamer.

I just made them with my kids, and used cocoa powder instead of powdered or malted milk. I used a little more coconut and a little less cocoa powder than the milk recommended here. They're yummy and very rich!

I knew this as "Nummy Fudge" as a kid - with a bit of a variation on ingredients:

1/2c honey
1/2c molasses or treacle
1/2c peanut butter
1/2 tsp vanilla essence
1c dry powdered milk

Combine all except powdered milk well - then mix in powdered milk, knead, roll into bite size bits. Refrigerate to set more firmly.

We were SERIOUSLY addicted to this stuff! :-)

We made these too as kids and added rice krispie cereal for a bit of crunch. I will be making these for my children. Thanks for the memory and reminder!

I remember these. My mom used to make them when I was little. They were soooo good. My mom used to make half of the batch rolled in sunflower seeds. They would be individually wrapped in the freezer. It is funny because we were just talking about these last month at dinner. Time to make a batch!

"is peanut butter safe to eat again?"
Er... what was the problem? I'm asking seriously, I'm the only european I know who eats peanut butter every day* so I don't have much info.

* Should be read "I'm the only PB whore I know of" :) Articles like the recent one that links here change my life ^^