Christmas Cookies :: Peanut Butter Truffles

By fuzzygroup

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup (2 oz) confectioners sugar
• 3 tbsp creamy or chunky peanut butter
• 1 oz cream cheese softened
• 2 tbsp salted, dry roast peanuts chopped coarse plus 20 peanut halves
• 1/4 tsp vanilla
• 4 oz semisweet chocolate chopped or 2/3 cup semi sweet chips
• 1 tbsp vegetable oil

Preparation

Step 1

1. Line large plate with parchment paper. Stir sugar, peanut butter, cream cheese, chopped peanuts and vanilla in standing mixer until smooth. Roll mixture into 20 1/2" balls and space on plate. Freeze for 15 minutes.

2. Microwave chocolate and oil in covered bowl at 50% power stirring from time to time until melted and smooth, 2 to 4 minutes.

3. Using toothpick, pick up 1 ball and dip into molten chocolate to coat. Return ball to plate, remove toothpick and place peanut over hole. Repeat. Freeze 10 minutes. Store in fridge if possible