CREME DE MENTHE TRUFFLES

By bjnelson55

Prep time: 2 hours 15 minutes

Start to finish: 3 hours 55 minutes

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup whipping cream
• 1 bag (10 oz) creme de menthe baking chips
• 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips (6 oz)
• 10 oz vanilla-flavored candy coating (almond bark)
• 2 drops green food color
• Mini foil candy cups (1-1/2 inch), if desired

Details

Servings 3

Preparation

Step 1

In a 2-quart saucepan, heat whipping cream over low heat 2 to 3 minutes or until cream is warm. Remove from heat. Add baking chips and chocolate chips; stir until melted and smooth. Cover; refrigerate 1 hour or until firm.

Line cookie sheets with waxed paper. Shape mixture into 1-inch balls, dusting hands with powdered sugar or cocoa, if necessary; place 2 inches apart on cookie sheets. Refrigerate 30 minutes.

Meanwhile, in deep 1-quart saucepan, melt candy coating over low heat, stirring frequently, until smooth. Remove from heat; cool 10 minutes. In small resealable freezer plastic bag, place 1/4 cup melted coating and the green food color; seal bag. Squeeze bag to mix until uniform color; set aside.

Using fork, dip 1 truffle at a time into white candy coating to coat. Return to waxed paper-lined cookie sheets. Cut off tiny corner of bag containing green coating. Squeeze bag to drizzle a Christmas tree coating over each truffle (if necessary, reheat green coating in microwave on High a few seconds to make coating drizzle). Let truffles stand until coating is set, about 10 minutes, before placing in foil candy cups. Store in refrigerator.