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1/3
cup butter, softened
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1/3
cup packed brown sugar
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1
tablespoon vanilla
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1
cup all-purpose flour
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1
cup miniature semisweet chocolate pieces
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4
ounces dark chocolate or semisweet chocolate, chopped
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4
ounces chocolate-flavor candy coating, chopped
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1
tablespoon shortening
1. Line a 15x10x1-inch baking pan with waxed paper; set aside. In a medium bowl beat butter, brown sugar, and vanilla with an electric mixer on medium speed until combined. Beat in flour just until combined. Stir in chocolate pieces. Shape dough into 1-inch balls. Place on prepared baking pan. Cover; freeze about 30 minutes or until firm.
2. Meanwhile, in a small saucepan heat chopped chocolate, candy coating, and shortening over low heat, stirring until until melted and smooth. Remove from heat.
3. Line a tray or baking sheet with waxed paper. Using a fork, dip balls into chocolate mixture, allowing excess chocolate mixture to drip back into saucepan. Place dipped balls on prepared tray. Let stand or chill about 30 minutes or until set. Lightly drizzle with the remaining melted chocolate mixture.
- Calories 198,
- Protein (gm) 2,
- Carbohydrate (gm) 23,
- Fat, total (gm) 11,
- Cholesterol (mg) 9,
- Saturated fat (gm) 7,
- Monosaturated fat (gm) 2,
- Dietary Fiber, total (gm) 1,
- Sugar, total (gm) 13,
- Vitamin A (IU) 97,
- Thiamin (mg) 0,
- Riboflavin (mg) 0,
- Niacin (mg) 0,
- Folate (µg) 12,
- Sodium (mg) 24,
- Potassium (mg) 46,
- Calcium (DV %) 10,
- Iron (DV %) 1,
- Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet
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I made these for a cookie exchange and tripled the batch. I found them easy to make and quite tasty. I will absolutely make these again.
12/14/2011 09:15:18 PM Report AbuseI've actually been making a recipe similar to this, except I add toffee pieces to the mix and then sprinkle some on top for decoration. Another change is using a can of sweetened condensed milk instead of shortening. Everyone loves these!
12/11/2011 01:57:26 PM Report AbuseI had the same problem with the dough not sticking together, so I added a little water (maybe 1/4 c- could probably have used a little less). I also added a 1/2 tsp of salt because the dough seemed to taste flat without it. Other recipes I've seen for this type of truffle use sweetened condensed milk as a binder, so I may try that next time.
12/10/2011 02:35:58 PM Report AbuseI also had trouble rolling them into balls... They really werent that good tasting, just had a strong vanilla flavor. They seemed to need something more to bind them together. Doubt I will ever make them again.
12/7/2011 09:55:22 AM Report Abusehi - how long will these keep? --just trying to plan ahead. :-)
11/22/2011 10:49:10 PM Report Abuse