Easy Truffles

Tip: place waxed paper under cooling rack to catch drips and make cleanup easy. If the melted chocolate dries out while you’re heating it, add in some solid vegetable shortening 1 teaspoon at a time until you get the consistency you want.

Also, try substituting peanut butter chips instead semisweet chocolate chips. For Ashley’s first grade Halloween party, I used the peanut butter chips, then rolled the balls in chocolate sprinkles, and called them “spider eyeballs.” They were a hit!

Ingredients

1 (16-oz.) container chocolate frosting
2 1/2 cups powdered sugar, sifted
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
3/4 to 1 cup chopped nuts (pecans, walnuts, pistachios, peanuts … whatever flips your trigger) optional

Combine chocolate frosting and powdered sugar in a large bowl, stirring until thoroughly blended. Roll frosting mixture into 1-inch balls; set aside.

Melt chocolate chips over low heat, stirring constantly until smooth. Remove from heat. Dip candy balls in melted chocolate, place on cooling rack, and then sprinkle with chopped nuts. As soon as the coating hardens, store in an airtight container.