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Saturday, January 1, 2011

Grasshopper Truffles

You may have tried Oreo truffles. I took that recipe and substituted Grasshopper cookies (Kebbler's version of Girl Scouts' Thin Mint cookies) for the Oreos. This made for the perfect amount of mint flavoring and still a great texture. A must try!

Ingredients:
1 package (8 oz) cream cheese
2 packages (10 oz each) Grasshopper cookies

Directions:
1.) Soften cream cheese in microwave (about 20 seconds).
2.) Use food processor to finely chop Grasshopper cookies (makes 4 1/2 C).
3.) Blend cream cheese and 4 C chopped cookies.
4.) Shape the dough into 1" balls.
5.) Melt chocolate chips in microwave until runny and smooth - it is very important to stir the chocolate every 10-15 seconds to prevent burning.
6.) Roll the balls in chocolate until covered.
7.) Place on cookie sheet covered with wax paper.
8.) Sprinkle remaining 1/2 C chopped cookies on top of truffles.
9.) Transfer the cookie sheet to the refrigerator.
10.) Allow the truffles to chill 1 hour before handling.
11.) When hardened, store truffles in refrigerator in an airtight container.

Makes 4 dozen truffles.

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