Title: Simple Chocolate Truffles
Categories: Candy Blank
Yield: 2 Dozen

4	c	Powdered sugar (yes, four cups!)
8	oz	Cream cheese (one large package or 3 small packages less a n
1	ts	Vanilla extract
5	oz	Unsweetened chocolate
		Assorted toppings (cocoa, powdered sugar, crushed nuts, jimm

Mix the powdered sugar into the softened cream cheese a little (2/3 cup) at a time, making sure it is well blended after every addition.

Melt the chocolate in a double boiler and add it to the cream cheese mixture along with the vanilla. Mix well. Chill for a couple hours. Roll mix into one inch balls, then roll them in a topping. Chill.

NOTES:

* Easy-to-make candies with chocolate and cream cheese -- Here's a good recipe for lazy chocolate freaks. They're not as good as the ones you buy in good candy stores, but they're still yummy.

* If you're adventurous, try substituting the liqueur of your choice for the vanilla.

: Difficulty: easy. : Time: 30 minutes preparation, 2 hours chilling, 20 minutes rolling. : Precision: measure the ingredients.

: -- Chan Benson : {ihnp4 | hplabs}!hpfcla!chan : Hewlett-Packard Company : Fort Collins, CO

: Copyright (C) 1986 USENET Community Trust

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