CREME DE MENTHE TRUFFLES

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This recipe is from a Pillsbury holiday cookbook. I have made these trufflesand am rewriting my intro to reflect that. Store in refrigerator.

Provided by Zaney1

Categories     Candy

Time 4h45m

Yield 3 dozen, 1 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 5

1/2 cup whipping cream
1 (10 ounce) bag creme de menthe baking chips
1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
10 ounces vanilla candy coating or 10 ounces almond bark
2 drops green food coloring

Steps:

  • In a 2 quart saucepan, heat whipping cream over low heat 2-3 minutes or until cream is warm.
  • Remove from heat.
  • Add creme de menthe baking chips and chocolate chips.
  • Stir until melted and smooth.
  • Pour into a wax paper lined 9x13 baking dish.
  • Cover and refrigerate 1 hour or til firm.
  • Line cookie sheets with waxed paper.
  • Turn out onto wax paper lined cutting board.
  • Cut into squares.
  • Put squares 2 inches apart on cookie sheets.
  • Refrigerate 30 minutes.
  • In deep 1 quart saucepan, melt candy coating (almond bark) over low heat, stirring constantly until smooth.
  • Remove from heat.
  • Cool 10 minutes.
  • In a small ziptop bag, pour 1/4 cup melted coating and the 2 drops of green food coloring.
  • Seal bag and mix until color is evenly mixed.
  • Set aside.
  • Using a fork, dip 1 truffle at a time into white candy coating to coat.
  • Return to waxed paper lined cookie sheets.
  • Cut off a tiny piece of the corner of the ziptop bag containing green mixture.
  • Squeeze bag to drizzle each dipped truffle with green mixture.
  • Let truffles stand 10 minutes.
  • Store in the refrigerator.
  • You can put each truffle in an individual mini foil muffin cup if you want.

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