Truffles From Holiday Mini-Catalog Question

[babywings76]

These are so delicious and really easy to make. I decided to make them for my kids' teachers. Rather than do the mint ones, though, I thought I'd do the peanut butter version. But I accidentally misread the recipe and bought the chocolate PB Oreos instead of the Nutter Butter type of cookie. So, I'm wondering what I want to coat them in. Should I still just roll them in chopped peanuts and drizzle with melted semi-sweet chocolate? Or should I coat them in melted chocolate and drizzle melted PB morsels? Would melted PB morsels work okay for a coating and then drizzle with semi-sweet chocolate?

If I melt PB morsels, should I add a certain amount of oil to it or will it run and coat the truffles okay?

 

[ChefBeckyD]

When I've made these before, I've found that the regular chocolate chips work the best for coating.

What I would do is use a mix of PB and cream cheese for the filling with the cookies, and then coat in chocolate and drizzle with melted PB chips or sprinkle with chopped peanuts.

 

[babywings76]

Thanks Becky! I'll give that a try for my next batch. For this first batch I just did cream cheese w/ the cookies. Then I rolled them in chopped peanuts and then melted semi-sweet morsels and put it in a ziplock and did the drizzle over them. I've got them in the fridge right now getting all set up. I tasted one and it was pretty good. But I like the idea of doing a full coating of chocolate on them like you mentioned. So I'll do that next. Thanks!

 

[ilovpc]

Can these be made one day ahead?

 

[babywings76]

Yep, I just stick them in the fridge and they are great!