Truffle of the Week

Again, I can't get away from the combination of chocolate and mint, it's my favorite.  These are super easy to make and a great treat for anytime.  I made them as a dessert for my daughter's family birthday party.

Ingredients:

1-11 oz bag of white chocolate chips (ghiradelli)
1/2 cup of heavy cream
2 drops of green food coloring
1/2 teaspoon of peppermint extract
1-11 oz bag of milk chocolate chips (ghiradelli)

Preparation:

Place white chocolate chips in a medium glass bowl. Heat cream, peppermint extract and food dye in a small saucepan until simmering (but not boiling).  Pour hot cream mixture of white chocolate chips and stir until chocolate is fully melted and smooth.  If needed you can put white chocolate mixture in the microwave for 30 seconds to melt completely.  Cover bowl with plastic wrap and place in the refrigerator for at least 2 hrs and up to overnight.  One mint ganache is set portion out with a small scoop and place on a silpat lined baking sheet.  Once all ganache is portioned out, roll quickly into balls and then place ganache balls in the freezer for 1 hr to hard.  Melt milk chocolate in the microwave in 30 second incremements stirring inbetween until  fully melted and smooth.  Take ganache balls out of freezer and dip in melted milk chocolate and place back on lined baking sheet.  Once all completed place truffles back in freezer or refrigerator to set.  In the meantime melt 1/4 cup of white chocolate chips in the microwave in 30 second increments until melted and smooth.  Stir in 1 drop of green food coloring until fully incorporated.  Place green colored chocolate in a small piping bag and snip of a tiny bit of the end.  Decorate the top of the truffles with a little piping of green white chocolate.
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I have seen recipes with Oreo's everywhere lately.  Oreo's stuffed into chocolate chip cookies, Oreo truffles, Oreo cake etc.  I guess EVERYONE loves Oreo cookies.  When I saw the recipes for brownie covered Oreo's I figured "what could be easier" just two ingredients and there's nothing bettter than brownies and Oreo's.  I LOVE mint and chocolate so I thought the combination of Mint Oreo's with brownies would be delicious.  I had a friend and her family over for dinner this weekend and her son is allergic to peanuts so this was a great "peanut free" treat.  She offered to make them for everyone and they came out great.

Ingredients:

1 package of brownie mix

1 package of mint flavored Oreo cookies

Preparation:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees, grease 24 muffin tins with non-stick cooking spray.  Make brownie mix according to package directions.  Once mix is prepared dunk each Oreo into brownie mix until completely coated and drop into greased muffin tins.  Bake about 20 minutes or until a tooth pick inserted in center comes out clean.

Linked to Sweets for Saturday at  Sweet as Sugar Cookies

Linked to The Culinary Smackdown at U Try It

Linked to This Week's Cravings at Moms Crazy Cooking

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