We love Christmas...and we love to EAT during Christmas. Don't get me wrong--we don't go hungry any other times during the year. We eat then, too. It's just that we have found the treats and snacks during the holidays somehow morph into morsels containing more "yumminess." I'll buy truffles any day of the week but making your own is pretty satisfying.
Just a few simple ingredients and you have your own truffles...dark chocolate chips and heavy whipping cream make up the ganache for the center and cocoa powder is all you need for the outside. Way cheaper than the store-bought ones and sooooo decadent :)
For neatness, I used the mini muffin liners....The second batch used the same ingredients...just added almond extract to the ganache and rolled the truffles in chopped almonds.
...and from there I made peanut butter fudge....
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| Bubble, bubble, toil and trouble....for my thighs, that is. |
Yummy!...and it didn't stop...."Trash" (Chex mix), Muddie Buddies, Chocolate dipped pretzels, walnut fudge, pretzel squares with the little Hershey Hugs in the middle, Chocolate Peanut Butter Oatmeal bars.....
Simple little goodies.."Simple" is becoming my middle name. It was all pretty fast and easy but disappeared in the blink of an eye...well maybe a "shut" of the eye because we all know how sugar crashes work :)
Perhaps the goodies we all enjoy during the holidays are so delicious because of the company surrounding us while we indulge...Yep. I think that's it.
