Chocolate Chip Cookie Truffles — a Valentine’s Day Treat

Name: Chocolate Chip Cookie Truffles -- a Valentine's Day Treat
Prep time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 15 balls
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 pound baked chocolate chip cookies; 3 ounces cream cheese (light cream cheese works great); 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips; 1 tablespoon vegetable shortening

February 10, 2010

Leftover chocolate chip cookies are the basis for these easy but hard-to-resist Chocolate Chip Cookie Truffles. Dip them in chocolate or roll them in powdered sugar to make a perfect Valentine’s Day present.

I am not a candy maker, although my mom was. In her heyday, she could make perfect fudge, peanut brittle, toffee, caramel, divinity–all of it.

Obviously, I did not get her candy gene. Hand me a pan and a thermometer and I want to make yogurt, not candy.

But I can make these. No thermometer or cooking required. They are a great way to recycle leftover chocolate chip cookies.

These are so easy, even your kids can make them.

Crush cookies in food processor

Form cookie mixture into 1-inch balls

Wouldn’t these make a great little present for a special person on Valentine’s Day?

Unfortunately, I will not be giving any of these away since my husband and I have managed to eat every last one of them. I know. Shameful, yes? Yes, shamefully delicious!!

Yield: 15 balls

Chocolate Chip Cookie Truffles -- a Valentine's Day Treat

Truffles made from crumbled baked chocolate chip cookies then dipped in chocolate

Prep Time 30 minutes

Total Time 30 minutes

Ingredients

1 pound baked chocolate chip cookies
3 ounces cream cheese (light cream cheese works great)
1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 tablespoon vegetable shortening

Instructions

Crush cookies. You can put them in a zippered plastic bag and flatten with a rolling pin. It's easier to use a food processor and process until mixture resembles coarse meal. Add cream cheese and process or mix until mixture holds together. Expect the mixture to be dark in color.
If you have them, put on plastic gloves and form cookie mixture into 1-inch balls. I like to use a small ice cream dipper to get uniformity. Place on a cookie sheet covered with wax paper or a silicone baking sheet. Refrigerate.
Place chips and shortening into microwave-safe bowl and microwave for 1 minute, stirring to melt. Add time in very small increments to finish melting if necessary.
Dip balls into melted chocolate with fork until completely covered. Return balls to wax paper or silicone baking sheet and chill until chocolate is hard.