| Chocolate-Pumpkin Truffles
Ingredients:
2 1/2 cups vanilla wafers, crushed
1 cup almonds, lightly toasted/ground
3/4 cup sifted icing sugar (divided)
2 tsp ground cinnamon
6oz semi-sweet chocolate chips
1/2 cup pumpkin puree
1/3 cup coffee liquer
Instructions:
1) In a medium bowl, combine vanilla wafer crumbs, ground almonds,
one-half cup icing sugar, and cinnamon.
2) Blend in chocolate chips, pumpkin puree, and coffee liqueur. (The
one-third cup of coffee liqueur may be replaced with 50% mixture of cold
coffee and sugar syrup as a non-alcoholic alternative).
3) Form the mixture into 1-inch balls. Cover and refrigerate to firm. Just
prior to serving, dust the truffles with the remaining 1/4 cup of icing
sugar.
Submitted_by: Adriana Lorini
City: Woodbridge
State: On
Country: Canada
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