Triple Chocolate Truffles

Total Time: 4 hrs Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 3 hrs

Ingredients

• 12 ounces semisweet chocolate, coarsely chopped
• 4 ounces cream cheese, softened and cut up
• 4 teaspoons instant coffee crystals
• 1 teaspoon water
• 1 1/3 cups milk chocolate or 1 1/3 cups semisweet chocolate pieces or 8 ounces baking bar, coarsely chopped
• 2 tablespoons shortening (such as crisco)
• 2 ounces baking bar or 2 ounces milk chocolate or 2 ounces semisweet chocolate, coarsely chopped

Recipe

• 1 in a heavy medium saucepan, cook and stir semisweet chocolate over very low heat until melted and smooth. remove from heat; stir in cream cheese until combined. combine coffee crystals and water; add to chocolate mixture and stir until smooth. cover and chill truffle mixture about 2 hours or until firm.
• 2 line a baking sheet with waxed paper. shape the truffle mixture into 1-inch balls (if mixture is sticky, use 2 spoons to shape into balls) and place on prepared baking sheet. cover and chill for 1-2 hours or until firm.
• 3 in a heavy medium saucepan, cook and stir milk chocolate and shortening over low heat until melted and smooth. remove from heat; cool to room temperature.
• 4 use a fork to dip truffles into chocolate mixture, allowing excess chocolate to drip back into saucepan. return truffles to baking sheet; chill about 30 minutes or until firm.
• 5 in a small heavy saucepan, cook and stir baking bar over low heat until melted and smooth. drizzle over truffle tops. (use baking bar to drizzle over milk or semisweet chocolate truffles. use milk or semisweet chocolate to drizzle over baking bar truffles.).
• 6 before serving, chill for a few minutes or until set.