Recipe for "truffles-3"

NAME

     TRUFFLES-3 - Easy-to-make candies with chocolate and  cream-
     cheese
     Here's a good recipe for lazy chocolate freaks. They're  not
     as  good  as  the  ones  you  buy  in good candy stores, but
     they're still yummy.

INGREDIENTS (makes 2 dozen)

     500 g     powdered sugar
     250 g     cream cheese (one large package or 3  small  pack-
               ages less a nibble)
     5 ml      vanilla extract
     150 g     unsweetened chocolate
               assorted toppings (cocoa, powdered sugar, crushed

PROCEDURE

          (1)  Mix the powdered sugar  into  the  softened  cream
               cheese  a little at a time, making sure it is well
               blended after every addition.
          (2)  Melt the chocolate in a double boiler and  add  it
               to   the  cream  cheese  mixture  along  with  the
               vanilla. Mix well.
          (3)  Chill for a  couple  hours.  Roll  mix  into  2-cm
               balls, then roll them in a topping. Chill.

NOTES

     If you're adventurous, try substituting the liqueur of  your
     choice for the vanilla.

RATING

     Difficulty: easy.  Time: 30  minutes  preparation,  2  hours
     chilling,   20  minutes  rolling.   Precision:  measure  the
     ingredients.

CONTRIBUTOR

     Chan Benson
     Hewlett-Packard Company, Fort Collins, CO
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