Peanut Butter Bacon Truffles
- Ready In:
- 2hrs 10mins
- Ingredients:
- 7
- Yields:
-
20 truffles
- Serves:
- 5
ingredients
directions
- Fry bacon in a pan over medium heat until very crispy.Remove to a paper towel lined plate to drain well.
- Transfer bacon to a food processor along with the 4 tsp sugar and peanuts.Grind to a medium-fine texture.Transfer to a bowl and add the peanut butter and salt to taste.Taste the mixture; you may want to add more sugar,especially if the peanut butter was unsweetened.
- Cover with plastic wrap and place in fridge until very firm.
- Roll the peanut butter mixture by hand or spoons into 1'' balls,placing them on a tray lined with wax paper.Chill again until firm.
- place the cocoa in a bowl;set aside.Place the chocolate chips in a heatproof bowl set over a pot of water.Heat over medium-low until the water is simmering and stir the chocolate until melted and smooth.Remove from heat.
- One at a time roll the peanut butter balls in the melted chocolate and then in the cocoa powder.Serve room temperature.
- Store any remaining truffles in a covered container thoroughly covered in cocoa powder for up to 1 week.
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