Indulgent Chocolate Truffles

Ingredients 

½ cream cheese

½ cup of mascarpone 

3 cups confectioners' sugar,

3 cups semisweet chocolate chips, melted

Half of 1 vanilla bean

Mix cream cheese, mascarpone, chocolate, and vanilla bean ( to use a vanilla bean- split the it in half and then run your knife down the center of one of the halved pods scraping out all the seeds you can get) together until smooth

Add confectionary sugar, make into a log and let chill in fridge for about 1 hour. Remove and roll into 1 inch balls. To add flavoring if desired- spit into thirds instead of a log, add 1 Tbs of almond flavoring, vanilla, orange, espresso powder, whatever you want. And adults can add icky liquors if they really want to!

After they are in 1 inch balls roll them in crushed nuts, sprinkles, cocoa powder, melted white chocolate, ect. Let your imagination run wild! They will harden by themselves at room temp. or in the refrigerator. This recipe is sure to satisfy your sweet tooth!!

* For a quick entertaining trick put some truffles on a wooded skewer and use as a coffee stirrer, the chocolate will melt into the warm coffee!!!