Taste of Home
Banana Cream Chocolate Truffles
TOTAL TIME: Prep: 35 min. + freezing
YIELD: about 4 dozen.
This truffle recipe was created from ripe bananas and my imagination, and the outcome blew my family and friends away! I don’t particularly like bananas, but I could eat these truffles all day long. —Michele Lassuy, Orlando, Florida
Ingredients
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1 package (14.3 ounces) Golden Oreo cookies
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1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened
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2 teaspoons banana extract
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1/3 cup mashed ripe banana
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1 pound milk chocolate candy coating, melted
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Dried banana chips, coarsely crushed
Directions
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1.
Pulse cookies in a food processor until fine crumbs form. In a bowl, beat cream cheese and extract until blended. Beat in banana. Stir in cookie crumbs. Freeze, covered, until firm enough to shape, about 2 hours.
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2.
Shape mixture into 1-in. balls. Dip cookie balls in candy coating; place on waxed paper-lined baking sheets. Top immediately with banana chips.
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3.
Refrigerate until set, about 30 minutes. Store in a covered container in the refrigerator.
Nutrition Facts
1 truffle: 110 calories, 6g fat (4g saturated fat), 5mg cholesterol, 45mg sodium, 13g carbohydrate (9g sugars, 0 fiber), 1g protein.
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