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Chocolate Mint Truffle

Our season has been rattling temperate so far this twelvemonth.  We are conversation 50-60 degrees mild.  Totally strange for a midwest season, that for careful.

Although, you instrument not discover me complaintive at all.  I'm not a winter/cold weather fan at all.  The only day I am cold with precipitation is on Yuletide day.  There is something so restful virtually a journalist Noel forenoon. After that it can conflate and continue off until succeeding assemblage. Yes, I'm a snowfall grinch!

My spouse was melodious virtually imagination of a somebody Season this start on the way lodging from the gym.  Nope, not me.  The only precipitation I dream nearly is in the concretism of a cookie.  These eucalyptus snowball cookies are on my leisure hot tip every individual gathering!

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 1/4 cups flour
• 1/4 cup dark cocoa powder
• 24 mint truffle Hershey kisses
• 1/2 cup white candy melting melts
• sprinkles

Instructions

1. Unwrap the Hershey kisses and place in a bowl in the freezer while you make the dough.
2. Beat together the butter and sugar. Add the egg and vanilla and beat again.
3. Stir together the salt, flour, and cocoa powder. Slowly beat in to the butter mixture. It will be thick.
4. Roll into 24 even dough balls. Flatten each one individually and place a mint kiss in the center. Wrap the dough around it and roll again. Repeat for each dough ball.
5. Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes. Remove and cool.
6. Melt the chocolate and dip the tops of each cookie. Top with sprinkles. Let set. Store in a tightly sealed container. Makes 24 cookies.

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