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Every year, there’s a fun holiday that we love to celebrate–Truffle Day! I love making homemade truffles, about once a year (similar to how I like to make pies each year at Thanksgiving, but they’re so much work, I usually only do it about once a year).

Today I wanted to share my four favorite truffle recipes that I’ve found and tweaked until they have become everyone’s favorites! The flavors are Oreo, peanut butter, lemon, and strawberry.

Oreo Truffles

1 batch homemade Oreos (can use package of store bought Oreos)

1 block of cream cheese, softened

1 bag of chocolate chips, melted

White chocolate, melted

Crumble Oreos into a bowl. Cream cream cheese with Oreo crumbs. Using a tablespoon, spoon out balls onto a cookie sheet with a silicone sheet or parchment paper underneath. Freeze for about 30 minutes.

Melt chocolate chips with a spoonful of coconut oil. Using a fork, cover each ball with chocolate and place back onto silicone sheet. Drizzle white chocolate (melted with a spoonful of coconut oil) over the top of the balls. Place in the fridge to harden.

Homemade Oreos

1 cup butter, softened

1 ⅓ cup sugar (I use evaporated cane juice)

2 large eggs

¼ cup milk

2 cups white wheat flour

1 ¼ cup cocoa powder

2 tsp baking soda

¼ tsp salt

Beat butter, sugar, and eggs together. Combine dry ingredients. Alternate adding flour with milk. Mix until combined. Chill at least 1 hour. Roll into balls.

Bake at 350 for 9-10 minutes.

Lemon Truffles

1 baked lemon cake (from cake mix)*

Juice of one lemon

Zest of one lemon

1 block of cream cheese, softened

1 bag white chocolate chips, melted

Crumble the baked cake into a bowl. Add zest and lemon juice to cake and mix with hands. Add cream cheese and mix until all mixed together. Using a tablespoon, spoon out balls onto a cookie sheet with a silicone sheet or parchment paper underneath. Freeze for about 30 minutes.

Melt white chocolate chips with a spoonful of coconut oil. Using a fork, cover each ball with white chocolate and place back onto silicone sheet. You can color the white chocolate yellow, drizzle with yellow colored white chocolate, or sprinkle with yellow sprinkles. Place in the fridge to harden.

Strawberry Truffles

1 baked strawberry cake (from cake mix)

½ cup frozen strawberries

1 block cream cheese

Crumble the baked bake into a bowl. Reheat frozen strawberries in microwave and mash them with a potato masher. Combine cake crumbs and strawberries. Add cream cheese and mix until smooth. Using a tablespoon, spoon out balls onto a cookie sheet with a silicone sheet or parchment paper underneath. Freeze for about 30 minutes.

Melt chocolate chips with a spoonful of coconut oil. Using a fork, cover each ball with chocolate and place back onto silicone sheet. Drizzle white chocolate with pink food coloring (melted with a spoonful of coconut oil) over the top of the balls. Place in the fridge to harden.

Peanut Butter Truffles

2 cups natural peanut butter, creamy

3 – 3 ½ cups powdered sugar

¼ cup butter, softened

1 tsp vanilla extract

3 tbsp milk

Chocolate chips, melted

Mix peanut butter, butter, and sugar. Add milk and vanilla. Mix until creamy. Using a tablespoon, spoon out balls onto a cookie sheet with a silicone sheet or parchment paper underneath. Freeze for about 30 minutes.

Melt chocolate chips with a spoonful of coconut oil. Using a fork, cover each ball with chocolate and place back onto silicone sheet. Put crushed nuts over the top while chocolate is still melted. Place in the fridge to harden.

These are some of my favorite truffle recipes to make! What truffles have you made or tried? I’d love to hear from you in the comments below!

Hot chocolate is a favorite drink at our house, especially at Christmas time or when it’s colder outside. We actually love drinking it every morning, though, even in the summer, and I came up with a recipe that has added protein and a better sweetener.

I make it each morning as part of my routine. We all love it and I honestly look forward to it every day. Today, I wanted to share that recipe.

I use a hot chocolate maker. I use this one, though they stopped making it and it’s getting harder and harder to find. Our recipe makes enough for two adults and four children. The children get less than my husband and I.

Healthier Hot Chocolate

4 cup water

1/4 tsp salt

2 tbsp cocoa powder

3 generous tbsp pure maple syrup

1/2 cup beef gelatin

3/4 cup powdered milk

We use Himalayan salt, I usually buy it from Amazon. I use Dutch cocoa powder (I got it in bulk once and haven’t been able to go back), which I buy from Walmart. I get our maple syrup from Costco, though you can easily substitute sugar 1:1.

Beef gelatin is similar to collagen. It is very low calorie and high protein (it has 9 grams of protein in one tablespoon). It isn’t a complete protein, but because we pair it with the milk which is an animal protein and because we get other protein sources throughout the day, it’s not concerning to us. I buy it from Amazon or Vitacost.

*We’ve used unsweetened whey protein powder in place of beef gelatin before and the hot chocolate still turned out yummy. I buy my protein powder on Amazon.

I always use cold water, so that the gelatin will dissolve before the water heats up in the hot chocolate maker. Despite it being called beef gelatin, it has no taste in the hot chocolate and only serves to make the drink silkier!

I like this brand of gelatin and buy it on Vitacost. You can also buy it on Amazon, but Vitacost often has a coupon, and sometimes has sales on food items that makes it cheaper there.

I buy my powdered milk through the online LDS store here. I believe you can also get it in person at most LDS canneries, but since I don’t live near one, I always just get it online. They are great for food storage as well, because the pouches last 20 years.

It’s a really simple recipe, made even simpler with hot chocolate maker. I’ve been looking into buying an industrial one (so it’s big enough as our family grows). Making it and then doing the dishes while it mixes has become a simple part of my morning routine and I look forward to sitting down and drinking it every morning!

What is a favorite part of your morning routine? I’d love to hear about it in the comments below!