Eggnog Truffle Cups

Total Time: 3 hrs 45 mins Preparation Time: 3 hrs Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 36
• 2 cups milk chocolate chips
• 2 tablespoons butter or 2 tablespoons margarine
• 1/2 cup eggnog
• 2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips (ghirardeli 60% cocoa preferred)
• 1 tablespoon shortening

Recipe

• 1 chocolate cups: melt chips with shortening in heavy, small saucepan over very low heat, stirring constantly. spoon about 1/2 tablespoon of the chocolate mixture into each small foil candy cup. with back of spoon, bring some of the chocolate up side of each cup. refrigerate until firm.
• 2 truffles: melt chips with butter and eggnog in heavy, medium saucepan over low heat, stirring occasionally. pour into pie pan. refrigerate until mixture is thick, but soft, about 2 hours.
• 3 spoon truffle mixture into pastry bag fitted with large star tip. pipe mixture into chocolate cups. truffles can be refrigerated 2-3 days or frozen several weeks.
• 4 hint: to remove foil cups, cut slit in bottom of the cup and peel foil up from bottom. doi not peel down from the top edge.