Gingerbread Cookie Truffles

Total Time: 2 hrs 35 mins Preparation Time: 35 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• 2 cups gingersnap crumbs
• 8 ounces cream cheese, room temp. cut in cubes
• 2 cups milk chocolate chips
• 1 tablespoon vegetable shortening

Recipe

• 1 in a large bowl cream together cookie crumbs and cream cheese untill a loose "dough" forms.
• 2 roll "dough" into 1 inch balls and place on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. place in fridge and cool for an hour.
• 3 melt chocolate chips and vegtable shortning in a metal bowl over a pot of boiling water. remove from burner when melted.
• 4 use a toothpick to dip balls into chocolate and place back on parchment tray.
• 5 cool 1-2 hours or overnight.