Peanut Butter Balls and Oreo Truffles

Traci requested the recipe for the peanut butter balls I gave out on Christmas Eve...

2 lbs powdered sugar
3 cubes melted margarine
4 T vanilla
2 1/4 c peanut butter
Melted dipping chocolate

Melt margarine. In large bowl combine sugar, vanilla, and peanut butter. Roll into balls and place on wax paper on cookie sheet. Cool in refrigerator. When set, dip balls in melted chocolate. Place on wax paper and refrigerate until chocolate sets.

This makes A LOT of balls. I would only make the full recipe if planning on serving lots of people or giving away as treats. Obviously the chocolate I used (Nestle chocolate chunks) was not working with me and they didn't turn out as pretty dipped balls.

Oreo Truffles
1 package Oreo Mint Cookies
1 8 oz package cream cheese, softened
Melted dipping chocolate

Crush cookies into fine crumbs. Add cream cheese and mix until well blended. Roll mixture into one-inch balls. Refrigerate balls until firm. Dip balls in chocolate and let set.

I much prefer these to the PB balls. I gave these out to our friends for Christmas treats but wanted to do something gluten-free for the Riggs people. :) I used Baker's chocolate bark for these and it worked better (although not totally perfect).