Chocolate Peanut Butter Oreo Truffles

Oh, so good. These truffles are very rich and super-delicious -- and pretty easy to make. To speed things up, crush the Oreos in a blender.

Ingredients:

- 6 oz cream cheese, softened
- 1 1/2 cups peanut butter (crunchy or smooth)
- 1/2 cup Nutella (crunchy or smooth)
- 11 oz chocolate chips, melted (or combination of peanut butter and chocolate, dark chocolate, white chocolate, whatever you want)
- 2 cups powdered sugar

- 30 Oreos, crushed

- additional chocolate chips (2-3 cups)
- small amount of vegetable shortening (1-2 tablespoons)

Directions:

In a large bowl, use a hand mixer to combine the cream cheese, peanut butter, Nutella, melted chocolate chips, and powdered sugar. Stir in crushed Oreos.

Form into 1 inch balls (mixture will be crumbly) and place on a plate or cookie sheet. Freeze for 30 minutes or longer (until firm).

Melt together the additional chocolate chips and vegetable shortening over low heat until smooth. Dip each truffle in and coat with chocolate; allow excess to drip off, then place on wax paper on a cookie sheet. Refrigerate for 15 minutes to help the chocolate set.

Refrigerate leftovers.