Peanut Butter Pretzel Truffles

This recipe is super yummy and super easy. It has only three ingredients: peanut butter, pretzels, and chocolate.

Peanut Butter Pretzel Truffles

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup natural peanut butter
  
• 1/2 cup finely chopped salted pretzels
  
• 1/2 cup melted chocolate chips (semi-sweet, dark chocolate, white chocolate.. up to you)

Mix the peanut butter and pretzels in a small bowl. Stick in the freezer for 15 minutes to set. Remove mix from freezer, form teaspoon-sized balls of mix and drop onto wax paper (should make about 10- 15 balls). Place in freezer for at least one hour until firm.

Now if you're like me, you're thinking 'Gross. Natural PB has no flavor and a weird texture!' Believe me, this recipe is the only reason I will ever willingly bring natural PB into the house. Reduced Fat Creamy Jif is my 6th food group. Seriously. But natural works better here because of that weird aka "natural" flavor and texture. Plus let's face it, the reason processed peanut butter tastes so good is because of all the added sugar- enter melted chocolate, stage right:

Melt chocolate chips. Roll peanut butter-pretzel balls in the chocolate, place back on wax paper, place in the refrigerator at least 30 minutes or until chocolate sets.



I'm going to find a fun way of packaging these guys and give them to minha mãe for Mother's Day. I already got her a jar of Sarabeth's Plum Cherry jam (she's obsessed), but I think she deserves a little more than that!

Muito fácil e muito delicioso! nom nom.

*UPDATE*: I went to the local chocolate shop and got a tin and some papers to put the truffles in. Only 8 fit in the tin, so the rest will be traveling in the ever-classy tupperware: