Chocolate Chip Cheesecake Truffles.

These are absolutely delicious and so easy to make! They would make a great gift to give away for the Holidays... Try it today!

Ingredients:
1 cup Semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 package (250g) Cream Cheese at room temperature
1/2 cup Icing sugar
1/2 cup Graham crumbs
1 tbsp. Vanilla extract
Pinch of salt

Ideas of things to roll truffles in: Sweetened coconut, sprinkles, cocoa, white sugar, graham crumbs....

 
Steps:
1. Melt 1/2 cup of chocolate chips in a small sauce pan on low. Meanwhile using an electric mixer, beatthe cream cheese until smooth. Add icing sugar, graham crumbs, vanilla and salt, and blend well. Mix in the melted chocolate and the remaining chocolate chips. Cool mixture in the freezer until firm (about 15 mins).
2. Hand-roll into balls the size of large marbles. Toss balls in coconut sprinkles, graham crumbs etc until well coated. Return to freezer and chill thoroughly (about 15 mins).
3. Enjoy or wrap up in a box to give away! (But keep in freezer until ready to give away!)

 

 Chocolate chip cheesecake truffles rolled in graham crumbs and icing sugar.

TIPS/SUGGESTIONS:

• Don't roll your truffles in icing sugar unless you want it to come out and look like little donuts!
• You may need to re-freeze the mixture half way through rolling them if the mixture begins to get too soft as this will make your hands really messy.....

Note: These truffles were made far too big. haha!! 

Rolled in Graham Crumbs.

Delicious chocolate chip cheesecake truffles!

Autumn and Christmas Wreaths.

Last year when I lived in a small town, I went for a long walk on a country trail on a nice Autumn day. Without knowing what I was doing, I instinctively gathered some grapevine and casually worked it into a circle, careful not to snap the fresh vine. I added some freshly fallen autumn leaves, headed home and hung the makeshift wreath outside and left it there. The leaves faded and eventually fell off. By Spring time, my creation had hardened and became a beautifully sturdy start to an eventual wreath. I brought it inside and hid it somewhere in my craft room only to forget about it until this past Autumn....
Around this past Thanksgiving all the leaves outside began to change colour and it dawned on me that I had a circle of grapevine that I could use for an actual wreath. I used what I had available to me from my collection of random art/craft supplies. I added some leaves, some butterflies and other brass charms.... I enjoy this wreath very much in its simplicity! I hope you do too!

I loved having this my door!

Items Used:

• Grapeleaf vines
• fake autumn leaves and berries
• sparkly gold butterflies
• a few random brass charms
• hot glue gun + glue

Since I enjoyed having a wreath up during October and into November, I decided I should make one for Christmas as well. I had a string of plain garland, some poinsettias (as part of a candle ring) and some sparkly green butterflies (as you can guess, I like butterflies!). I twisted the garland into a circle... ok, as good as a circle as I could and began gluing on the poinsettias. I added the green butterfly but took them off as they were too distracting. This wreath is simple as well but I like it!!!

 My super easy Christmas Wreath!

Items Used:

• 1 string of garland
• 2 candle rings with poinsettias
• fake pine cones and berries
• 4 tiny bells
• hot glue gun + glue