For those of you who are having that chocolate craving, this is a great dessert treat that you guys can make from home. It is simply chocolate truffles and all you need is some chocolate, cream cheese and cookies!
Ingredients:
1 pack of cookies (about 14 ounces)
8 ounces of Cream Cheese
Chocolate you can melt
To begin you are going to want to crush your cookies into a fine powder. You can use a blender if you have it, if not another way is to just put them in a zip lock bag and crush them by hand. The finer you can crush them the better the texture will be. Once they are crushed, add the cream cheese and thoroughly mix them together. It is easier by hand so if you have food-safe gloves, it helps with the process.
Once the cream cheese and cookies have been mixed, roll them into balls. Sizing is important because you want these truffles to be bite-sized so I recommend about a balls about the size of a quarter. Place the balls on a pan with parchment paper (to prevent sticking) and chill in the fridge for about 30 minutes at least. The cooler the better.
Once you are ready, take your chocolate of choice (I recommend milk chocolate) and melt it. For those who do not have a lot of experience melting chocolate, you have to be careful as chocolate can burn very easily. One easy way to do it is to microwave it: use a heatproof bowl and 30 second intervals to melt the chocolate. Stir every time you pull them out of the microwave so the bottom of the bowl does not burn. Once the chocolate is smooth, coat the truffles with the chocolate. Once they are all coated, chill for an additional 30 minutes in the fridge and they are ready to eat.
The nice thing about this recipe is that you can make the truffles how you please. Oreo truffles, chocolate chip cookie truffles, peanut butter cookie truffles, you can mix and match as you please!
This recipe will make plenty of truffles for you to enjoy!
Here is a video of my wife and I making Oreo truffles for a visual reference, if it helps!
Hope those of you who tried it, enjoyed it!
This time around I wanted to introduce you guys to some card games you may have never tried you can play with your family. All you are going to need is a deck of cards.
This game can be played with 2-4 players with one deck of cards.
THE PACK
Standard 52 card deck
THE DEAL
Each player is dealt 6 cards face down from the deck. The remainder of the cards are placed face down, and the top card is turned up to start the discard pile beside it. Players arrange their 6 cards in 2 rows of 3 in front of them and turn 2 of these cards face up. The remaining cards stay face down and cannot be looked at.
THE PLAY
The object is for players to have the lowest value of the cards in front of them by either swapping them for lesser value cards or by pairing them up with cards of equal rank.
Beginning with the player to the dealer's left, players take turns drawing single cards from either the stock or discard piles. The drawn card may either be swapped for one of that player's 6 cards, or discarded. If the card is swapped for one of the face down cards, the card swapped in remains face up. The round ends when all of a player's cards are face-up.
A game is nine "holes" (deals), and the player with the lowest total score is the winner.
SCORING
Each ace counts 1 point.
Each 2 counts minus 2 points.
Each numeral card from 3 to 10 scores face value.
Each jack or queen scores 10 points.
Each king scores zero points.
A pair of equal cards in the same column scores zero points for the column (even if the equal cards are 2s).
This game is better for larger groups, can use multiple decks.
THE DEAL
Starting to the dealers left, deal one card at a time until all cards have been dealt.
THE PLAY
The player to dealer's left starts by leading (face up) any single card or any set of cards of equal rank (for example three fives). Each player in turn must then either pass (i.e. not play any cards), or play face up a card or set of cards, which beats the previous play.
Any higher single card beats a single card. A set of cards can only be beaten by a higher set containing the same number of cards. So for example if the previous player played two sixes you can beat this with two kings, or two sevens, but not with a single king, and not with three sevens (though you could play two of them and hang onto the third).
It is not necessary to beat the previous play just because you can - passing is always allowed. Also passing does not prevent you from playing the next time your turn comes round.
The play continues as many times around the table as necessary until someone makes a play which everyone else passes. All the cards played are then turned face down and put to one side, and the player who played last (and highest) to the previous "trick" starts again by leading any card or set of equal cards.
The first player who is out of cards is awarded the highest social rank - this is President. The last player to be left with any cards is known as the Scum.
HOW TO KEEP SCORE
The first player who is out of cards is awarded the highest social rank - this is President. The last player to be left with any cards is known as the Scum.