Pumpkin Spice Truffles

Ingredients

  • 2 ounces Cream Cheese, room temperature
  • 2 tablespoons Powdered Sugar 
  • ⅓ cup Pumpkin Puree
  • 1 ¾ cups Graham Cracker Crumbs
  • ½ teaspoons Pumpkin Pie Spice
  • ½ teaspoon Ground Cinnamon
  • 4 ounces White Chocolate, chopped then melted

Topping

  • 10 ounces Semi-Sweet Chocolate or White Chocolate, chopped
  • Cinnamon/sugar mixture

Directions

  1. In the bowl of a stand mixer, mix together the cream cheese and sugar until creamy, 2 minutes; add the pumpkin puree and mix on high until combined
  2. Add the graham cracker crumbs, pumpkin pie spice, cinnamon, and melted chocolate; mix on medium speed for 2 minutes until combined; cover tightly and refrigerate for 1 hour 
  3. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper
  4. Begin rolling chilled mixture into balls, 1 tablespoon per ball; place the balls on the baking sheets; chill in the refrigerator for 30 minutes
  5. Right before you take out the chilled dough balls, melt the chocolate; use a double broiler or melt in the microwave in 30 second increments
  6. Let the warm chocolate cool 5 minutes before using it to dip in; once the truffles are done in the refrigerator, dip in chocolate; tap off the extra chocolate then sprinkle with cinnamon/sugar mixture
  7. Place the chocolate dipped truffles on the baking sheets then return to refrigerator until ready to serve