This recipe is a twist on the no-bake oatmeal cookies for an extra chocolate taste for a holiday treat.

Note: You may want to cut this recipe in half, it makes about 30 truffles and you need to work quickly in rolling them into truffle balls.

No-Bake Oatmeal Truffles

*2 cups sugar
*1/4 cup powder baking cocoa
*Pinch of salt

Put in a stock pot the above ingredients and whisk together.

Add:

*1 stick of butter
*1/2 cup milk of your choice I use skim milk

Turn on the stove to medium heat and bring to a boil for two minutes stirring while it boils. Remove from heat.

Add:

*3/4 cup chunky or smooth peanut butter
*1 teaspoon of vanilla

Note: I added a 1/4 cup more of the peanut butter than the original recipe asks for which was 1/2 cup of the peanut butter. (I added more to help keep the nests together.) *

*1 1/2 cups old fashion oatmeal
*1 1/2 cups quick cooking oatmeal
*1-2 tablespoons Flax Seed, optional

Add oatmeal to chocolate mixture into the stock pot and mix well.

Cool mixture just until you can handle mixture and roll mixture into 1 tablespoon sized round balls.

Dipping Truffles

Dip balls into dipping chocolate or almond Bark or with chocolate chips (If using Chocolate chips, melt 1 tablespoon of shortening to each cup of chocolate chips that you use when melting to dip Truffle balls.)

Caramel Drizzle

Melt about 8 fresh/soft Kraft caramel squares in a microwaveable cup in the microwave adding 1 teaspoon of water, more if needed to make it smooth enough to drizzle over dipped no-bake oatmeal balls/truffles.

Enjoy!

Lindy