Candy Recipes - Truffles, Balls and Bon Bons

Coffee Bean Truffles

12 ounces semisweet chocolate
1/2 cup butter, softened
2 egg yolks
1/4 cup rum
1/2 cup heavy cream
40 coffee beans of your choice
1/2 cup ground coffee beans of your choice
1/4 cup cocoa powder

Melt chocolate in top of double boiler. Remove from heat. Beat in butter, 2 tablespoons at a time. Add egg yolks, rum and heavy cream. Beat until smooth. Cover and chill until hardened.

Take 1 teaspoon chocolate mixture at a time and roll into 1-inch ball. Push 1 coffee bean into center, using a wooden pick. Fill in hole with chocolate.

Sift together ground coffee beans and cocoa powder onto plate. Roll each covered coffee bean in cocoa mixture. Chill.

Makes 40.