Minty Chocolate Truffles

Very easy to make and refreshing taken with a cup of hot tea.


Ingredients:
150 g dark cooking chocolate, broken into squares
30 g butter
50 g thick cream
1/2 tsp mint essence

For coating:
50 g icing sugar
50 g dark cooking chocolate, broken into square, melted


Method:
1. To make the truffle, either melt the butter, cream and chocolate together in microwave oven, at lowest setting, at 20 seconds interval, stirring in between interval or heat up the butter and cream together and pour the liquid into chocolate then stir until the chocolate melts.
2. Add mint essence, stir to combine and refrigerate the chocolate for 1 hour. Shape into rounds the size of marbles.
3. Roll the truffles in icing sugar then drizzle with melted chocolate.

Makes about 15 pcs