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No Bake Nutella Balls (chocolate truffles)

Here’s a new favourite truffle I added to our Christmas cookie boxes this year. I’ll share with you how to make No Bake Nutella Balls covered in chocolate with a few sprinkles to make them look festive. These were so delicious. I had a hard time not eating all of them myself. You can crush the graham crackers yourself, but I just purchased a box of crumbs. No Bake Nutella Balls Makes about 50 balls Adapted from The Carefree Kitchen Ingredients For the filling 1/2 cup of butter, softened 1 1/4 cup Nutella 1 cup graham cracker crumbs 2 cups icing sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla For the coating 1 1/2 cups meting chocolate (I used milk) Directions Combine all filling ingredients until a dough forms. You can add more Nutella or graham crumbs  if you feel the dough is too soft or dry. The dough should hold its shape once rolled.  Roll teaspoon size balls and place in a single layer in the freezer for 30 minutes.  Melt the chocolate in a double boiler or bowl over a simmering pot of wa...
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Hamburger Patties

I was making lasagne for dinner tonight and decided the kids probably wouldn't be interested, so I saved a bit of the ground beef. I was going to make up a few meatballs but I didn't feel like rolling so many balls, so I made a big hamburger patty instead. You could divide the mixture in half to get 2 burgers and serve them on buns, or multiply the recipe for more burgers. I didn't use any egg or breadcrumbs in this recipe but it holds together just fine.

We started eating it before I decided I wanted to keep a record of this recipe. I didn't know it would taste so good.

Hamburger Patties
Makes 1 large or 2 regular burgers

Ingredients
  • 1/3 lb lean ground beef
  • 2 tablespoons ketchup
  • 1/2 teaspoon Italian seasoning blend
  • 2 tablespoons fresh grated parmesan
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon pepper
Directions
  1. Mix all of the ingredients by hand and form a large ball. Flatten it with your hand to about 1/2" thick.
  2. Fry in a little olive oil over medium high heat for about 4 minutes or until golden, then flip and fry the other side for another 4 minutes or until cooked through.

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