.Shuffle & Truffle.

Need a fun, fresh holiday party theme?

I decided to make these Chocolate Truffles:

*Coconut
*Cocoa dusted
*Caramel Cinnamon
*Fennel Anise Seed Sprinkles

The recipe is incredibly easy.

CHOCOLATE TRUFFLES

3 (6 oz.) semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 (14 oz.) can sweetened condensed milk
1 tbsp. vanilla

Various Toppings:
Finely chopped nuts
Flaked coconut
Chocolate sprinkles
Colored sprinkles
Colored sugar
Unsweetened cocoa

In saucepan over low heat melt chips with condensed milk. Remove from heat; stir in vanilla. Chill 2 hours or until firm. Shape into 1 inch balls. Roll in any of above coatings. Chill 1 hour or until firm. Store covered at room temperature.

Amaretto Truffles: Omit vanilla and add 3 tablespoons Amaretto liqueur and 1/2 teaspoon almond extract. Roll in finely chopped toasted almonds.

Now that you have the truffles, all you need to do is send out a little E-vite called “Shuffle and Truffle.”. It’s a cute, catchy name and requires very little prep for you as the host or hostess!

Ask each invitee to bring a deck of cards, and choose from a variety of interactive card games such as Hearts, Spades, Signal, Nerts (Dutch Blitz), Hand and Foot, MOW, Gin Rummy, Poker, whatever!

My own “Shuffle and Truffle” party hasn’t happened yet here in Kenya, but I’m hopefully going to do one around New Years.