Chocolate Strawberry Balls

Total Time: 2 hrs Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 30
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips, melted
• 3/4 cup vanilla wafer, crushed
• 1/4 cup strawberry preserves
• powdered sugar
• toasted finely chopped slivered almonds
• unsweetened cocoa

Recipe

• 1 in a medium sized bowl beat the cream cheese until smooth.
• 2 place 1 cup of chocolate chips in a small sized microwave safe bowl. microwave on high for about 1 1/2 minutes. remove the chocolate from the microwave. the chips may hold their form, but the will be soft. stir well.
• 3 blend the melted chocolate in with the cream cheese.
• 4 stir the crushed wafers and preserves into the cream cheese and chocolate.
• 5 cover the bowl and chill for 1 hour.
• 6 shape the strawberry chocolate into 1 inch balls and roll in one of the following:.
• 7 powdered sugar.
• 8 toasted, finely chopped slivered almonds.
• 9 unsweetened cocoa.
• 10 place each ball on a wax paper lined cookie sheet.
• 11 cover the cookie sheet and refrigerate until firm.