Name: Butterfinger Truffles
Yield: Makes about 80
Ingredients: 10 ounces semisweet chocolate (do not exceed 61% cacao), chopped; 1 tablespoon unsalted butter; 1 cup heavy cream; 1 1/2 cups chopped Butterfinger candy bars (about 8 ounces); 4 teaspoons unsweetened cocoa powder; Chopped roasted unsalted peanuts or peanut halves

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Butterfinger TrufflesCedric Angeles

This recipe makes enough to serve at the party and to send home with guests. Put them in small boxes or cellophane bags, tie with pretty ribbon, and hand them out as friends and family head out the door.

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