After a heavy Thanksgiving meal, you may not want a whole slice of pie. These pumpkin truffles give you all the flavors of pumpkin pie in a bite-sized dessert. They are easy to grab and light for a sweet treat. The truffles can be made a couple days ahead of time and covered in chocolate the day of serving.
Course Dessert, Snack
Cuisine American
Keyword pumpkin, pumpkin pie, truffles
Prep Time 20 minutesmins
Resting Time 2 hourshrs
Servings 8
Author Sparkle Markets
Ingredients
4oz.cream cheesesoftened
2Tbsppowdered sugar
1tspvanilla
⅓cuppumpkin purée
1 ⅓cupsgraham cracker crumbs
1tsppumpkin pie spice
½tspground cinnamon
1 ⅔cupsdark chocolate or white chocolate chips
graham cracker crumbs for topping
Instructions
Start by mixing together the cream cheese, vanilla and powdered sugar with a hand mixer until creamy. Add the pumpkin purée and beat on high until combined. Add graham cracker crumbs, pumpkin pie spice and cinnamon and mix until combined. Refrigerate the dough for at least 2 hours.
Scoop the chilled dough in generous teaspoon amounts, roll into 1-inch balls and place on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper. Chill the balls for 30 minutes. Dip the truffles into the melted chocolate and place back onto the cookie sheet. Sprinkle with crushed graham cracker crumbs. Allow the chocolate to set before serving.