My recent Cooking Class at Central Market was focused on all of the wonderful things you can do with chocolate. While I didn’t care for the Chocolate Marinara Sauce, it doesn't even sound good! I loved the Chocolate Chunk with Cherry Biscotti, the Chocolate Bark with Cranberries and Almonds, but my favorite was the Chocolate Truffles. So decadent!

Ingredients

• 2 Bags of Ghirardelli Chocolate Chips
• 1 cup heavy whipping cream
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• OR
• Fresh mint
• Almond extract
• 1 cup of Red Wine (cooked down)
• Any of these ingredients can be used in place of the cinnamon and vanilla.
  

Prepare

• Heat cream to simmer.
• Add vanilla and cinnamon (or other flavoring).
• Remove cream from heat.
• Add chocolate to cream and stir.
• Allow chocolate to set two hours in refrigerator.
• Scoop out with a spoon and roll into balls with your hands. (This is the tricky - and messy - part!)
• Chill overnight.
• Roll into mixture of 3 tbsp cocoa powder with 1 tsp cinnamon.

These are so rich, you won't be tempted to eat them all. And perfect for a Mindful Eating Exercise. Enjoy!