Peanut Butter Bacon Truffles

Total Time: 2 hrs 10 mins Preparation Time: 2 hrs Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 8 slices bacon (maple cured is especially nice)
• 4 -6 teaspoons raw sugar
• 1/2 cup dry roasted peanuts
• 1/4 cup natural smooth peanut butter
• 1/4 teaspoon sea salt (or to taste)
• 1 1/2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder

Recipe

• 1 fry bacon in a pan over medium heat until very crispy.remove to a paper towel lined plate to drain well.
• 2 transfer bacon to a food processor along with the 4 tsp sugar and peanuts.grind to a medium-fine texture.transfer to a bowl and add the peanut butter and salt to taste.taste the mixture; you may want to add more sugar,especially if the peanut butter was unsweetened.
• 3 cover with plastic wrap and place in fridge until very firm.
• 4 roll the peanut butter mixture by hand or spoons into 1'' balls,placing them on a tray lined with wax paper.chill again until firm.
• 5 place the cocoa in a bowl;set aside.place the chocolate chips in a heatproof bowl set over a pot of water.heat over medium-low until the water is simmering and stir the chocolate until melted and smooth.remove from heat.
• 6 one at a time roll the peanut butter balls in the melted chocolate and then in the cocoa powder.serve room temperature.
• 7 store any remaining truffles in a covered container thoroughly covered in cocoa powder for up to 1 week.