Chocolate Kahlua Truffle Cookies

Ingredients:

2 ½ cups finely crushed chocolate cookie crumbs

1 cup finely chopped pecans

1 cup sifted powdered sugar

⅓ cup coffee liqueur

1 Tablespoon water (you may need a little more)

5 oz. semi-sweet chocolate, chopped

1 Tablespoon shortening

6 oz. white baking bar, chopped

Directions:

• In a large bowl, stir together the chocolate wafer crumbs, chopped nuts, powdered sugar, and Kahlua.  Add enough water so that the crumbs hold together.  Shape mixture into 1-inch balls.
• Place on waxed paper lined cookie sheet
• In a small, heavy saucepan, heat semi-sweet chocolate and shortening over low heat until melted.  In another saucepan, heat white baking bar until melted.  Note:  you can also use chocolate and vanilla almond bark instead of this step.
• With a fork, dip half of the cookies into the semisweet chocolate mixture to coat; place back on wax paper.  Dip the other half of the cookies in the white dipping chocolate; place on wax paper.  Using a fork or a spoon, drizzle lines with the opposite color of chocolate.