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Truffle Stuffed Candy Cane Cookies

December 19, 2012 · by Ari ·

Everyone has their holiday candy of choice.

Truffle Stuffed Candy Cane Cookies

I’m not usually a candy person. I mean, don’t get me wrong, if it includes sugar, I almost always enjoy it, but candy is certainly not my dessert of choice. If it isn’t frozen or baked, it’s usually pretty easy for me to pass up. For me, candy is a topping or an ingredient, not a dessert. It goesΒ on topΒ of my fro yo, or in this case,Β inside of my cookie.

Truffle Stuffed Candy Cane Cookies

Have I ever told you about birthdays in my family? I’m sure it won’t surprise you to know that they have always been a big deal. The other day I was talking with some friends about how our families are big on celebrations and my friend Lauran said “If we could, my family would celebrate Tuesday!” Well, that pretty much sums up my dad. Birthdays, half birthdays, quarter birhdays, 5/16 of a century birthdays. You think I’m joking. He never fails to remind me juuuust how close to 30 I’m getting by giving me fractional decade updates. Thanks dad. Being 7/8 of my way to 30 or whatever the last number you gave me is really something I want to celebrate.

Truffle Stuffed Candy Cane Cookies

Leading up to my mom’s birthday last year, he kept emailing her daily count downs. They haven’t been married for about 26 years. My family is…well, different. Those after school specials about there being “more than one way to have a family” must have been made special for me and my cooky family.

Truffle Stuffed Candy Cane Cookies

 

So….I made these for my dad. For his half birthday, because that’s something we celebrate. I always make my incredibly Jewish father Christmas themed half birthday desserts because his half birthday is December 1st, and that time of year, all I want to cook with is eggnog and candy canes. Best daughter ever.

Truffle Stuffed Candy Cane Cookies

Oh, but about candies (tangent much?), my holiday candy is the Lindt truffle. Pretty much any flavor, any time; always has been. When I was a kid, my dad would always buy them for me this time of year, and I’ve even gotten Steve’s family hooked on them! One of my students must have read my mind and given me a whole bag as a part of my secret santa present, and they were not doing me any favors by sitting there taunting me, so into the cookies they went, and the rest is history.

According to Hermano, these are “the best cookies I’ve ever made”. This was after he told me my lentil soup was “not his favorite soup”, so at least we know he’s being honest. To be fair, I loved the lentil soup, but nothing can really compare to a perfectly chewy cookie with pieces of crunchy candy cane stuffed with a rich, delicious Lindt chocolate truffle that melts into the cookie, and then perfectly into your mouth at first bite. The cookies are ridiculous.

 

Truffle Stuffed Candy Cane Cookies

yield 9 huge cookies

  • 1 cup + 2 tbs white whole wheat flour
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • dash salt
  • 1/2 cup light whipped cream cheese, softened
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
  • 2 tbsp turbinado sugar
  • 1 tbsp unsweetened almond milk
  • 3 tbsp egg substitute (an egg white would work too)
  • 1 tbsp vanilla bean paste
  • 2 candy canes, crushed
  • 9 Lindt truffles, frozen (any flavor–they’re all good, but I used milk chocolate)

Directions:

  1. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda and salt. Set aside.
  2. In a large bowl, beat together cream cheese and sugars. Add almond milk, egg substitute and vanilla bean paste and beat until combined. Add dry ingredients to cream cheese mixture and beat until combined. Stir in crushed candy canes. Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour.
  3. Preheat oven to 350. Line a baking sheet with silpat or parchment paper. Cover each frozen truffle completely with chilled cookie dough and roll into a ball, then place on prepared cookie sheet. Bake for 15-20 minutes (they are big cookies, it takes a while), turning half way through, until the edges are browned and cookies are completely set. Let stand for 10 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cook completely.

Filed Under: Cookies, Dessert, Holiday & Seasonal · Tagged: candy cane, chocolate, christmas, cookies, dessert, lindt, peppermint, recipe, seasonal, winter

Comments

  1. Jenn (eating bender) says

    December 19, 2012 at 10:40 am

    I love the story about your family and birthdays! That is so cool. πŸ™‚ These cookies look and sound amazing. Candy is actually my weakness. If forced to choose between a freshly baked “something” or a bag of gummy worms, I am somewhat ashamed to say I would likely choose the processed creepy crawlers. However, if presented one of these cookies, I would likely forgo my processed sugar craving and dig right in. Yum!

  2. Ericka @ The Sweet Life says

    December 19, 2012 at 1:40 pm

    So I think this is the first time I’ve visited your site and I love it! Looks great and omg, can’t wait to gorge on some of these recipes. I love the balancing act, I do it too! πŸ™‚

  3. sally @ sallys baking addiction says

    December 19, 2012 at 2:07 pm

    now these look like pure perfection Ari. love that you incorporated cream cheese INTO the cookie dough! And the truffles. Have mercy… the truffles. amazing holiday cookie right here. πŸ™‚

  4. Nicole @ The Marvelous Misadventures of a Foodie says

    December 19, 2012 at 2:29 pm

    I loove Lindt truffles too! But I max out at like 1 haha

    And I think I am going to have to start celebrating my half birthday in October from now on. it seems so necessary. That and like we discussed the entire month of April my doorbell will play the “happy birthday” tune

  5. Baking Serendipity says

    December 19, 2012 at 6:55 pm

    I definitely support the cookies in fro-yo idea, and can’t believe I haven’t added it to cookies yet! These look fantastic!

  6. GiGi Eats Celebrities says

    December 19, 2012 at 9:58 pm

    I have a feeling that if Santa were real and came to your house where you offered him these cookies, he’d NEVER leave! Ah ha ha ah! Those look out of this world delish! πŸ™‚

  7. Erin M says

    December 22, 2012 at 5:25 pm

    Lindt truffles inside of cookies!! Wow. Just wow! These need to make an appearance at my Christmas party πŸ™‚

  8. Heidi @ Food Doodles says

    December 26, 2012 at 4:58 pm

    LOL, that is so funny! Our family is like the opposite with birthdays. I think I would find the fractional updates a little much(especially since I’m coming up on a quarter century old. Eek! That sounds so much worse than it is, haha) Anyways, your cookies look so good πŸ˜€ Love the candy canes. And the truffles, of course, what an awesome idea! I’m sorry I’m just catching up on all my commenting now… I hope you’ve had a wonderful Christmas! πŸ˜€

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