Easy Maple Chocolate Cream Candies

About this time every year I start craving maple chocolate candy. Maple creams go hand-in-hand with Fall for me. I came up with this super simple recipe to fill my craving:

  Take one stick of softened (not melted) butter

And cream it with 2 cups powdered sugar

 It should look like this when you are done

Add two teaspoons of imitation maple flavoring

Blend until creamy, but thick

 Roll into small balls

For the coating, chocolate-flavored candy coating tends to work best. You can use regular chocolate chips, but it is harder to get them to set up if you don’t temper it. That’s just too much trouble for me   😉

 I used about 6 blocks (1/2 pack)

I find it easier to melt in the microwave…OK actually, I started off melting it on the stove and ruined some of it. It got too grainy to use.

Dip the balls of maple cream into the chocolate and let some of the excess chocolate drip off. Chopsticks work really well for this

Let them set up on a cookie sheet lined in foil or wax paper. You can put them in the freezer if you are impatient and want to gobble as many down as possible before your husband and kids notice  in a hurry.

Enjoy! :o)

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