The Good Earth Peanut Company

Recipe #4 Contest Winner

Chocolate Peanut Butter Truffles

¼ cup unsalted sweet cream butter, softened
¾ cup creamy peanut butter
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
½ teaspoon pure orange extract
1 ¼ cups confectioner's sugar
¼ cup finely chopped lightly salted cooked peanuts
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips, melted

Cream together the butter, peanut butter, vanilla and orange extracts in bowl,
mixing until smooth. Add sugar, blending well. Stir in peanuts. Roll into walnut-
size balls.

Roll or dip each ball in melted chocolate, coating well. Place on wax paper. Chill
at least 30 minutes. Store in covered container in refrigerator. Makes about 48
truffles.

Cook's note: these keep in covered container up to 2 months (if they last that
long.) These are perfect for holiday entertaining! Enjoy.........

MARY LOUISE LEVER

The Judges

Jenise Stone

Jenise is a an avid foodie and accomplished cook from Los Angeles who contributes to the Food Lovers Discussion Group, an internet bulletin board devoted to food chat, recipe sharing and friendship.

Robin Garr

Robin Garr has been involved in wine appreciation online since the mid-1980s, serving as a manager of CompuServe's Wine Forum for nearly a decade before the evolution of the World Wide Web. He created the Wine Lovers' Page in 1994 as one of the first independent wine-education Websites, and has presided over its growth as the largest, most popular and most highly awarded wine destination on the Internet. He began its Wine Lovers' Discussion Group, the first Web-based interactive community for the intelligent and civil discussion of wine online, in 1996; and he launched his popular E-mail newsletter, The 30 Second Wine Advisor, at the start of 1999.