In the kitchen: chocolate amaretto truffles.

• 'Tis the season for Christmas parties. 
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• You're invited to a cookie exchange (please know I'm jealous of you). 
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• You have zero time (welcome to the club). 
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• You hate to bake (who are you?). 
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• You want to at least make the effort to bring something homemade (huge points in my book). 
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• I give you these. 
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   They might actually be the easiest, no-bake dessert to make for the holidays. Oh, and the recipe calls for this. You can drink it if you like, but save some to mix with chocolate.  If it wasn't 10:30 in the morning when I made these the other day, I would've enjoyed a sip or two...

Chocolate amaretto truffles, adapted via Saveur and Julia Child. 

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• 8 oz. dark chocolate, melted
• 8 tbsp. unsalted butter, softened
• 2 oz. Amaretto liqueur
• 2 Tbsp. strong-brewed coffee
• 1 Tbsp. vanilla extract
• 1/4 cup cocoa powder
• 1/4 cup finely ground coffee

Melt the chocolate over a double boiler. Stir together butter, amaretto, coffee, and vanilla; add to the melted chocolate. Stir together until smooth and completely blended, and chill in the freezer for 10-15 minutes until firm. 

Whisk together cocoa powder and ground coffee in a small bowl. 

When the chocolate has hardened, use 2 teaspoons to make small truffles. It's best to not touch them with your hands to avoid melting the chocolate.  Roll in cocoa powder and coffee mixture, and set to to chill in the fridge until firm. This recipe will make 20-25 truffles, depending on how large they come out to be. 

And how easy was that? Enjoy with wine, the rest of what's left of the amaretto, or hot chocolate sent to you from your wonderful sister. I've done two of the above...