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Savory Bat Wing Truffles

PREP TIME: 25 Minutes • START TO FINISH: 25 Minutes • 14 servings (1 truffle)

8 oz chèvre (goat) cheese, 1. In medium bowl, mix cheeses and pesto. Shape mixture into 14
crumbled (1 cup) (1½-inch) balls.
1 container (4 oz) garlic- 2. In resealable food-storage plastic bag, place 4 cups of the tortilla
and-herbs spreadable
cheese chips; seal bag. Finely crush chips with rolling pin or flat side of meat
mallet. Pour crumbs onto plate.
¼ cup basil pesto or sun-
dried tomato pesto 3. Roll cheese balls in crumbs, coating completely. Press 2 pretzel
1 bag (9.5 oz) blue corn pieces into each truffle for eyes; place olive slices on pretzels. Just
tortilla chips before serving, insert 2 tortilla chips on either side of eyes to look like
Thin pretzel sticks, bat wings.
broken
1 Serving: Calories 179; Total Fat 11g (Saturated Fat 5g); Sodium 295mg; Total Carbohydrate
¹ ⁄ ₂ cup sliced pitted ripe or 16g (Dietary Fiber 2g); Protein 6g Exchanges: 1 Starch, ½ High-Fat Meat, 1 Fat Carbohydrate
green olives Choices: 1

Terrifying Tip

Leave off the decorative chips and olive eyes as the final touch,
and make these delicious first-course cheese truffles for any
holiday occasion.

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