If you follow the reviews and reduce the sugar and/or chocolate to 2 cups, plan to dip them in melted chocolate when they're done so that it hardens around them--reducing the sugar & chocolate makes them too soft to roll in crumbly toppings. Refrigerate 20 minutes before rolling into balls, and roll 1/3 batch at a time. For truffles NOT dipped in additional chocolate, set up on counter as follows: chilled "batter," plate of crumbly topping, wax paper lined container. Roll ball, roll in topping, put in container, repeat. Put in fridge. For those dipped in chocolate, roll chilled batter into balls, freeze 1 hr, melt chocolate. Set up melted chocolate, plate of topping, then wax paper lined container. Do a dozen at a time: use one hand or spoon to dip frozen balls in chocolate and put in container, use clean hand to sprinkle topping on. Sprinkle topping on balls individually right after each is dipped so that it will stick before the choc hardens. You'll get the hang of it. I divided batches into 3rds and made these flavors: (1) 1 tsp instant coffee granules dissolved w/ 1 tablespoon boiling water. Dipped in choc, topped w/ crushed hard caramel candy. (2) 1 1/2 T baileys, dipped in melted mint chocolate (3) Vanilla extract, dipped in choc and topped with sprinkles.(4) 1 1/2 T frangelico (hazelnut liquor), rolled in ground graham cracker. (5) 1 T peanut butter, rolled in crushed Oreo. (6) 1 1/2 T coconut rum, rolled in toasted coconut.

Reviewed On: Dec. 16, 2009

Was out of brown sugar so I substituted the 1/2 C brown sugar with 1/2 cup white sugar + 2 Tablespoons molasses. (Still added the 1/2 C white sugar as called for in recipe.) To use up my coconut, I ended up putting about 1 1/2 C in. Also used 1 full tsp vanilla extract. Used melon baller to make small cookies, chilled for 10 minutes, then Baked 11 min, left on sheet 2 minutes. Quick, easy, and delicious!! =)

Reviewed On: Dec. 14, 2009

I halved the amount of filling & it was fine. Used milk instead of heavy whipping cream. Baked for exactly 10 minutes & waited 5-6 minutes after taking them out of the oven before removing from cookie sheet onto cooling rack. I got 32 individual cookies out of it, 16 once I made them sandwich cookies. DELICIOUS! =) Thank you!

Reviewed On: Dec. 12, 2009