Chocolate Truffles!

This is a favourite in my family. It's in my school cookbook, but I add a little extra!

• Ready In: 30 mins
• Serves: 12
• Yields: 12 truffles

Ingredients

• 50  g margarine (or butter)
• 2  teaspoons  cocoa
• 100  g icing sugar
• 100  g chocolate, strands

• FLAVOURINGS (optional)

• 1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla essence (optional)
• 50  g  of chopped  nuts (optional)

Directions

1. Melt the margarine/butter in a saucepan.
2. Pour into a bowl and add cocoa and flavourings (flavourings optional).
3. Sieve icing sugar in with the mixture and stir until all of it is mixed in well.
4. If the mixture is too runny, add more icing sugar to gain a soft but not sticky consistency.
5. Divide mixture into equal sized pieces and roll into balls.
6. Roll the balls in the strands.