Mock Ferrero Rochers

Who doesn't love these rich, chocolate-hazelnut balls? Crunchy bits of hazelnut wafer and buttery ground nuts are bound with Nutella and wrapped around a whole hazelnut for a decadent gift you can make any day.

• Ready In: 24 hrs
• Serves: 60
• Yields: 60 truffles

Ingredients

• 350  g  hazelnut wafer  biscuits, crushed
• 100  g ground hazelnuts
• 75  g  ground almonds
• 50  g  rice flour
• 500  g  nutella (about 1 2/3 cups)
• 60  hazelnuts
• 500  g dark chocolate, melted
• 2  tablespoons  Frangelico (optional)

Directions

1. Combine the crushed wafers, ground nuts, rice flour and Nutella in a large bowl. Mix well.
2. Form a small ball of this dough mixture around each whole hazelnut. Place on a lined cookie sheet.
3. Freeze 1 hour.
4. Melt chocolate in a bowl set over barely simmering water. Stir in Frangelico.
5. Dip frozen balls into melted chocolate and allow to harden on wax paper-lined sheets. .