Chocolate Coconut Cream Truffles

As I said in Barba John's recipe post, I got the main flavors for Barba John and Auntie Paldina mixed up. I really shouldn't have though - Barba John is Nonni's brother and while I know siblings don't always share favorite flavors (Anthony's love of dark chocolate and my distaste for it is just one example), there's still the possibility of that when they grow up together (my brothers and I all love peanut butter). I still mixed things up, though, and focused on the coconut recipes I've saved for Mom and Nonni when searching for Auntie Paldina's present. I finally settled on chocolate-covered coconut truffles from Sugar Apron, thinking they'd be easy. Right?

Pumpkin Cheesecake Truffles

After two years of caramel apple presents, I decided to go in a pumpkin direction for Chiara's birthday present this year because honestly, I think she prefers that flavor over caramel apple. I also decided to do something I've never really done before - truffles. (I know - two quick decisions at once. Probably never gonna happen again.) Took me a while to find a recipe as most I have saved are for cookies and cakes (plus most pumpkin truffle recipes ask for just a cup or a half cup of pumpkin and I wanted to use a whole can) but I found a simple and easy recipe from The Frugal Girls. Glad I went simple and easy since truffles are apparently time-consuming.