Ooh La La Pecan Truffles

  • 1 cup Texas pecan pieces
  • 2 – 8oz packages of cream cheese, softened
  • 2 cups vanilla wafer crumbs
  • 10 -2oz pieces of chocolate bark
  • 1 tablespoon shortening
  • 2 cups chocolate chips
  • 1 cup seedless raspberry jam
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
  • 4 oz white chocolate
  • 1/2 cup ground Texas pecans

Directions:

Melt chocolate chips, add cream cheese, pecans, jam, beat well. Blend in vanilla wafer crumbs.  Shape truffles. Chill 2 hours. Melt chocolate bark. Dip candy in melted bark; sprinkle ground pecans on top. Melt white chocolate and shortening. Put into a plastic bag. Snip corner and drizzle over truffles. Keep candy in refrigerator.