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Dark Chocolate Truffles

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  • Prep 15 min
  • Total 4 hr 30 min
  • Servings 15
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These decadent Dark Chocolate Truffles are deceptively easy. Your sweetheart will never know just how simple they were to make.
by: Sarah Walker Caron
Updated Aug 4, 2016
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Ingredients

  • 8 oz dark chocolate chips
  • 3/4 cup heavy cream
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1/2 cup cocoa powder

Steps

  • 1
    Place the chocolate chips in a mixing bowl and set aside.
  • 2
    In a small saucepan, heat the heavy cream to boiling. Pour over the chocolate chips and let sit for 10 minutes to allow the chocolate to soften.
  • 3
    Whisk the chocolate chips and cream together until smooth. Whisk in the vanilla extract until well-combined.
  • 4
    Cover the bowl and refrigerate for at least 4 hours or overnight.
  • 5
    Once the chocolate mixture is hardened, place the cocoa powder in a bowl. Line a baking sheet with parchment. Then, use a small cookie scoop to scoop out balls of truffle. Roll gently in your hands to form a round shape. Then, roll in the cocoa powder and place on the parchment-lined baking sheet. Continue until all of the chocolate truffle mixture has been used.
  • 6
    Once all the truffles have been formed, refrigerate until ready to serve. For best results, serve on a parchment lined plate or dish.

Nutrition Information

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More About This Recipe

  • The first time I made truffles, it was quite by accident. I was baking these awesome, but complicated, cupcakes that were topped with both buttercream and ganache, and I had excess ganache left over. It was late at night, so I just stuck the ganache into the fridge. The next day, I had hardened ganache … and on a whim, I rolled it into balls and then in some cocoa powder. Voila! Truffles.

    At the time, I thought I had made something truffle-like. But as it turns out, that’s really what truffles are: hardened ganache – a simple mixture of heavy cream, chocolate and seasonings.

    The method for these Dark Chocolate Truffles is one that I learned back in December when I made some Peppermint Truffles from a recipe for a holiday party. It’s as easy as can be.

    Heat the heavy cream to boiling and then pour it over the chocolate. Let it sit for 10 minutes, and then whisk into submission (and by that, I mean whisk until it’s smooth). Add some vanilla extract, stir and your truffle ganache is almost done.

    Once the ganache is chilled and hardened, roll it into balls and then roll those balls in cocoa powder. Done!

    Now, if you wanted to get a little fancier, you could skip the cocoa powder coating and instead dip the ganache balls in melted chocolate and allow to cool on a wax paper-lined baking sheet. That would give the truffles a fabulous chocolate shell. Or you could also trade the cocoa powder for finely chopped nuts or sweetened coconut.

    However you do it, you can’t help but feel like you’ve done something special when you make these. Truffles are impressive and beautiful. And heck, they’re awesome.

    Best of all? These will cost a fraction of the price of those fancy chocolates – and you can make ‘em with love. (Hey, it’s almost Valentine’s Day … of course, there is going to be a hint of cheesiness in a truffle post!)

    Sarah W. Caron (aka scaron) is a food writer, editor and blogger who writes about family-friendly foods and raising a healthy family at Sarah’s Cucina Bella.

    Have you ever made truffles? Tell us about it!
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