I must tell you guys, these are the best Perfect Chocolate Truffles !! I can certainly vouch and all of them were gone with the wind one evening !!
It’s the season for jingles, glitter, red ribbons, papers crunching, gift wrappers leaving tell-tale signs on the floor. How quickly a year has passed! Are we ready to welcome a new year so soon?
It’s also the season for homemade goodies as people cook for family, friends, and colleagues and their ovens go on overdrive. I bet there is no other month that can boast of such an overload of cookies, candy, cakes and sweets as much as December can. The sweet aroma of baking, spices, and sugar wafts through the air, and I think this is as good a time as any to make some delicious chocolate truffle. It’s easy and indulgent and you just can’t stop with one!
My first experience with chocolate truffles was when a family friend brought us a box of Belgian truffles. As I took bite after bite, with the cocoa powder and soft truffle melting on my tongue, I was in love! I’m pretty sure that you will love truffle, too.
What are you waiting for? Try it out!
I have a recipe for Cake Crumble Truffle too. They can be made with leftover cake crumbles.
PERFECT CHOCOLATE TRUFFLES
INGREDIENTS
Plain Chocolate | 75 gm |
Dark Chocolate – 70% Cocoa | 100 gm |
Whipped Cream / Double Cream | 75 ml |
Vanilla essence | 1 tsp |
Cocoa powder | 4-5 Tblspn |
Icing Sugar | 3-4 tsp |
DIRECTIONS
Use extremely good quality chocolate & cocoa powder for making Truffle. Everything comes from them… I have used Lindt Chocolates and Cadbury Cocoa Powder here.
- Pour the Whipping Cream onto a milk pan. You could alternatively use Double Cream / Extra Thick fresh cream. Bring the cream to a rolling boiling point with continuous whisking. Turn of the gas and add in all the chocolate pieces.Blend them together with thorough mixing until we get a smooth mixture ,called ganache.
- Throw in some vanilla essence and give the ganache a good stir.
- Cover it with cling film and allow it to set in the fridge for roughly 1- 1.5 hours. It can take slightly longer for some..
- When the mixture has set, use a teaspoon or a melon scooper to spoon out bite-sized pieces. Dust your hands lightly with icing sugar to prevent them sticking and roll the pieces into balls in the palms of your hands.
- Immediately roll the truffles in sifted cocoa powder and place on the prepared tray to set.
- Alternatively , just scoop out the set ganache with a tea spoon and gently drop a few onto the plate dusted with a bit of cocoa powder. Dust cocoa powder with the help of a tea strainer onto them. This will give us rock like appearance truffles. Lesser handling the chocolates is better as the warmth of the palm will cause them to melt.
Storing & Serving
These Chocolate truffles should be kept in an airtight container in the fridge. Dust a little extra cocoa powder with a tea strainer before serving to freshen them up. You can also keep the truffles in indivisual paper cases .
VERDICT :
My lovely tasters just close their eyes when they have the whole thing and explained the slow transformation of bitter coco powder to the melting chocolate until its all gone.. I wud say , This is Bingo for people who love truffle and appreciate a bit of dark chocolate..
Variations :
You could use in some nuts , icing sugar , melted chocolate for rolling the truffle. Try splashing sum bailey’s irish cream / rum for liquerish truffles.
For people prefering less of dark chocolate , use just plain chocolate for melting.
Ingredients
- Plain Chocolate 75 gm
- Dark Chocolate – 70% Cocoa 100 gm
- Whipped Cream / Double Cream 75 ml
- Vanilla essence 1 tsp
- Cocoa powder 4-5 Tblspn
- Icing Sugar 3-4 tsp
Instructions
- Use extremely good quality chocolate & cocoa powder for making Truffle. Everything comes from them… I have used Lindt Chocolates and Cadbury Cocoa Powder here.
- Pour the Whipping Cream onto a milk pan. You could alternatively use Double Cream / Extra Thick fresh cream. Bring the cream to a rolling boiling point with continuous whisking. Turn of the gas and add in all the chocolate pieces.Blend them together with thorough mixing until we get a smooth mixture ,called ganache.
- Throw in some vanilla essence and give the ganache a good stir.
- Cover it with cling film and allow it to set in the fridge for roughly 1- 1.5 hours. It can take slightly longer for some..
- When the mixture has set, use a teaspoon or a melon scooper to spoon out bite-sized pieces. Dust your hands lightly with icing sugar to prevent them sticking and roll the pieces into balls in the palms of your hands.
- Immediately roll the truffles in sifted cocoa powder and place on the prepared tray to set.
- Alternatively , just scoop out the set ganache with a tea spoon and gently drop a few onto the plate dusted with a bit of cocoa powder. Dust cocoa powder with the help of a tea strainer onto them. This will give us rock like appearance truffles. Lesser handling the chocolates is better as the warmth of the palm will cause them to melt.
Storing & Serving
- These Chocolate truffles should be kept in an airtight container in the fridge. Dust a little extra cocoa powder with a tea strainer before serving to freshen them up. You can also keep the truffles in indivisual paper cases .
Notes
My lovely tasters just close their eyes when they have the whole thing and explained the slow transformation of bitter coco powder to the melting chocolate until its all gone.. I wud say , This is Bingo for people who love truffle and appreciate a bit of dark chocolate.. Variations :
You could use in some nuts , icing sugar , melted chocolate for rolling the truffle. Try splashing sum bailey’s irish cream / rum for liquerish truffles.
For people prefering less of dark chocolate , use just plain chocolate for melting.
sowmya's creative saga says
looks yumm and lovely pictures..
sandhya khattri says
Nice pics, thanks for sharing the recipe
SMN says
very nice clicks..luks very tempting
Prathima Rao says
Lovely, attractive truffles!!!! Looks so professionally made…Love it sandhya!!!
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purabi naha says
Lovely! The photographs tempt me to try them ASAP!!!
purabi naha says
Lovely display. The recipe looks very good. I am saving this!
An Open Book says
u know what i realised..the cadbury cocoa powder is actually not that good..i figured out that green & blacks (even thought it costs more) is extremely awesome..i mean its dutch processed and the colour is brilliant.. I had many a failed attempts with cadburys cocoa pwd:(
Truffles look yum..i tried a baileys version recently and couldnt stop with just one like u said 🙂
Radhika says
Oh my, can't wait to try it out.
Sandhya Hariharan says
@ nisha…. : Thanks for letting me .. on the cocoa powder front .. I will pick it up as soon as I empty this container 🙂
My second batch the very same day.. was with bailey's irish cream.. and I m loving it… tooo
Sandhya Hariharan says
@ Purabhi… Try them and enjoy these beauties…
Anjali says
Hey… your blog is fabulous and the photographs are magnificent… I needed some help… pls do tell me how do u protect your snaps from being copied… the right click button thingy… I wanna incorporate the same on my blog… pls help…
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India
Sandhya Hariharan says
Pass me on ur mail id ,Anjali . I will mail you the code
Suman Singh says
goodness, these look absolutely scrumptious. very beautifully done..loved the pcis!
Suman says
Wow. This looks so delicious.
RAKS KITCHEN says
They look sinfully delicious! Love the clicks as well!
Madhura Manoj says
Wow.. Looks so tempting & perfect.
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Ramya says
Thatz chocolicious:-)treat to eye…
Awesome clicks by the way
aipi says
These look out of this world ~ pure sinful treats.
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aipi says
These look out of this world ~ pure sinful treats.
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Hari Chandana says
Looks simply delicious and awesome.. perfect pictures !!
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Krithi's Kitchen says
Mmmmmmmmmmm………. Chocolicious bliss…
Sanjeeta kk says
The Truffles look gorgeous, like the uneven look and the cocoa coating!
Priti says
Looks awesome ….the pics are just fab
Priya (Yallapantula) Mitharwal says
whoa !!! beautifully done, they look so cute and tempting 🙂
Raksha's Kitchen says
truffles looks great. The pictures are amazing.
Nitha says
tempting truffles…
Reshmi Mahesh says
Lovely clicks and tempting truffles….
Priya says
Wat a prefect treat for a chocoholic person like me,feel like gobbing some..
Kairali sisters says
Delectable truffles!!
Sharmilee! :) says
Perfect I say…looks yummy and tempting that I want to grab one from the screen now 🙂
Prathibha says
Looks just perfect…love 2 gobble a couple of dem right off d screen..:)
Sushma Mallya says
Simply want to pick one and have it ..so yum sandy!
Sushma Mallya says
Simply want to pick one and have it ..so yum sandy!
Ananda Rajashekar says
Oh sandhya looks heavenly, i bet i will endup completing all i some alco in It …its all mine!
San says
Incredible truffles andy.Droolworthy pics.
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Ambreen says
Wow! That looks fantastic … bet you can't eat just one 🙂
Radhika @ foodfor7stages says
Can you believe I have never had truffles before. This detailed post and that "dark chocolate" is pushing me to try it soon. And yes I totally agree on using the good quality chocolate. It makes tons of difference. I personally love callebaut. Need to try it with lindt.
Cefzil says
I was searching for blogs related to chocalate cooking. Great work .My kids love chocalates.
Thanks
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Roger
Sandhya Hariharan says
Heyy Radhika ,
I dont blame u for never having them.. I hadnt had my share until feb this year 🙂 So we are ideally on the same boat.. U must give it a shot.. I tasted a Belgian chocolate from M&S…
Sandhya Hariharan says
Glad u stumbled upon my space… Did u manage to make them Roger???
Namitha says
Love them :-)and I really liked the cocoa sprinkle picture 🙂
Anu Nandu says
Heavy Sigh. Nothing else.
hdmi cable says
Truffle is looking very delicious. Such an very nice work sandhya.
driveway says
Nice pics, thanks for sharing the recipe