Description
Delicious homemade chocolate truffles made with bittersweet chocolate, butter, and cream.
Ingredients
Scale
- 8 ounces bittersweet (or semi-sweet) chocolate (roughly chopped)
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter (softened)
- 4 ounces heavy cream (1/2 cup, 120 ml)
- ¼ cup (up to 1/2 cup) toppings
- ½ –1 teaspoon vanilla extract (optional)
Instructions
- Chop chocolate. With a serrated knife, finely chop the chocolate (you want it in small pieces so it melts easily into the heavy cream). Transfer to a medium bowl. Add the tablespoon of butter on top of the chocolate. Set aside.
- Heat cream. Heat the heavy cream in a saucepan over low heat (or you can do this in your microwave for 30 seconds – you may need to heat it longer, I heat in 15 second intervals at a time). You want the cream very hot, steaming, but NOT boiling.
- Combine chocolate and cream. Pour the hot cream over the chocolate. Do NOT stir it. Let the mixture sit for 5 minutes. If adding flavoring, add it now. Then stir, using a spatula, until the mixture is smooth.
- Refrigerate. You can keep the chocolate mixture in the same bowl to refrigerate or pour the chocolate mixture into a shallow pan (I use my 8×8 baking pan) so it firms up faster. Refrigerate for about 1 hour until firm.
- Shape into truffles. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Remove the pan from the fridge and using a tablespoon scoop, scoop the truffle mixture into tablespoon amounts. You can wear gloves to do this (recommended), or lightly coat your hands in cocoa powder, roll the truffles into smooth balls.
- Coat the truffles. Prepare small bowls of your toppings. Roll each truffle into the desired toppings. You want to coat them right after rolling them so the truffles don’t dry out.
Notes
- When choosing toppings, you can consider shredded coconut, cocoa powder, chopped nuts, or sprinkles.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Desserts
- Method: No-Bake
- Cuisine: French
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 2 truffles
- Calories: 120
- Sugar: 10g
- Sodium: 20mg
- Fat: 9g
- Saturated Fat: 5g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 11g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 1g
- Cholesterol: 10mg