Chocolate truffles are a great DIY candy gift for this holiday season of entertainment and giving. After all, everyone loves truffles! If you have ever bought truffles at the store, you know just how expensive they can be. Making homemade truffles will save you a lot of money and really make your homemade gift stand out. Once you make this easy chocolate truffles recipe, everyone is going to love them so much they will definitely ask you for the recipe and I bet they never guess how easy they are to make!
If you have just resolved to eat healthier, these little treats are a pretty good compromise because they are small but satisfying. Also, since you will be making them yourself, you know they have only a few simple ingredients in them and no preservatives or questionable chemicals. I like dark chocolate truffles the best but they are easy to customize so you can use milk chocolate or even white chocolate, as you prefer.
What Is A Chocolate Truffle?
A chocolate truffle is a type of confectionery made from a ganache center, which is a mixture of chocolate and cream, and often flavored with additional ingredients like liqueur or extracts. The ganache is chilled, shaped into balls or other forms, and then coated in chocolate, cocoa powder, or nuts.
The name “truffle” comes from the confection’s resemblance to the highly prized fungus of the same name. Chocolate truffles can vary in texture and flavor, depending on the ingredients used and how they’re prepared, and they’re often associated with gourmet or luxury chocolates.
Oh So Delicious And Easy Chocolate Truffles Recipe
Prep: 15 minutes
Cook: 5 minutes
Inactive: 90 minutes
Yield: about 60 truffles
Ingredients
1 pound of Fair Trade Organic Dark Chocolate, chopped or you can use chocolate chips
1 cup organic heavy cream
1 tbsp prepared espresso or coffee
1 tsp vanilla extract (or liquor of your choice)
1 cup of personalizing ingredient for a final roll such as powered sugar, cocoa powder, nuts, coconut flakes, or sprinkles
Eco Tip: Making your own is a pretty eco-friendly choice to begin with but you can make it even greener by choosing to use organic or Fair Trade chocolate for your ingredients. The secret to this easy chocolate truffle recipe is to use a high quality chocolate.
Chocolate truffles typically have a rich, creamy, and indulgent taste. The outer coating provides a slight contrast in texture—either with a hard chocolate shell or a powdery, velvety cocoa dusting—while the inside is smooth and melts in your mouth. Depending on the type of chocolate used (dark, milk, or white), truffles can range from sweet to bittersweet. If additional flavors like liqueurs, coffee, or spices are incorporated, those notes blend with the chocolate for a more complex taste. Overall, they offer a decadent and satisfying chocolate experience!
How To Make Chocolate Truffles
Pour the heavy cream into a sauce pan and warm over medium heat until it just starts to simmer.
While cream is warming, place the chopped chocolate in a microwave safe mixing bowl and microwave for 45 seconds.
When cream begins to simmer, remove from heat and pour over the warmed chopped chocolate.
Use a spatula and stir the melted chocolate until smooth and creamy. (If there are still any chocolate chunks, you can alway put it back in the microwave for another 15-30 seconds.)
Add in the coffee and vanilla to the truffle mixture and stir until mixed and smooth.
Pour the chocolate ganache mixture into a baking pan and place in the refrigerator to cool for 1 hour.
Remove the chocolate pan from the refrigerator. Use a melon ball scooper, or a teaspoon and shaping with your hands if needed, to place round chocolate truffle balls onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
Refrigerate baking sheet with the classic chocolate truffles for another 30 minutes and remove. Improve shape of truffles if necessary by rolling in hands.
Roll each chocolate truffle in a final personalizing ingredient of your choice for a light coating that looks pretty and helps each truffle ball be less sticky as well.
Printable Easy To Make Chocolate Truffles Recipe Card
Easy Chocolate Truffles Recipe
Notes
Recipe calls for 90 minutes of inactive refrigeration time.
Ingredients
- 1 pound of Fair Trade Organic Dark Chocolate, chopped or you can use chips
- 1 cup organic heavy cream
- 1 tbsp prepared espresso or coffee
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 cup of personalizing ingredient for a final roll such as powered sugar, cocoa powder, nuts, coconut flakes, or sprinkles
Instructions
- Pour the heavy cream into a sauce pan and warm over medium heat until it just starts to simmer.
- While cream is warming, place the chopped chocolate in a microwave safe mixing bowl and microwave for 45 seconds.
- When cream begins to simmer, remove from heat and pour over the warmed chopped chocolate. Use a spatula and stir until smooth and creamy.
- Add in the coffee and vanilla and stir until mixed and smooth.
- Pour the chocolate mixture into a baking pan and place in the refrigerator to cool for 1 hour.
- Remove the chocolate pan from the refrigerator.
- Use a melon ball scooper to place round chocolate truffle balls onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
- Refrigerate baking sheet with chocolate truffles for another 30 minutes and remove.
- Roll each chocolate truffle in a final personalizing ingredient of your choice.
Nutrition Facts
Easy Chocolate Truffles Recipe
Serves: 20
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Amount Per Serving: 3 truffles
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| Calories | 63.84 kcal | |
| % Daily Value* | ||
| Total Fat 5.14 g | 7.7% | |
| Saturated Fat 3.16 g | 15% | |
| Trans Fat 0.0 g | ||
| Cholesterol 5.66 mg | 1.7% | |
| Sodium 3.33 mg | 0.1% | |
| Total Carbohydrate 3.8 g | 1% | |
| Dietary Fiber 0.94 g | 0% | |
| Sugars 2.02 g | ||
| Protein 0.71 g | ||
| Vitamin A 1.83 % | Vitamin C 0.08 % | |
| Calcium 0.83 % | Iron 5.19 % | |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Conclusion
What is a truffles chocolate? Well, a little bit of heaven! Just wait till you try them! These homemade chocolate truffles should be eaten within a few days of making them since they are fresh and without preservatives. Store any leftovers in an airtight container.
Giving homemade chocolate truffles as gifts can be a thoughtful and elegant gesture. Here’s how to package and present them beautifully. I suggest using glass jars or metal tins for gift giving in an eco-friendly way that can keep being reused by the recipient. I just stick a bow and gift tag on mine. You can add seasonal decorations like holly, pine cones, or small ornaments during holidays. For birthdays or special events, consider using themed packaging that matches the occasion. Everyone will love these easy chocolate truffles! The effort, personalization, and amazing flavor will make your homemade truffles a cherished and memorable gift!
I love the rich chocolate flavor of this super-easy recipe. The delicious ganache mixture in these rolled truffles is a sweet treat. I hope you enjoy this easy chocolate truffles recipe as much as I do. Plus, I love that chocolate truffles are so easy to personalize. You can give your chocolate truffles a roll in unsweetened cocoa powder if you have a real dark chocolate fiend on your hands! Or a roll in finely chopped pecans if you are giving to a nut lover. How would you personalize this easy chocolate truffles recipe?
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Karen Ann says
Okay, those look like delicious treats! Perfect for chocolate lovers, like me. We might have to throw some of these easy chocolate truffles together for the Christmas party tonight…
Merry Christmas!