If You Only Make One Holiday Treat Make It These Chocolate Truffles

Chocolate Truffles might seem fancy but they’re totally doable for an at home treat! After all, they’re essentially just two basic ingredients (chocolate and cream) mixed with a few others for flavor. This is my husband’s favorite truffle recipe—it includes a splash of whiskey which brings out the chocolate flavor—and I make them every year for his birthday. He always polishes them off in just a couple of days!

They look totall impressive and are so rich and indulgten—but take hardly any effort to make. They’re really the best kind of recipe. Make these when you’re looking for a special treat for the chocolate lovers in your life.

Ingredients

Truffles (Makes Approx 24):

400g 70% dark chocolate (about 14oz.)

175ml cream

1-2 shots of Whiskey

Toppings:

Cocoa powder & Cinnamon (equal amounts of each)

Crushed Roasted Hazelnuts

Desiccated Coconut

Instructions

Break up all your chocolate into little pieces and place into a large bowl.

Heat your cream in a saucepan and just before it comes to the boil take it off and pour it over the chocolate pieces. Stir the chocolate and cream together continuously until it combines.

Add a splash of whiskey (I’ll let you use your judgement on this! Even if you’re not a whiskey fan I still advise adding a shot as it just adds a great depth of flavour rather than a strong whiskey taste. Don’t add more than 2 shots of whiskey though as the mix needs to be thick enough to set). Keep stirring until totally combined.

Leave the mix in the fridge overnight or for a minimum of 4 hours until it sets. When set, take it out and take a spoon at a time and roll between your hands until they form into ball shapes, do this quickly or they will melt from the heat of your hand. Don’t worry about them being perfectly circular. I advise wearing rubber gloves for this or your nails may go black!

Set up bowls containing the toppings and roll the truffles in each until they’re well coating in either your coconut, hazelnut or cocoa cinnamon topping.

Put into a lined box or tupperware and make sure to keep in the fridge until ready to eat. They will keep for up to a week, but my experience is that they all get gobbled up within a day or two!