The chocolate truffles you find in supermarkets and stores are mostly manufactured in factories and aren't all that good. Most of them are either too sweet or not rich enough. There are even some store-bought cheap chocolates that contain so little cocoa, you are practically eating something high-calorie with zero of the health benefits of cocoa. If you absolutely love chocolates and want to consume healthier chocolates, then it is time you try your hand at making your own chocolate truffles.
You may think it is very hard to make chocolate truffles but nothing can be further from the truth. It is pretty easy to make these delightful mouthfuls of heavenly chocolate once you know how. All you need is some very basic cooking skills and as long as you don't burn the chocolate, you will be able to produce professional looking truffles in no time. Of course, you will need to read on the following tips first before you try your hand at making your own truffles that will tastes much better than those you found at stores.
Before setting out to make chocolate truffles, the first things you need to do is to stock up on the essential ingredients. The most important one is of course, the chocolate. I'd recommend dark baking chocolate that has high cocoa content of 70% and above. We want high cocoa content because only chocolates with high cocoa content are of better quality, richer and has more anti-oxidants that are also good for you. But if you don't really like the slight bitter taste of dark chocolate, you can also choose to get milk chocolate with a lower cocoa content.
The other ingredients that you should include are what you want in your truffles. If you want your truffles to have some crunch to it, you will need nuts like almonds or peanuts or if you want some dried fruits in it, you can get those too. If you want colorful truffles, you can choose to get some multi-colored chocolate rice which you can use to roll the truffles in once done.
The very first thing to do is to break or chop the chocolate into smaller pieces. The put the chocolate into a heatproof bowl. Add in butter and then place the bowl over a simmering pan of water. Be careful to ensure the bottom of the bowl do not touch the boiling water. Using a wooden spoon, stir the chocolate butter mixture until it is thoroughly melted. If you like cheese, you can also get some cream cheese on hand so that you can add it in later.
When the chocolate butter mixture is melted into soft, silky brown liquid, remove it from the pan and leave aside to cool down. You can then add the cream cheese, the nuts, dried fruits or whatever you want to add to your truffles. Use a mixer to blend it all together until it is all well combined. You want to make sure that the whole mixture are evenly combined so that there won't be concentrations of nuts or chocolate or clumps of cream cheese. Lastly, you just pour the thick mixture onto a pan and leave it to cool for awhile. If it is very thick, use an ice cream scoop or a spoon to form small balls out of it. Dip the chocolate balls on the chocolate rice or some cocoa powder. Then put the balls on wax-paper lined trays. Place the trays of chocolate truffles in the fridge to firm up and there you have it, you very own delicious chocolate truffles!
You may think it is very hard to make chocolate truffles but nothing can be further from the truth. It is pretty easy to make these delightful mouthfuls of heavenly chocolate once you know how. All you need is some very basic cooking skills and as long as you don't burn the chocolate, you will be able to produce professional looking truffles in no time. Of course, you will need to read on the following tips first before you try your hand at making your own truffles that will tastes much better than those you found at stores.
Before setting out to make chocolate truffles, the first things you need to do is to stock up on the essential ingredients. The most important one is of course, the chocolate. I'd recommend dark baking chocolate that has high cocoa content of 70% and above. We want high cocoa content because only chocolates with high cocoa content are of better quality, richer and has more anti-oxidants that are also good for you. But if you don't really like the slight bitter taste of dark chocolate, you can also choose to get milk chocolate with a lower cocoa content.
The other ingredients that you should include are what you want in your truffles. If you want your truffles to have some crunch to it, you will need nuts like almonds or peanuts or if you want some dried fruits in it, you can get those too. If you want colorful truffles, you can choose to get some multi-colored chocolate rice which you can use to roll the truffles in once done.
The very first thing to do is to break or chop the chocolate into smaller pieces. The put the chocolate into a heatproof bowl. Add in butter and then place the bowl over a simmering pan of water. Be careful to ensure the bottom of the bowl do not touch the boiling water. Using a wooden spoon, stir the chocolate butter mixture until it is thoroughly melted. If you like cheese, you can also get some cream cheese on hand so that you can add it in later.
When the chocolate butter mixture is melted into soft, silky brown liquid, remove it from the pan and leave aside to cool down. You can then add the cream cheese, the nuts, dried fruits or whatever you want to add to your truffles. Use a mixer to blend it all together until it is all well combined. You want to make sure that the whole mixture are evenly combined so that there won't be concentrations of nuts or chocolate or clumps of cream cheese. Lastly, you just pour the thick mixture onto a pan and leave it to cool for awhile. If it is very thick, use an ice cream scoop or a spoon to form small balls out of it. Dip the chocolate balls on the chocolate rice or some cocoa powder. Then put the balls on wax-paper lined trays. Place the trays of chocolate truffles in the fridge to firm up and there you have it, you very own delicious chocolate truffles!
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Breanna thinks combining honey and chocolate are great for cakes and loves these chocolate cake recipes.
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