Homemade Chocolate Truffles In Three Ways
Chocolate truffles are made from cocoa, which is one of the most important ingredients in confectionery. Today we teach you how to make homemade chocolate truffles for delicacy. We show three different variations of the recipe.
Truffles
Truffles are as sweet as regular chocolate bars and caramels. They are made by melting chocolate and adding melted butter, sugar, egg yolk and sometimes also cream.
These little chocolate treats are called truffles because their composition and size resemble delicious mushrooms of the same name.
The chocolate truffles come from Belgium. There they became so popular that the recipe could not be kept secret for the rest of the world for very long.
There are many different and different fillings for these sweets, from creamy chocolate to fruity truffles.
Does your mind make chocolate truffles, but their calories are scary? No worries: in this article, we also share a recipe for light chocolate truffles so that even those who take care of their health and lines can enjoy this good delicacy of the sinner.
So let’s look at how to make homemade chocolate truffles next.
Delicious homemade chocolate truffles
1. Homemade chocolate truffles in the traditional way
Chocolate truffles have their own unique texture and taste, and they are also very easy to prepare. The ingredients needed for truffles are easy to find, in fact you may already find them ready at home.
Ingredients
- 200 g of high quality dark chocolate (it can only contain cocoa and maybe a little sugar)
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1.5 dl greasy cream
- 6 packets of Marie biscuits
- 1 tablespoon chocolate chips
- 2 tablespoons grated coconut
Manufacturing
- First, crush the Marie biscuits in a blender and set them aside.
- Melt the butter and chocolate in one small saucepan until smooth.
- Add the cream to the melted chocolate butter mixture. Then add the crushed biscuits. Leave in the refrigerator for at least half an hour.
- Take the mixture out of the refrigerator and shape it into several balls from a small amount at a time.
- Spin some of the chocolate balls in the grated coconut and some in the chocolate tops.
2. Homemade chocolate truffles lighter
You may think that chocolate desserts can’t be made light, but this is not the case.
To make homemade chocolate truffles with the least calories, follow these steps:
Ingredients
- 200 g of dark chocolate
- 480 g unsalted and creamy almond butter
- 60 g unsalted almonds
- 200 g of oatmeal
- 2 teaspoons honey
- ½ teaspoon of kosher salt
- 2 teaspoons coconut oil
Manufacturing
- Place the baking paper on top of the baking sheet.
- Mix almond butter, almonds, oatmeal and honey in a food processor.
- Form a small amount of dough into several balls.
- Place the chocolate balls on baking paper and allow to cool in the refrigerator for about 15 minutes.
- Melt the dark chocolate and coconut oil in a water bath (or microwave a little at a time) until the chocolate has melted all the way through.
- Frost the truffles with melted chocolate.
- Finally, put the homemade chocolate truffles in the frost for half an hour to harden. Then remove them from the freezer and store in the refrigerator.
3. Homemade chocolate truffles with fruit decoration
Here is a slightly different recipe to which you can add a variety of sweet fruits. This tasty dessert is prepared easily and quickly; it only takes about 20 minutes.
Ingredients
- 180 g of dark chocolate
- 30 ml of milk
- 45 g butter
- 240 g icing sugar
- 2 egg yolks
- 6 figs
- 300 g of blackberries
- 30 ml sherry
- 60 g of cocoa powder
- Truffle molds
Manufacturing
- Melt the chocolate in a water bath and add icing sugar, sherry, milk, butter and egg yolks.
- Mix the ingredients together to form a creamy, uniform mixture.
- Turn off the heat and set aside for about 10 minutes.
- Fill the molds with the chocolate mixture and refrigerate for about four hours.
- Remove from the refrigerator and place the truffles on a plate. Sprinkle with cocoa powder and garnish with figs and blackberries.
- Enjoy!
