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Easy Chocolate Truffles

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Make these easy Chocolate Truffles with just 2 ingredients! This easy homemade treat can be coated with cocoa powder for the classic look or crushed nuts, sprinkles, or coconut.

Chocolate truffles are essentially balls of chocolate ganache. Creamy, smooth, rich, and sweet! Pure gold for chocolate fans!

Chocolate truffles in a white bowl.

If you ever made ganache from scratch and thought: man, I could eat this with a spoon! Well, you can! Just turn it into truffles! Sure you can get a fancy box with many flavors, but it is so fun to make a batch in your own kitchen. You will only need 2 main ingredients (chocolate and cream) and something to roll them in, like cocoa powder, chopped nuts, shredded coconuts or simply sprinkles.

Ingredients:

  • chocolate: in a bar or chunks/chips; get the good quality
  • heavy whipping cream

How to make Chocolate Truffles?

  • Start by placing chocolate in a bowl.
  • Heat up the cream until simmering (do not boil!). Pour over chocolate. Do not stir!
  • After 5 minutes, stir the mixture until smooth.
  • Pour into a shallow dish or bowl and let it set. You can chill it in the fridge. I recommend overnight.
  • Scoop the mixture with a spoon and roll into balls.
  • Roll each ball in cocoa powder, shredded coconut, sprinkles, etc.
  • Enjoy!
Chocolate truffle mixture in a bowl.

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Chocolate Truffle variations:

  • spiced: add ground cinnamon and ginger
  • add any extract you like: vanilla, rum, coconut, raspberry, etc.
  • stir in finely crushed nuts or cookies into the smooth mixture, before setting
  • roll chocolate truffles in crushed nuts
  • add ½ teaspoon of instant espresso powder

Storing:

I recommend storing truffles in a container with a lid, in the fridge, for up to 2 weeks. You can make them and store them before rolling in toppings.

Truffles in a bowl.

More dessert recipes:

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  • Rolo Pretzel Bites
  • Rocky Road Fudge
  • Microwave Caramels

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Chocolate truffles in a white bowl.

Chocolate Truffles

Author: Anna
Make these easy Chocolate Truffles with just 2 ingredients! This easy homemade treat can be coated with cocoa powder for the classic look or crushed nuts, sprinkles, or coconut.
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Prep Time 10 minutes mins
chilling 6 hours hrs
Total Time 6 hours hrs 10 minutes mins
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 24 truffles
Calories 116 kcal
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Ingredients
 
 

  • 12 oz semi-sweet chocolate about 2 cups
  • 1 cup heavy cream

Instructions
 

  • Chop chocolate (if using a bar) or chips in a bowl.
    12 oz semi-sweet chocolate
  • Pour cream into a small saucepan and heat up until simmering (do not boil!).
    1 cup heavy cream
  • Pour cream over chocolate. Do not stir!
  • After 4 minutes, stir the mixture until smooth. You can add extracts at this point.
  • Pour the mixture into a shallow dish or bowl and chill it in the fridge. I recommend overnight.
  • Scoop the mixture with a spoon and roll into balls.
  • Roll each ball in cocoa powder, shredded coconut, sprinkles, etc.
  • Enjoy!

Notes

  • I recommend storing truffles in a container with a lid, in the fridge, for up to 2 weeks. You can make them and store them before rolling in toppings.
  • Please note, that the nutrition value can vary depending on what product you use. The information below is an estimate. Always use calorie counter you are familiar with.

Nutrition

Calories: 116kcal | Carbohydrates: 8g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Cholesterol: 14mg | Sodium: 5mg | Potassium: 88mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 5g | Vitamin A: 153IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 15mg | Iron: 1mg
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