Chocolate Truffles

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alcohol is not necessary for truffles! You can even make these simpler with just 2 parts chocolate to one part heavy cream. Just heat the cream until it is almost bubbling, then pour it over the chocolate in a bowl. Stir, let cool until firm, then scoop and roll it into balls in your hands. Roll the balls in cocoa powder.

Easy as pie! Or truffles. No alcohol necessary. If you want to have fun with the flavors, you can put spices into the cream as you heat it-- let it steep like a tea and then strain the spices out, if they're not ground.

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so i have decided to make these for gift bags for work, but im only 19 and cant buy alcohol. Do you think its nessacery for it or what is a good substitute for it???

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I've made these not only during the holidays, but year round. Fantastic dessert, or a little gift, anytime... Always a hit, regardless of the occasion.

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I've made this several times for friends, families and office treats and always gotten rave reviews. Lately I've switched out the brandy for and equal measure of amaretto, which I find is a more mellow flavor but still highlights the chocolate nicely. Wonderful recipe.

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These look professionally made and taste great. I do have to say that the brandy flavor is a little too strong for my taste, I would suggest using less than what the recipe calls for. I did not have any problems with the recipe. I did however make pretty nice looking balls with the melon ball cutter that I did not need to shape them by hand. Coated them with pistachios, pecans, almonds, and confectioners sugar (did not have cocoa powder on hand. They definitely make beautiful gifts. I will be using them as party favors.

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i did not use the brandy flavoring since this was for work but it came out awsome sooooo easy to make also i made a mistake and added semisweet to the mix but I think that it came out better then i used semisweet for the coating overall it was awsome and everyone was asking for the recipe

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I'm not sure why some said this was a mess and hard to make. I didn't follow the time frame since I constantly multitask. First, I split the chocolate into 2 bowls. One to add brandy, the other without it. I put the "bowls" in the refrigerator and it was approx 2 hours before I removed the. The consistency was good, however, dinner was then ready to eat so the chocolate sat out for about 1/2 hour before I got to "scoop" the chocolate. Back into the refrigerator they went...maybe 3/4 of an hour. They were a bit hard to work with, so I washed dishes and by the time I was done, the chocolate balls were ready to be shaped perfectly & smothered in cocoa, toasted coconut...I was nervous since I've never made anything like this before. EASY, EASY, EASY. If the chocolate gets too hard, let it sit out and warm up...then make the little balls. If the chocolate is too soft, put it back into the refrigerator to harden up. What could be simpler!
Oh, and a little hint...run your hands under cold water for a bit so the chocolate won't melt so quick. Do this after every few balls you roll and you won't be disappointed (of course get all the chocolate off before starting again.
If you want really good truffles, spend the money on really good chocolate! You really do get what you pay for when it comes to chocolate.

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Pernigotti worked amazing in this! I found some online at ChefShop. They only have a 1 Kilo bag, but it's a great price (way better then Williams/Sonoma I also used balsamic in half of the recipe instead of brandy, which worked great. I love balsamic, and with a side of fresh cherries, it makes it a new twist on a classic!

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While its true that the ganosh is difficult to work into perfect balls, the end product tastes amazing. My gf got me truffles for Moonstruck for Vday, and I made her these. We both agreed these were much beter. (moonstruck is still fine.

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I don't know what I did wrong (I followed this stupid recipe EXACTLY and after refrigerating for a couple of hours, then freezing for a few more hours, the stupid truffle "balls" (more like puddle-lumps are still too soft and sticky to roll into anything and dip. I tried anyway and only succeeded in burning my fingers and liquidating the centers. Too much of a pain to bother trying again. Definite failure.