Chocolate Truffles

Show: Food Network SpecialsEpisode: All Star Chocolate

Rated: 4 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (26)

RECIPE
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Prep Time:
30 min
Level:
Easy
Yield:
60 truffles

Times:

Prep: 30 min
Inactive Prep: 1 hr 0 min
Cook: --
Total:: 1 hr 30 min

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Ingredients

1/2 pound good bittersweet chocolate (recommended: Lindt)
1/2 pound good semisweet chocolate (recommended: Ghiradelli)
1 cup heavy cream
2 tablespoons orange flavored liqueur, optional (recommended: Grand Marnier)
1 tablespoon prepared coffee
1/2 teaspoon good vanilla extract
Confectioners' sugar
Cocoa powder

Directions

Chop the chocolates finely with a sharp knife. Place them in a heat-proof mixing bowl.

Heat the cream in a small saucepan until it just boils. Turn off the heat and allow the cream to sit for 20 seconds. Pour the cream through a fine-meshed sieve into the bowl with chocolate. With a wire whisk, slowly stir the cream and chocolates together until the chocolate is completely melted. Whisk in the orange flavored liqueur, if using, coffee, and vanilla. Set aside at room temperature for 1 hour.

With 2 teaspoons, spoon round balls of the chocolate mixture onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Roll each ball of chocolate in your hands to roughly make it round. Roll in confectioners' sugar, cocoa powder, or both. These will keep refrigerated for weeks, but serve them at room temperature.

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recipe Chocolate Truffles
Kari Vinton, IA 10-27-2008
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Needed a Few Minor Tweaks for a Delicious End Result
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

I followed the recipe precisely, yet I struggled to get the chocolate to set up after an hour, like is specified in the... recipe. After two hours on the counter, I finally put the chocolate in the fridge for about an hour to try and firm it up. I was not able to actually use spoons to roll the chocolate as it was still rather melty, so I scooped it into a large ziploc, cut off the tip and squeezed the chocolate onto parchment. This worked much better and I would do it again. I then put the truffles into the freezer for about five minutes to harden them, and was able to roll them into better "ball" shapes. Also, the powdered sugar was great to roll them in, but I suggest cutting up more chocolate to roll the truffles in. They were a huge hit at my party after the adjustments I tried.Read more
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MARY PHILADELPHIA, PA 04-06-2008
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DISAPOINTED
Rated: 1 stars out of 5

FOLLOWED RECIPE TO THE T AND WAS DISAPOINTED, WOULDN;T MOLD RIGHT INTO BALLS, DIDN;T HOLD POWDER SUGAR WELL.
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Anonymous 03-01-2008
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Tasty just tasty!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

This is a family pleaser! Take my advice trust me!
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Anonymous 02-13-2008
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Easy to make!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

Super simple. Very few ingredients. And, of course, anything inspired by Ina is top-notch, high-class, and going to be the... best you've had. I appreciated the fact that she suggested the brand of the chocolate, which is helpful for those who would otherwise choose something standard.Read more
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Traci martinsville, VA 02-09-2008
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Yummy and Easy..
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I have wanted to make this recipe since i saw this episode last vday. Truffles are my favorite, but i never made them... because they seemed hard. But i made this today and it was EXTREMELY EASY. Just follow the directions, but i would let them sit longer just so they are a little more firm before rolling.Read more
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CHAD Silver Spring, MD 02-09-2008
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chocolate sauce
Rated: 1 stars out of 5

I followed this recipe to a "T" twice...as a cooking expert and was highly disappointed to find I spent a lot of money on... chocolate sauce. It never got hard, and barely in the fridge...but it quickly turned back to chocolate soup at room temp.Read more