Recipe courtesy of Ghirardelli Chocolate Company

Ghirardelli Sinful Chocolate Truffles

  • Level: Intermediate
  • Yield: 30 truffles
  • Total: 2 hr 25 min
  • Prep: 15 min
  • Inactive: 2 hr
  • Cook: 10 min
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Ingredients

1/4 cup heavy whipping cream

2 bars (8 ounces) bittersweet chocolate baking bars, broken in 1/4-inch pieces recommended: Ghirardelli)

6 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into small pieces

1/3 cup Ghirardelli unsweetened cocoa

Directions

  1. In a small saucepan, bring the cream to a simmer. Remove from the heat and stir in the chocolate and butter. In a medium sized skillet, bring 1/2 inch of water to a slow simmer. Set the saucepan in the skillet over low heat. Stir mixture just until chocolate has completely melted. Remove from heat. Pour the chocolate mixture into a shallow bowl. Cool, cover and refrigerate until firm, at least 2 hours.
  2. Pour the cocoa into a pie plate. Line an airtight container with waxed paper. Dip a melon baller or small spoon into a glass of warm water and quickly scrape across the surface of the chilled truffle mixture to form a rough 1-inch ball. Drop the ball into the cocoa. Repeat with the remaining truffle mixture. Gently shake the pie plate to coat truffles evenly. Transfer truffles to the prepared container, separating layers with additional waxed paper. Cover tightly and refrigerate up to 2 weeks, or freeze up to 3 months.

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Missy @SweetToothSweets

These tasted great! But I had some trouble making them as the recipe describes. I let the chocolate mix set in the refrigerator and then even the freezer to harden cause it was still too soft to roll into balls. They melted right away as I tried to form them and I couldn't form them into round balls. It was a bit of a disaster. I ended up using a mold with melted chocolate on the outside and used the chocolate mixture in the recipe as the centers. They did end up turning out great, but I was not able to roll them and dip them like I wanted and couldn't dip them into the chocolate powder since they had to set in the mold. Did I miss something???

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