Give me chocolate…all types of chocolate! These easy rich and creamy dark chocolate truffles are no exception. This creamy, melt in your mouth dark rich chocolate just dares you to eat just one!
If you love chocolate as much as we do, you are going to love these gluten free chocolate recipes!
I couldn’t decide how to top these homemade truffles, so I used three different toppings; Cocoa powder, coconut, and chopped nuts.
Our family went on a hike in downtown Los Gatos last weekend. Los Gatos is a quaint town that borders the Santa Cruz mountains on one side and San Jose on the other side. After our hike, we stopped in our favorite bookstore, Village House of Books. We love locally-owned bookstores because they get a better local selection of books.
My new favorite chocolate cookbook
My latest find is a chocolate cookbook by Alice Medrich titled, “Seriously Bitter Sweet. The Ultimate Dessert Makers Guide to Chocolate.” (I hope you can find it locally, but if you can’t you can try at that link.) This is NOT a gluten free cookbook. Many recipes are gluten free, others I am going to attempt to make gluten free versions for my family.
The author, Alice, goes into so much depth, as only a professional chocolaterie could. She not only talks about all types of chocolate, but she also develops incredible recipes around the many types of chocolate.
The book’s photographs are drool-worthy and I look forward to the challenge of trying to convert some of these incredible recipes into gluten free so my family can enjoy these desserts.
This simple chocolate truffle recipe caught my eye because I wanted to try an easy recipe for my first try at making chocolate candies.
Store Bought Chocolate Quality!
These homemade dark chocolate truffles taste just as good as any fancy store-bought truffle!
My son helped me make these, mostly because he is my partner in crime when it comes to all things sweet. (He also loves to make this 3 Ingredient Homemade Chocolate Bark recipe!)
We often create hidey holes and stashes of sweets around the house…just for the two of us. It started out as a sweet bonding moment, only to be continued over the years. We never snitch on each other…nor do we share hidden sweets locations :-).
What kind of chocolate is best for making truffles?
- I like to use Ghirardelli Dark Chocolate Melting Wafers
- This Belgian Chocolate also works beautifully in this homemade chocolate truffles recipe.
How to make chocolate truffles in a few a few simple steps.
Melt the chocolate. I placed this metal bowl of chocolate in a pan of boiling water to melt the chocolate.
Love, love, love my Cuisinart Immersion Blender. I even used it’s grinder attachment to chop the nuts that we rolled some of the truffles in.
Topping Ideas for Your Truffles:
- cocoa powder
- coconut
- chopped nuts
- shaved chocolate
- dip in a chocolate that hardens
These truffles would make an excellent holiday gift. Another delicious candy to make to pair is this Creamy Old-Fashioned Peanut Butter Candy. If you are making these truffles for Valentine’s Day, here are even more fun dessert recipes to try!
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Tools You Need To Make This Recipe:
- Cuisinart Immersion Blender. As I mentioned above, this is awesome. It also has several attachments so you can grind nuts and veggies, whisk up whipped cream, etc!
- Double boiler. I will say I don’t have one of these, but it is on my list to buy. I put a smaller pot into a larger pot and boil water in the larger pot to melt my chocolate.
Dark Chocolate Truffles Three Ways
How to make easy dark chocolate truffles.
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup heavy cream
- 10 ounces dark chocolate
- 2 tablespoons Grand Marnier, or brandy
- nuts, cocoa, coconut, etc for rolling.
Instructions
- In a double boiler, melt chocolate on low heat.
- Stir often.
- Line a pan with plastic wrap so it comes up on the sides as well.
- In a sauce pan, heat heavy cream to boiling.
- Remove from heat and add Grand Marnier.
- Cool chocolate to 115 to 125 degrees.
- Pour chocolate into cream and use an immersion blender to blend until velvety smooth.
- Pour chocolate mixture into pan, on top of plastic wrap.
- Allow to cool for 2 hours at room temperature.
- When cooled, fold plastic wrap on top and allow to sit overnight.
- (You can put it in the refrigerator, but you will need to take it out and allow it to be at room temperature again to roll it.)
- Use a small scoop or spoon to scoop out chocolate. Using a very gentle touch, roll softly between your hands to make a small ball.
- Roll the ball in cocoa, nuts, or coconut. (You can even dip it in chocolate shell if you would like a hard outside.)
- Store in the refrigerator.
- (* Please know the book goes into an enormous amount of detail to make these, and gives a lot of options. These directions are what I did to make my truffles.)
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 24 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving:Calories: 115 Total Fat: 8g Saturated Fat: 5g Trans Fat: 0g Unsaturated Fat: 3g Cholesterol: 9mg Sodium: 18mg Carbohydrates: 10g Fiber: 1g Sugar: 7g Protein: 1g
(*This post was updated from a 7/15 post date with some newer pictures.)
Linda @ With A Blast
My son and I also love making sweet treats together ! These Chocolate Truffles would be perfect as a homemade Valentines gift 🙂
Sandi Gaertner
Enjoy Linda 🙂
Rebecca
I love truffles and I love all the different toppings you can do!
Sandi Gaertner
Thank you so much 🙂
Linda (Meal Planning Maven)
I am completely in love with each of your truffles Sandi…and I haven’t even tasted them yet! OMG, they look AMAZING!!
Sandi Gaertner
Thank you Linda…wish I could send some your way 🙂
Debra @ Bowl Me Over
How amazing do these look? And I see you share 😉 I’ll be right there!!
Sandi Gaertner
Anytime Debra 🙂
Healing Tomato
Truffles done three ways? What could be better than that? I love a good chocolate truffle and I think I could eat a dozen of these chocolates.
Sandi Gaertner
I would happily share 🙂
Sandra
These are lovely and would be a fantastic gift. I gotta share because I know that I could eat the whole batch all on my own 🙂
Sandi Gaertner
I can definitely see these as teacher gifts 🙂 Great idea Sandra.
Whitney
No more buying the Lindt truffles if I can make my own!! These look amazing!!
Sandi Gaertner
You can definitely get the same quality for a lot less by making your own 🙂
christine
I love these truffles. Perfect for just grabbing one perfect bite of decadence.
Sandi Gaertner
Thank you Christine 🙂
Joanne T Ferguson
I love truffles Sandi and yours all look YUM! Pinned and shared!
Sandi Gaertner
I appreciate the share Joanne 🙂
Michelle @ The Complete Savorist
Sandi these are delicious. You make it sound like something I could actually make.
Sandi Gaertner
You can 🙂
Paul Storey
They look great and pretty straightforward to make
Sandi Gaertner
Thank you for stopping by Paul…these are pretty easy to make 🙂
Framed Recipes
Sandi, The recipe sounds so fun to cook with your kiddo. Thanks for sharing. – Sreelatha
Sandi Gaertner
Thank you Sreelatha 🙂
jen
These look sinfully good and pretty easy. Thanks for sharing – may just give them a try. They look like the perfect bite!
Sandi Gaertner
Let me know how they turn out Jen 🙂
Jane
I love truffles, didn’t realize they were so simple to make! Definitely giving these a try!
Sandi Gaertner
I didn’t realize how easy they were either…kicking myself!
Byron Thomas
I’m soooooooooooo making these! And, yes, I love using my immersion blender too! 😉
Sandi Gaertner
Thanks for stopping by Byron. I can’t wait to hear how they turn out 🙂
Sheena @ Tea and Biscuits
They look really good Sandi! It would be hard to pick a favorite, but I do love coconut so I’d have to go with that one 🙂
Sandi Gaertner
After eating all three, I would say it is a tie for me 🙂
April J Harris
I love the idea of you and your son hiding sweets around the house and keeping them a secret. I’ve been known to do that too! Your dark chocolate truffles look absolutely delicious – I love the variety of toppings. This would be a fun cooking project to work on with the kids!
Sandi Gaertner
Thank you April…we are definitely partners in crime 🙂
Insanely Roy
I love cocoa and my mother loves coconut..its easy and looks delicious 🙂
i look into that book u mentioned 🙂
Sandi Gaertner
I hope you enjoy them 🙂
The Food Hunter
I would really like one of each right now.
Sandi Gaertner
Would be happy to bring some over 🙂
Joy @ Joy Love Food
Yum, these look so good, I wish I had one right now to enjoy with my morning coffee!
Sandi Gaertner
I love the idea of a truffle with coffee 🙂
Patty Haxton Anderson
I love the bonding, the hiding and the truffles!
Bethany
These look amazing! I love chocolate anything!
Sandi Gaertner
Thank you Bethany 🙂
nancy@skinnykitchen.com
I’ll take one of each. Yum!!!
Sandi Gaertner
I will send them right over 🙂
Neli @ Delicious Meets Healthy
Chocolate truffles are my weakness. These dark chocolate truffles looks amazing and so delicious!! All three look gorgeous!! 🙂
Sandi Gaertner
Thank you very much Neli 🙂
lizzy
These actually don’t look that difficult! This is a great recipe idea for desserts to bring over to a friends – I love the one w/ coconut!
Sandi Gaertner
Thank you Lizzy. I couldn’t believe how easy these were.