Easy Chocolate Truffles

Today I made some delicious chocolate truffles for mum to take as a present to a dinner party she was going to (I find homemade presents will always beat anything shop bought.)

At first I was rather hesitant as this was my first attempt at making them, but I soon realised they were ridiculously easy to make!

Recipe:

25g butter

125ml of cream

140g of dark chocolate

1. melt the butter with the cream in a saucepan until it starts to simmer.

2. In a desperate bowl crush up the chocolate into small pieces.

3. Remove the cream and butter mix from the heat and pour it over the chocolate and stir until all the chocolate has melted into the mixture.

4. Allow this mixture to cool before placing it in the fridge for at least 4 hrs.

5. When the 4 hrs is up and the mixture looks sufficiently set remove it from the fridge and covering your hands in icing sugar to prevent sticking then scoop out balls of he chocolate mixture with a teaspoon and then roll them to get a small ball shape.  

6. You can then go on to roll this ball in cocoa powder, or you can branch out and roll it in mixed nuts, stem finger pieces, or for the very daring of you try chilli! 

7.  Place the truffles in small truffle cases place them in a nice looking box and taa daa you have a perfect present that anyone would love to receive! 

Here are some of mine I made- some are rolled in cocoa powder, and some in crushed almonds!

 

MM xx