Chocolate Hazelnut Truffles

This messy recipe brings out the inner child, yet with its bite-sized portions, it has the sophisticated and indulging taste custom-made for an adult palate. Bring a tray full of heavenly treats to your next dinner party or hand package them as DIY gifts. Fun to make but even better to share and eat!

Total Time

2hr 20min

4.7

3 Ratings

Author: Food Guru

Servings:

Ingredients

•

1 cup

Ground Roasted Hazelnuts

•

2 cups

Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips

or Bittersweet Chocolate Chips

•

2/3 cup

Whipping Cream

•

1/4 cup

Cubed Unsalted Butter

•

1/4 cup

Unsweetened Cocoa Powder

Cooking Instructions

Create a double boiler by using a small pot of water on the stove. Take a medium-sized mixing bowl that fits on top of the pot. Fill the pot, but make sure that the water doesn’t boil.

Fill the medium mixing bowl with the Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips (2 cups) . Place bowl over boiling pot. Lower heat, so chocolate chips slowly melt. Slowly stir chips as they melt. This should take 5 to 10 minutes.

Once chocolate is melted, remove the bowl from the pot. Mix in Whipping Cream (2/3 cup) , Unsalted Butter (1/4 cup) , and Hazelnuts (1 cup) .

Stir until it is well mixed and the butter is completely melted. Place in refrigerator for 1 hour or until firm.

Take bowl out of the refrigerator. Pour the Unsweetened Cocoa Powder (1/4 cup) in a small bowl. With a spoon, scoop out the firm chocolate and roll with hands into a ball.

Place chocolate ball into cocoa powder and roll around until completely covered.

Place Chocolate Truffle onto a cookie sheet or large plate lined with parchment paper. Put cookie sheet or large plate in refrigerator for about an hour or until firm.

Serve and enjoy!

Author's Notes

If you can’t find toasted hazelnut, purchase a large bag of raw hazelnuts and preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
Spread whole hazelnuts on a cookie sheet. Toast for 5-10 minutes (keep an eye on them because they BURN easily). Remove them from the oven.
Use a clean cloth and roll the nuts back and forth to remove the skin. Grind them in a Food Processor.
You can store remaining crushed Hazelnuts in the freezer and use them when needed to top salads, soups, yogurt, ice cream, oatmeal, etc.

Nutrition Per Serving

CALORIES

873

FAT

70.4 g

PROTEIN

13.1 g

CARBS

68.4 g