3-Ingredient Chocolate Truffle Recipe
A dazzling candy shop 3-Ingredient Chocolate Truffle Recipe, great for sweetheart gifts. Your Valentine will be so impressed you made them, you’ll be utterly irresistible this year.
With Valentines Day just around the corner, it’s time to start thinking about what to make your sugar loaf to show him/her just how much you appreciate them.
Cookies are nice, and so are custard desserts like pot de creme. Yet to really show your sweetie you care, how about offering homemade chocolate truffles!
One might think a homemade chocolate truffle recipe, with silky whipped ganache inside, would be too difficult to take on. After all, if chocolate boutiques are charging $2-3 per individual truffle they have to be complicated, right?
Wrong.
They only want you to think that.
What Ingredients You Will Need
Actually, chocolate truffles are very easy to make and require only 2-4 ingredients… Good quality chocolate and heavy cream, then flavored extract if desired, and a garnish for the tops if desired.
- 18 ounces dark chocolate divided (or semi-sweet chocolate)
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1/2 teaspoon flavored extract (almond, vanilla, orange, strawberry, coconut, rum, etc.)
That’s it.
Best Chocolate Truffles Tips
The only difficult part of truffle-making is waiting around. That is, if patience isn’t your strongest virtue.
You must wait for the ganache to cool so you can whip it. Then you must wait for the whipped ganache mounds to freeze before you can dip them in chocolate coating.
If you think you can find something to do for those two hours, this 3-Ingredient Chocolate Truffle Recipe is completely in your skill set, and will certainly win you some major nookie-points.
How To Make High-Quality Chocolate Truffles
The first step is to heat the cream and melt some chocolate into it, to make a smooth chocolate ganache. This is the time to add an extract for flavoring if desired. This particular batch of truffles had a little almond extract in it for a light nutty note.
Cool the ganache, then whip it using an electric mixer. The color will lighten and the chocolate ganache will turn into a fluffy mass that looks almost like frosting.
Scoop the whipped ganache into a large piping bag with a large round tip.
Usually I pipe little 1-inch mounds of ganache to make round truffles. Yet today, I thought it would be fun to make heart-shaped truffles for Valentine’s Day.
To do this, simply start a mound, then drag it downward to make a rough point. Create a second mound next to it, dragging the point down and across the other.
It’s ok if your hearts are messy looking. The melted chocolate coating they will be dipped into, covers a multitude of sins imperfections.
Before dipping the mounds or hearts into pure melted chocolate, you must freeze them until they are hard. If the ganache melts into the melted chocolate, you’ll end up with sloppy truffles, and cloudy coatings. Make sure the ganache is hard as a rock before continuing.
Melt more chocolate in a double boiler for the coating, then dip the truffles in it and let them harden on wax paper.
If you would like to add a garnish like sea salt flakes or chopped nuts, sprinkle them on before the chocolate hardens.
You’re done.
You are now a chocolate truffle-making goddess, fit to be drenched with affection on Valentine’s Day.
I knew you could do it!
Instructions…
Set a small saucepan over medium heat and add the heavy cream. Heat until the cream simmers around the edges then remove from heat. Meanwhile, break 6 ounces of chocolate into pieces, reserving the remaining chocolate for later. Place the chocolate pieces in the bowl of an electric mixer. Pour the hot cream over the chocolate, and add the extract. Let it sit for 8-10 minutes to soften the chocolate.
Turn the mixer on low and beat the chocolate to a completely smooth texture. Raise the mixer speed to medium if needed. Then cool the chocolate ganache in the refrigerator until very cold, at least one hour.
Once cold, use the mixer again to whip the ganache until light, fluffy, and lighter in color. Scrape the bowl and whip again for 1 minute to insure a smooth consistency. Scoop the ganache into a large piping bag with a large round piping tip.
Line a couple of baking sheets with parchment or wax paper. Then pipe the whipped ganache into 1-inch rounds on the wax paper. For hearts: Pipe a smaller mound, then drag it forward. Repeat to make a second hump next to it and drag the ganache down to a rough point. Don’t worry if it looks messy. The chocolate coating smooths out imperfections. Freeze the ganache mounds on the baking sheets until rock-hard, at least one hour.
Break the remaining 12 ounces chocolate into pieces. Melt 9 ounces of chocolate in a double-boiler over low heat. Remove from heat, add the last 3 ounces of chocolate and stir until smooth. (This simple form of “tempering the chocolate” helps the chocolate to keep from clouding up once hardened.)
Take only one sheet of ganache mounds out of the freezer at a time. For round mounds, press a wooden skewer into the center and dip in chocolate. Tap off the excess chocolate. Then set the chocolate truffle down on wax paper, with the skewer hole down. For hearts: Balance a heart flat on two skewers and dip in chocolate. Tap off the excess chocolate and lay it on wax paper to cool and harden. Once hardened, store in an air-tight container until ready to serve. Keep at room temperature for up to one week.
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Frequently Asked Questions
How long do these truffles last?
You can store these little treats in an airtight container in the fridge to keep cool for 4 to 5 days. That is if they last that long.
What can I sprinkle on top?
You can sprinkle the tops of the truffles with sea salt if desired, before they dry. You can also drizzle them with milk or white chocolate for a fancy look.
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3-Ingredient Chocolate Truffle Recipe
Ingredients
- 18 ounces dark chocolate divided
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1/2 teaspoon flavored extract (almond, vanilla, orange, strawberry, coconut, rum, etc.)
Instructions
- Set a small sauce pan over medium heat and add the heavy cream. Heat until the cream simmers around the edges then remove from heat. Meanwhile, break 6 ounces chocolate into pieces, reserving the remaining chocolate for later. Place the chocolate pieces in the bowl of an electric mixer. Pour the hot cream over the chocolate, and add the extract. Let it sit for 8-10 minutes to soften the chocolate.
- Turn the mixer on low and beat the chocolate until completely smooth. Raise the mixer speed to medium if needed. Then cool the chocolate ganache in the refrigerator until very cold, at least one hour.
- Once cold, use the mixer again to whip the ganache until light, fluffy, and lighter in color. Scrape the bowl and whip again for 1 minute to insure a smooth consistency. Scoop the ganache into a large piping bag with a large round piping tip.
- Line a couple baking sheets with parchment or wax paper. Then pipe the whipped ganache into 1-inch rounds on the wax paper. For hearts: Pipe a smaller mound, then drag it forward. Repeat to make a second hump next to it and drag the ganache down into a rough point. Don't worry if it looks messy. The chocolate coating smooths out imperfections. Freeze the ganache mounds on the baking sheets until rock-hard, at least one hour.
- Break the remaining 12 ounces chocolate into pieces. Melt 9 ounces of chocolate in a double-boiler over low heat. Remove from heat, and add the last 3 ounces of chocolate and stir until smooth. (This simple form of "tempering the chocolate" helps the chocolate to keep from clouding up once hardened.)
- Take only one sheet of ganache mounds out of the freezer at a time. For round mounds, press a wooden skewer into the center and dip in chocolate. Tap off the excess chocolate. Then set the chocolate truffle down on wax paper, with the skewer hole down. For hearts: Balance a heart flat on two skewers and dip in chocolate. Tap off the excess chocolate and lay on wax paper to cool and harden. Once hardened, store in an air-tight container until ready to serve. Keep at room temperature for up to one week.
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So easy to make and my kids loved them! I will definitely make them again.
these little truffles were the best things. they taste like little pieces of heaven, and I cannot thank you enough for sharing
These were so easy to make and so much better than anything I’d buy at a store. Definitely making them again!
Woah! These were incredibly easy and so good!! Making these again for Valentine’s Day!
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Can you please tell tell me if these truffles will mail OK? Will the chocolate coating stay hard? Thanks for sharing!
Hi Linda,
This time of year I would think so! I wouldn’t ship them in the summer ;)
Genius! What an incredible way to celebrate Valentine’s Day. They’d make a beautiful Teacher’s gift!
Wow, what a smart and easy way to make cute truffles for the holiday!!
really cute! and I am sure, delicious!
Absolutely adorable!
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I love how you pipped out the whipped ganache! It’s so easy and perfect for little ones to help out! My little one would drowned hers in sprinkles, but that’s okay with me.
Perfect homemade gift for Valentine’s Day!
These are so easy, I love it. So cute and perfect for Valentine’s!