Chocolate Truffles~

So here’s the story: during fall break one of my best friends and I decided to make chocolate truffles, but we wanted to follow a simple recipe, so we used one we found from BuzzFeed. Big mistake; the truffles did not turn out well at all. One of them didn’t thicken, so we tried adding flour, so it just tasted like sweet flour, and the other never solidified. Oh well, we tried and had fun, so no loss, but it prompted me to try a different recipe out. So here are some delicious chocolate truffles coming your way~

Ingredients:

·      10 oz bittersweet chocolate, chopped

·      3 tbsp butter

·      ½ cup heavy cream

·      1 tbsp light corn syrup

·      ½ cup Dutch process cocoa

·      8 oz semisweet chocolate, chopped

Place the 10 oz chocolate and butter in a double boiler and heat gently for a couple minutes. Heat the heavy cream and corn syrup in a small saucepan over medium heat until simmering. Pour the cream mixture over the chocolate mixture and let stand for a couple minutes. Stir the mixture gently until all the chocolate is melted and the mixture is smooth and creamy. Pour the mixture into a glass baking dish and chill in the fridge for an hour. Using a spoon, scoop the chocolate onto a sheet pan lined with parchment paper and chill for an additional 30 minutes. Place the cocoa powder on a plate, and melt the 8 oz chocolate in a small saucepan (do NOT let the temperature exceed 94ºF). Remove the truffles from the fridge, shape into balls, and roll the balls in melted chocolate and then dust with cocoa powder. Place the truffles back onto the parchment paper pan and chill in the fridge for at least an hour. There are your beautiful chocolate-y truffles!