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These chocolate truffles contain just 3 ingredients butter, powdered sugar (a.k.a. icing sugar) and cocoa.
You will also need something to roll them in. I have made these truffles for close to 20 years and I am still discovering yummy things to coat them with.
I have dipped them in chocolate. Rolled them in coconut and sprinkles but this year…..
I rolled them in crushed peppermint candies and Oreo cookies.
The list of ingredients and steps are below but here are a few tips.
First always make sure to take your butter out hours before you intend to make truffles so that is soft.
Second cut the butter up into small pieces and use the back of a metal spoon to blend it in the other ingredients.
Wash your hands really well and then in the final stages of blending, get them right in the dough and mash the ingredients together until they form a solid mass of soft dough
Pasta bowls make great bowls for rolling as they have flat bottoms and sides.
One last tip, don’t make your truffles too large you want people to be able to pop them in their mouth and enjoy.
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- 1 stick butter (1/2 cup)
- ½ cup cocoa
- 1½ cup powdered sugar
- leave butter out to soften several hours
- combine cocoa and powdered sugar
- cut butter up into pieces and add into ingredients
- blend with the back of a metal spoon
- do final blending with clean hands
- form bite size balls
- roll in what ever toppings you want: coconut, sprinkles, ground peppermint candies, ground Oreo Cookies, or coat in melted chocolate.
- Makes roughly 20 truffles
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Kathryn Gallant says
November 27, 2012 at 9:19 amHave you ever added any flavorings to the chocolate mixture? I’m thinking almond extract, or coconut…
Victoria says
November 27, 2012 at 9:38 amI haven’t but I would think it would work. If it made the dough a bit moist just add a bit more powdered sugar.
Stephanie says
November 27, 2012 at 10:21 amYou could also add little nuts, coconut, etc to the actual truffle itself! Oh, the possibilities are endless… 🙂
Stephanie says
November 27, 2012 at 10:22 amThis was supposed to be FIVE stars – not sure what happened!
tina says
December 18, 2014 at 12:25 pmcan these recipes be frozen up till xmas? I want to give them as gifts
Victoria says
December 18, 2014 at 6:50 pmAlthough I have not done it personally, I think that these chocolate truffles could be frozen. You might want to test a batch first before making up several at once. Freeze them for 24 hrs perhaps and take them out and then see what happens. But I really don’t think there would be any change in taste, or texture if they were frozen.
Jami says
November 5, 2016 at 5:40 pmDo these need to be kept cold?
Victoria says
November 7, 2016 at 9:22 amYes, they do. I will have to take second to add that to the post. They do okay if left out for a few hours, but they do become fairly soft after that. I keep mine in a sealed container in the fridge and if giving them as a gift tell others to do the same.
Kathy A Johnson says
December 3, 2016 at 10:53 pmI did add the almond and rolled them in sliced almonds. However, instead of adding more powdered sugar, I added about three tablespoona of cocoa to make them dark chocolate. then, rolled then in powdered sugar.
Victoria says
December 5, 2016 at 9:01 amThat sounds like a really yummy combo! Thanks for leaving it here for others to try.
Meems says
December 4, 2017 at 2:40 pmisn’t a stick of butter only a quarter cup? Did you mean a stick or do you need a half cup?
Victoria says
December 4, 2017 at 3:56 pmA stick of butter is 1/2 a cup. At least where I live. I never thought that it might be something different in other areas. You need 1/2 a cup of butter.
Zelda says
December 21, 2017 at 4:45 pmCould I use coconut oil instead of butter?
Victoria says
December 28, 2017 at 9:49 amI don’t know? It coconut oil tends to get softer than butter. You could experiment by cutting the recipe in half and giving it a try. That way you wouldn’t waste as much should it not work.