These easy chocolate truffles are made with just 2 base ingredients, and taste like pure chocolate lusciousness! Watch the recipe video and spare 10 minutes for these divine goodies!
A chocolate truffles recipe is absolutely divine. It’s probably one of the oldest classic French delicacies that can never be replaced.
No matter how you watch your calories, you MUST leave room for just one of those chocolate truffles. Just one is all you need!!
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CHOCOLATE TRUFFLES
Whatever happened to those classic absolute LUSCIOUS divine French chocolate truffles?? Those melt in your mouth unbelievably smooth creamy chocolate-y tiny little things??
Yes, I know there are plenty of healthy versions of them now, aka. date truffles, which are made of dates, almond butter, and cocoa powder to start with and then flavored.
Now don’t get me wrong. I have nothing against those healthy truffles, I make them once in a while. But the bottom line is, healthy truffles are one thing, and classic chocolate truffles are something else.
Imagine velvety smooth melt in your mouth chocolate. A deep chocolate taste with ultra luscious creamy feel. PURE chocolate taste.
And now imagine only 2 ingredients, no fussy technique and no baking needed. Seriously can you imagine all of that?!!
So where’s the catch you may ask? Well, it’s not so much of a catch if you have nothing against cream.
The truth is, you will never reach this velvety melt in your mouth texture without cream. And for the record, not much cream is used for this recipe, but its’ effect on the recipe is HUGE!
If you’ve been around the blog for a bit and read this pan creamy mushroom tortellini recipe, you know that I only use cream when necessary! Only because I’ve figured out many ways around it and the Mr.absolutely despises it.
However, no cream, no melt-in-your-mouth chocolate truffles, so for this recipe, I will gladly make an exception.
CHOCOLATE TRUFFLES RECIPE
VIDEO
So let’s get to it, here’s how two ingredients are used to their best! You’ll need to finely chop 2 chocolate bars. Alternatively, grate them after chilling in the fridge.
In a pan or another bowl, you’re going to heat up the cream until it simmers. You can do this in the microwave and you can also use the stove.
Then simply pour the hot cream over the chocolate chunks and whisk until smooth and the chocolate is completely melted, and ultra shiny.
Pour on to that a tablespoon of hot brewed espresso (or coffee) for a richer chocolate taste, along with a pinch of salt and vanilla of you’d like.
Give your chocolate ganache a final whisk. THAT’S IT !
All the work is done. This mixture gets covered and chilled for 1.5 hours. Then you’ll take a melon baller or a mini ice cream scoop.
Scoop up balls from the chocolate mixture using the melon baller and place each velvety chocolate ball in either cocoa powder or shredded coconut to coat. You can also use chopped nuts, dried fruits or any coating you like.
When all the truffles are done, its best to chill them or just 10 mins or so. Or enjoy them right away!!
Now, these are the most basic, simple and yet decadent chocolate truffles you’ll ever make!!
A long time ago when I used to live in Paris, those were the IT French truffles. But a few years ago when I went for a short visit, I found endless, and I mean endless variations of the truffles!
Or just go with my simple pure chocolate version. These chocolate truffles are a great treat for the Holidays, Valentine’s Day, special occasions, entertaining, and require no effort or fuss at all! Enjoy 🙂
CHOCOLATE TRUFFLE TIPS
- Use heavy whipping cream (35%) only for this recipe.
- I’ve used a combination of milk and dark chocolate chunks, feel free to use your favoite only.
- If you’re rushed, use the microwave to heat the cream.
- Don’t rush the chilling process once the chocolate is mixed with cream. You may place it in the freezer if you’re rushed.
- If you feel like jazzing things up, make different coatings to the truffles. Try ground nuts, shredded coconut, white chocolate, cranberries (or any dried fruit chopped up), a mixture of nuts and dried fruits, confectioner’s sugar, and many more options!
- Also if you’d like to flavor the chocolate truffles themselves, you can add orange zest to the cream mixture, some spice like chai spice, cinnamon, extra coffee, etc.
- These should be stored in a cool place, like in an airtight container in the fridge.
Enjoy!
CHOCOLATE RECIPES
Loaded Chocolate Brownie Cookies
Chocolate Banana Chocolate Chip Cake
Nutella-Stuffed Chocolate Chip Cookies
Espresso Brownie Chocolate Smoothie
Chocolate Oatmeal Breakfast Bowl
Homemade Hot Chocolate Recipe & Hot Chocolate Bar
Instant Chia Chocolate Pudding
Luscious Easy Chocolate Truffles
These easy chocolate truffles are made with just 2 base ingredients, and taste like pure chocolate lusciousness! 10 minutes is all you need to make these perfect edible holiday gifts.
Ingredients
- 1 cup 1/2 lb chocolate pieces from a chocolate bark a mixture of milk and dark chocolate is my favorite—but entirely dark or milk or semisweet works too
- 1/2 cup whipping cream
- 1 tablespoon hot brewed espresso (optional)
- pinch of salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- dark raw cocoa powder for coating for coating
- coconut shreds for coating
Instructions
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Heat the whipping cream in a medium size pan over medium-low heat, covered with the lid until it starts to simmer—alternatively, you can place the cream in a microwave-safe bowl and microwave it for 1 minute until it simmers.
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Add the cream to the chocolate chunks and whisk them together until the chocolate melts and is shiny smooth.
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Cover up the truffle mixture with plastic wrap, and chill it for nearly 2 hours until it sets.
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Use a melon baller or mini ice cream scoop and scoop up little balls of the truffle mixture and dump it right into a bowl of Cocoa powder. Roll the truffle in cocoa powder to evenly coat it.
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Repeat with the remaining mixture.
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Chill the truffles or serve right away and enjoy!!
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Store the truffles in the fridge for up to 3 days.
Recipe Video
Recipe Notes
CHOCOLATE TRUFFLE TIPS
- Use heavy whipping cream (35%) only for this recipe.
- I've used a combination of milk and dark chocolate chunks, feel free to use your favoite only.
- If you're rushed, use the microwave to heat the cream.
- Don't rush the chilling process once the chocolate is mixed with cream. You may place it in the freezer if you're rushed.Â
- If you feel like jazzing things up, make different coatings to the truffles. Try ground nuts, shredded coconut, white chocolate, cranberries (or any dried fruit chopped up), a mixture of nuts and dried fruits, confectioner’s sugar, and many more options!
- Also if you’d like to flavor the chocolate truffles themselves, you can add orange zest to the cream mixture, some spice like chai spice, cinnamon, extra coffee, etc.
- These should be stored in a cool place, like in an airtight container in the fridge.
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These truffles are so easy to make and really delicious. Instead of espresso, I added kahlua. The slight alcohol taste is quite delicious. 🙂
These truffles look gorgeous. Would love to try these for my lil one. Yum
Thanks so much!
What a beautiful dessert! This will be the highlight of our Valentine’s dinner! Delish!
These truffles are delicious and the perfect bite sized treat!
I love chocolate and I love simple even more! This combines both! Yum!
These Chocolate Truffles look absolutely divine! Perfect for the upcoming holiday!
These little Chocolate Truffles look so amazing! These are perfect for Valentine’s Day Homemade Gifts!
Yum! These are so good. I love how easy they are to make and can we just talk about the perfect marriage of coffee and chocolate?
These are perfect chocolate bites. I love the variations for rolling them in. I also really like how easy they were to make.
These look absolutely amazing! Such a perfect sweet treat for Valentine’s Day. <3
These look like such a delicious sweet treat – a perfect treat for Valentines Day! I love that you can make these so easily too!
I can’t say no to chocolate. Especially to soft and flavorful chocolate truffles like these here. This recipe is so easy to make. It will be perfect for Valentine’s day.
So true Natalie!
That is delicious chocolate truffles, I love this kind of simple treat we don’t need spend time in kitchen . I need to whip up some for the valentine.
Hope you do Swathi!
These looks rich and so delicious. I would love to have these ready on valentne’s day to enjoy with a big glass of full bodied red wine!
That sounds perfect! 🙂
Sometimes you just have to go for the real thing. After reading this post I did. The truffles were fantastic and I have to say you’re right! They were very easy to make. I added that bit of espresso and the truffles were perfect. Thank you for a fantastic recipe.
Thanks for trying them Marisa!! So happy you enjoyed them! and the espresso addition would be my favorite too 🙂
I have my own relationship with truffles 🙂 I always thought they were really hard to make and because of that never really tried. But your recipe is incredible! 2 ingredients and 10 minutes? I am so excited to try it myself now – thank you so much for sharing this wonderful recipe! ?
I’ve never made truffles before but you certainly make me want to try. They look so doggone good and chocolatey. They would be beautiful in a nice gift box. We give food for presents and I know some chocolate lovers who’d love this.
I had a friend who used to make truffle; she owned a confectionery. I never thought I could even try to make them. However, she moved and I am thinking I need to give this one a try.
Oooh it has been far too long since I have made truffles, we did them as a mini take-away at our wedding…in 2010! HA!! These look simply divine <3
These look rich and amazing! I would love to have a plate of these at a holiday party!
I was just thinking about making truffles this year and now it must be meant to be falling upon this recipe!
These pics are simply tempting…
Thank you Anlet!
Thank you Taylor!! You will be totally addicted to these 😉