Chocolate Prune Truffles Recipes

CHOCOLATE PRUNE TRUFFLES

Steps:

• Place prunes in a bowl and cover with cherry juice
• Soak for 1-2 hours
• If your prunes are hard, not juicy, you may need to heat them just a bit in the cherry juice until soft
• Place prunes and juice in food processor and pulse until smooth, about 30 seconds
• Pulse in vanilla, then melted chocolate
• Scrape mixture into a bowl and place in freezer for 30-45 minutes, until almost smooth
• Remove from freezer, and roll into 1" balls in palm of hand
• Roll in coconut to coat
• Serve

CHOCOLATE TRUFFLES

Steps:

• In a microwave, melt chocolate chips and milk; stir until smooth. Stir in vanilla. Refrigerate, covered, 2 hours or until firm enough to roll. , Shape into 1-in. balls. Roll in coatings as desired.

EASY CHOCOLATE PRUNE TRUFFLES (GLUTEN FREE, PALEO)

Steps:

• Place prunes in a food processor or high speed blender and pulse until smooth. If your prunes are hard, you may need to soak them for 1-2 hours in water and heat them just a bit until soft.
• In a double boiler melt the cacao paste.
• Add the cacao paste and vanilla extract to the prunes and pulse to combine ingredients.
• Roll the mixture into 1" balls then chill in the freezer for about 10 minutes.
• To make the chocolate shell, melt the cacao butter and chocolate chips in a double boiler until smooth.
• Remore truffles from the freezer and dip each one, one at the time in the melted chocolate and place them in a pan lined with parchment paper.
• Place truffles in the fridge for just 10 minutes so the chocolate hardens and then store at room temperature.

CHOCOLATE PRUNE TRUFFLES

Steps:

• Place prunes in a bowl and cover with cherry juice.
• Soak for 1-2 hours.
• If your prunes are hard, not juicy, you may need to heat them just a bit in the cherry juice until soft.
• Place prunes and juice in food processor and pulse until smooth, about 30 seconds.
• Pulse in vanilla, then melted chocolate.
• Scrape mixture into a bowl and place in freezer for 30-45 minutes, until almost smooth.
• Remove from freezer, and roll into 1″ balls in palm of hand.
• Roll in coconut to coat.
• Serve.

HEALTHY PRUNE TRUFFLES

Steps:

• Stuff a whole almond into the space where each prune pit was. Fold and press the prunes around the almonds (it's fine if the almonds peek through a bit). Put the prunes on a baking sheet lined with waxed paper and refrigerate 30 minutes.
• Put the raspberries into a resealable plastic bag and crush into a fine powder. Place the powder in a small shallow bowl.
• Put the chocolate in a small microwave-safe bowl. Microwave at 70 percent power for 1 minute. Remove from the microwave; the chocolate will still look solid but will be softened. Stir until smooth.
• Dip one end of a prune in chocolate, let any excess drip back in the bowl, and then dip the chocolate end into the crushed raspberries to coat. Put the prune back on the baking sheet, almond-side down, and repeat with the remaining prunes. Let the prunes stand until the chocolate hardens enough to come away cleanly from the paper, about 15 minutes.

CHOCOLATE CAYENNE TRUFFLES

Steps:

• Melt chocolate, butter and cayenne in a double boiler, or a bowl in the microwave. Stir well.
• Remove from heat. Mix in cream and 1 1/4 cups powdered sugar. Stir well. (The sugar will stick together in small lumps if you aren't vigorous about it.).
• Cover, and chill overnight.
• Create a mixture of 1/3 cup powdered sugar, the cocoa powder, ginger, and cinnamon.
• Scoop out the chocolate, one tablespoon at a time. Mold it into balls. (this is messy; get used to it.) Roll the balls in the powder mixture to coat them.
• Put them back in the fridge, until serving time.

DECADENT CHOCOLATE TRUFFLES

Steps:

• Make the ganache: Place 16 ounces of chocolate and the cream in the top of a double boiler or a heatproof bowl set over a pan of simmering water. Stir until melted; remove from heat. Add butter and Cognac and stir until combined.
• Pour into an 8-inch square baking dish. Cover with plastic wrap, and refrigerate until the mixture is very cold and set, but still pliable, about 2 hours.
• Melt remaining 12 ounces chocolate in the top of a double boiler or in a heatproof bowl set over a pan of simmering water. Stir until melted; remove from heat. Let cool to room temperature.
• Line two baking sheets with parchment paper; set aside. Using a 1/4-ounce ice cream scoop, drop ganache onto one of the prepared baking sheets. Chill 10 minutes.
• Coat the palm of one of your hands with about 1 tablespoon of the melted chocolate. Roll balls, one at a time, between your palms until evenly coated with chocolate. Roll in cocoa powder to coat. Transfer to second baking sheet. Repeat with remaining balls, coating your palm with more chocolate as needed. Chill until ready to serve.

HOW TO MAKE CHOCOLATE TRUFFLES

Steps:

• Add chocolate chips to a heat-proof mixing bowl; add ginger, cinnamon, black pepper, salt, and cayenne. Heat cream over medium heat until it just starts to simmer. Immediately remove from heat and pour hot cream over chocolate. Shake bowl slightly to fully cover the chocolate; let sit for 2 minutes. Slowly whisk until well combined and a thick, glossy ganache forms.
• Cover ganache with plastic wrap and let cool to room temperature or until firm enough to scoop, about 15 minutes. Form about 2 teaspoons of the ganache into balls using a small sorbet scoop, or roll by hand. Place balls onto a baking sheet lined with silicone or parchment paper. Refrigerate until cold and firm, about 15 minutes, then re-roll as needed to smoothen.
• Place a heat-proof bowl over a pot of hot water on the lowest heat settling. Add most of the chocolate chips, reserving about 1/3 cup, to the bowl and let melt, about 5 minutes. In the meantime, break gingersnap in half and place on a plate next to a microplane. Stir the reserved chocolate chips into the melted chocolate until they disappear. Remove from heat.
• Dip truffles into the melted chocolate by hand or by holding each truffle with a fork and spooning the chocolate on top. Place truffles on the baking sheet and swirl the tops with your finger. Grate the gingersnap on top. Let truffles rest on the baking sheet until the coating dries and hardens completely, trimming away excess chocolate from the bases using the back of a knife if desired.