Delicious Champagne Truffles For Every Occasion

By Tracie Knight


The art of gifting is a very special one that only very few gift givers have perfected. Every time there is a special occasion we always find ourselves wondering what to give to a person. Flowers are all time favorites because different flowers convey different meanings. Sweets like bonbon, candy and cakes are very popular gift items because everyone just loves them. But, if you want to give something that is out of the usual from the boxed sweets, then you must definitely try champagne truffles.

Truffles are desserts made of cocoa with a ganache cream center. In this case, champagne is added to the usual whipped cream or in the mixture altogether. There are many variations to this delicious dessert. There are pink, milk and dark chocolate, and classic kinds available today.

Truffles are easy to make. You do not have to be a pastry chef to come up with one. You can try making these babies in different variations like milk, dark, pink, and classic. You can also coat it with chopped nuts, if you desire.

To be able to make your own truffles, you first need to have three fourths cup of your favorite champagne, one fourth cup each of butter, honey and liqueur. Prepare also three and one fourth cups of semi sweet cocoa chips. For the coating, all that is need is two cups each of semi sweet chips and powdered sugar.

For the truffle filling, melt together butter, honey, champagne and liqueur in a saucepan. Add the chips and continue stirring until concoction is smooth. After all the ingredients are evenly mixed, pour them over in a large bowl and cover it with plastic wrap.

Put the bowl inside the refrigerator for at least an hour. Get a cookie sheet and line it with waxed paper. Dole out teaspoonfuls of the mixture onto the cookie sheet and and freeze them for about a quarter of an hour. Roll into balls and freeze again until firm.

Once the balls have hardened, get another cookie sheet. Sift the powdered sugar and divide it. One half stays in the sifter while the other half is dusted onto the cookie sheet. In a double boiler, melt the cocoa chips intended for the coating. Drops the balls one by one into the until every bowl is completely coated. Roll the balls into the sifter with the powdered sugar and put it on the cookie sheet you have just dusted.

For pink champagne types, you can substitute the powdered sugar for some pink berry powder. If you want to have dark truffles, melt dark chocolate for the coating. Melt white bars for the milk chocolate variation. This particular recipe makes 60 truffles

If you are the type of person that is just not into cooking and baking, do not worry. If you do not want to make your own, you can always buy some from dessert shops. Truffles are wildly popular these days that it is not at all hard to find them anywhere.




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