There is no doubt – all the people love to eat chocolate truffles, and when you offer them your healthy homemade truffles they will easily go for the second and third delicious delight, while sipping a cup of coffee – even if they are on a diet. ;) Chocolate truffles are very easy to make – well, at least these chocolate hazelnut truffles are. You don’t have to bake them, you just need to mix all the ingredients together and roll the ball. So, even if you haven’t done one single dessert by yourself yet, you could make these hazelnut balls like a pro. Also, you can make the mixture, taste it and add some other ingredients at any time during preparation.
Chocolate hazelnut truffles are best to make a day or two ahead, so they are just perfect for your big, festive occasions. Or, you could take a half of all ingredients and make them just for your loved one.
tools:
skillet
heavy bottomed cooking pot
spatula
nut grinder or blender
two bigger mixing bowls
three plates
serving platter
smaller paper cups
ingredients:
150 to 200 grams / 5.3 to 7 ounces sugar
150 grams / 5.3 ounces butter
100 grams / 3.5 ounces dark chocolate
150 grams / 5.3 ounces hazelnuts
250 grams / 8.8 ounces your favorite tea biscuits
200 milliliters / 6.7 fluid ounces water
orange zest from half of orange
for the coating:
½ cup shredded coconut
½ chopped hazelnut
½ cup grated chocolate
Chocolate Hazelnut Truffles Recipe:
Put the hazelnuts into the skillet and roast them on a medium heat for about 7 to 8 minutes, or when their skin becomes dark brown, take them off the heat and let them cool a bit. Put them in some old towel and rub their skin off. Grind them and set aside.
Take cooking pot, add water and sugar and bring it to a boil. Turn off the heat, let it cool for a few minutes, then add chopped chocolate and butter and stir until completely melted. Set it aside.
Put the tea biscuits into the blender and ground it. Now, if you picked a sweeter biscuits, you should use 150 grams / 5.3 ounces of sugar, if they are not as sweet, use 200 gram / 7 ounces of sugar.
Add hazelnuts and tea biscuit into the chocolate mixture, mix well and set one third of a mixture into another bowl, add orange zest in this bowl and mix again. Set bowls in a cool place or in the fridge for one hour at least to harden.
Take the three plates; add chopped hazelnut into one, grated chocolate into another and shredded coconut into third plate. Take both mixtures out of the freezer, roll small balls with wet hands and coat them alternately into chocolate, coconut or hazelnut. Put them on a serving platter and set aside for a couple of hours, best over night, before serving.
You will make about 40 truffles with the same base, but six slightly different tastes. If you like, you can add many other flavors, like rum, cinnamon, or drizzle them with melted chocolate and make your own version of a famous chocolate truffle.
Delicious truffles and great photos!!!
Thank you, dear Peps for the kind words :)
Wow, that’s definitely some work. But the outcome looks outstanding!!! Cool photos as well, I like the arty flair, refreshing in comparison to the standard food photography out there.
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It’s not that hard to make these truffles – both mixing and rolling can be done in 30 minutes or so, but waiting between can be quite challenging. Surprisingly, that’s also the time when mixture mysteriously gets smaller (how smaller it gets depends on the number of the people living with you) ;)
And thank you for the lovely words!
and a third piece.. and a fourth..and…..
that’s me!! :)
delicious truffles dear Jasmin and wonderful photos!!
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Thank you, Evi!
Now that you mentioned, I actually think that seven is a magical truffle number ;)
I love me some truffles and those look fantastic.
Great pictures too Jasmin!
Thank you, Mike!
Truffles are indeed one of the few desserts adored no matter where on the planet you are ;)
Wow! I love your truffles! Such a delicious treat! I wish I could taste them right now!: )
Well, unfortunately, we ate this batch in one try, but maybe I could save you some next time I’ll prepare them ;)
I love your photos, Jasmin! They are soo pretty ^.^ and these truffles look divine. Pinned! :)
Thank you, Bianca.
I could easily blush now ;)
So true, chocolate is always an easy sell. It sure doesn’t hurt to up the ante by throwing so roasted hazelnuts into the mix, though. I’d be all in for one of these beauties!
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When I was a kid, I ate just the chocolate desserts, and when they had hazelnuts in it, that was special treat. I’m all grown up now, but the chocolate is for me still an easy sell any time of the day ;)
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I’m sooooo making these truffles :-)
You’re up for a true treat, dear Joanna ;)
Hi Jasmin, this recipe sounds so delicious, I can’t resist, I have to try to make them. And me too, I agree, your pics are just amazing. Congratulations.
Thank you, dear Cecilia for the nicest words :)
I hope you’ll make these truffles more than once – they are truly nice dessert for any occasion.
And I too love your blog philosophy…
An interesting and yummy-looking truffle recipe, Jasmin. They look picture-perfect. I like the idea of crushed biscuits!
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biscuits are nice addition to these truffles – and you can add each time different kind and have always a slightly new dessert ;)
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Made these for Christmas and everyone loved them! Making them tonight for a BBQ as they were requested again
The recipe calls for butter – what vegan butter do you recommend? Are you familiar with Earth Balance in the U.S.?
Thank you!
They look delicious!
Hi Christine,
although I never worked with the Earth Balance, I know that this butter is a staple for baking in U.S. and similar to the butter I used, so I believe that it will work nicely in these truffles recipe. Please let me know, how they turned out … :)
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Have you tried freezing them? Just wondering how they might thaw being the centre is cookie???
Dear Jodie, unfortunately I haven’t freezed them so far – I make a batch of cookies for some festive occasion, and they are almost always first to go…