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Tempting Truffles

SUBMITTED BY: Taste of Home Test Kitchen

"These melt-in-your mouth morsels are sure to woo your truelove...and anyone else who has a sweet tooth! Our Test Kitchen staff came up with the recipe for the silky smooth truffles."
RECIPE RATING:
The reviewer gave this recipe 8 stars. This recipe average a 4.1 star rating.
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PREP TIME  10 Min
READY IN  10 Min

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INGREDIENTS

  • 1/4 cup heavy whipping cream
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons butter
  • 1/4 teaspoon almond extract
  • 2 (1.55 ounce) bars milk chocolate candy bars, chopped
  • 2 (1 ounce) squares semisweet chocolate, chopped
  • 1/3 cup finely chopped hazelnuts or almonds

DIRECTIONS

  1. In a small saucepan, heat cream and butter over medium heat for 2-3 minutes or until bubbles form around the edge of pan, stirring constantly. Remove from the heat. Add extract, candy bars and semisweet chocolate; stir until smooth. Press plastic wrap onto surface of mixture. Refrigerate for 2 hours or until easy to handle.
  2. Shape into 12 balls; roll in nuts. Refrigerate for 2 hours or until firm. Store in the refrigerator.

FOOTNOTE

  • Nutritional Analysis: One truffle equals 96 calories, 7 g fat (4 g saturated fat), 10 mg cholesterol, 13 mg sodium, 8 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, 1 g protein.
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REVIEWS

The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 0 star rating.
Reviewed on Oct. 15, 2006 by julie
gorgeous!!!!!!!!!! made 40 of them for my family and they loved them ! very easy to make and... MORE
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 0 star rating.
Reviewed on Dec. 19, 2006 by grneyedmustang
These were absolutely wonderful! I made almond truffles, milk chocolate truffles (I rolled the... MORE
The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 0 star rating.
Reviewed on Dec. 16, 2006 by Kathleen
So good but very rich. For the coating, I used almonds the first time and peanuts the second... MORE
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 0 star rating.
Reviewed on Nov. 24, 2006 by Susan Bartley
Fantastic! They were a big hit with all who tried them. MORE
The reviewer gave this recipe 3 stars. This recipe averages a 0 star rating.
Reviewed on Jan. 30, 2007 by Teresa S.
Definately not the truffles I was looking for. These came out sticky and gooey even after... MORE
The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 0 star rating.
Reviewed on Jan. 16, 2007 by lessslie
Delicious- I always thought truffles must be difficult to make from the way they are priced,... MORE


 
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