4 Delicious Truffle Recipes For The Holidays

There is nothing quite like making your own candy around the festive season either to make for that after  dinner party treat or to give as  homemade presents by placing a few it pretty bags .. I really love to make them myself with the help of a few family members too

 

So when I came across this recipe for 4 different flavours well that was me hooked for this years truffle recipes and I just had to share the recipe on to you guys too

 

The flavour of the truffles are … Peanut butter truffles,Ginger truffles,Cranberry truffles and Pistachio truffles .. sound yummy then why not check out the recipe in the video tutorial below

 

These truffle recipes are brought to you by Gretchen’s Bakery on YouTube and on the website gretchensbakery.com, thanks for sharing them with us

 

Here below is a list of the ingredients you will need for each truffle recipe from the website and the video tutorial to watch too from the YouTube channel

 

 

Peanut Butter Truffles
You can substitute any similar ingredient for the peanut butter- similar in viscosity and texture
Author: Gretchen’s Bakery
Serves: 18
Ingredients
  • Heavy Cream ½ cup (120ml)
  • 60% Couverture Chocolate 8oz (224g)
  • Creamy Peanut Butter 4 Tablespoons (80g)
  • Miniature Chocolate Chips ½ cup (113g)
  • Dry Roasted *Salted peanuts ½ cup (113g)
  • *optional salted or not salted

 

 

Ginger Truffles
Author: Gretchen’s Bakery
Serves: 18
Ingredients
  • Heavy Cream 6 fl oz (177ml)
  • Fresh Grated Ginger Root 1 teaspoon (7g)
  • 70% Couverture Chocolate 8oz (226g)
  • Milk Chocolate Couverture 8oz (226g)
  • Crystallized Ginger 2 Tablespoons *optional ingredient

 

 

Cranberry Truffles
Here you can substitute any canned pie & pastry filling for the cranberry sauce. Or even canned orfresh pumpkin puree with some nice pumpkin pie spice for a fall / Thanksgiving treat
I am using the basic truffle cup chocolate molds for this one, but you can scoop ganache and roll into truffles if you do not want to purchase the molds.
Author: Gretchen’s Bakery
Serves: 24
Ingredients
  • Heavy Cream 5fl oz (150ml)
  • White Chocolate Couverture 9 ounces (255g)
  • Cranberry Sauce 2 Tablespoons (40g) *homemade or store bought
  • Dried Cranberries 3 Tablespoons (36g)

 

 

Pistachio Truffles
Author: Gretchen’s Bakery
Serves: 24
Ingredients
  • Heavy Cream ½ cup (120ml)
  • White Chocolate Couverture 8oz (224g)
  • Finely ground lightly toasted Pistachios 1½ cup (85g)

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vf2xm9lu92A

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To get the full written recipes :http://www.gretchensbakery.com/how-to-make-chocolate-truffles/

 

 

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