All my childhood hours spent perfecting mud-pies and Easy Bake Oven cakes successfully culminated yesterday during a wonderful afternoon spent making spicy dark chocolate truffles.
No kidding.
This recipe is easy and fun, although a bit messy, much like mud-pie-making.
I love the salty-sweet combination of pistachios and dark chocolate. Add a bit of cayenne and wow! These candies will be a big hit at your holiday party. Trust me.
Ingredients – (makes 30-36 pieces)
12 oz. dark chocolate
8 oz. cream cheese, room temperature
1/2 tsp. cayenne
3/4 cup pistachios
Method
Melt chocolate in a double boiler. Let cool to near room temperature.
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| Use a high quality chocolate. I used a Whole Foods organic brand 67% cacao… |
Whip up cream cheese to make it extra fluffy.
Add chocolate and cayenne to cream cheese and mix until smooth. The truffle batter will be thick thick thick. Like mud. Only much yummier.
Spread into containers and place in refrigerator for an hour to set. (I doubled the recipe and made one batch with cayenne and one batch without…)
Chop the pistachios. An easy way to do this is using a plastic baggy and rolling pin.
Scoop batter with a spoon, shape into balls and roll in pistachios. So delicious and festive!
For my non-spicy recipe, I rolled the balls in a combination of powdered sugar and cocoa.
talya
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OMGosh these look A-mazing! I’m pinning it so I don’t forget to try to make these! They look so good!!
You will love them!
Wow! Looks decadent. My daughter told me that they are predicting a chocolate shortage in 2020. If I’m not dead by then, the absence of chocolate will kill me.
http://joycelansky.blogspot.com/2013/12/musical-monday-brandon-walker.html
Very decadent. Thanks Joyce!
I once heard dark chocolate is better for you. That means I could eat this lovely and not feel guilty.
Very true Aleshea! Full of antioxidants…:))
I’m making truffles on my next tv appearance. How perfect are these!
Easy and so delicious!!