Chocolate Cranberry Truffles
"I found this in an old Ocean Spray cookbook, and have been making them for Thanksgiving,holiday parties and adding to my Christmas gift baskets for a few years. I love the combination of flavors. The amount really depnds on how large you make them..I usually get around 25-30"
- Ready In:
- 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 5
- Yields:
-
30 pieces
ingredients
- 9 ounces semisweet chocolate
- 1⁄2 cup jellied cranberry sauce
- 2 tablespoons heavy cream
- 2 tablespoons cocoa
- 1 1⁄2 tablespoons powdered sugar
directions
- Place chocolate, cranberry sauce and heavy cream in a medium saucepan.
- Cook over medium-low heat until sauce is smooth, whisking frequently.
- Remove from heat and pour into a glass or plastic bowl.
- Cover with plastic wrap.
- Let sit at room temperature to thicken.
- Combine cocoa and 1 1/2 tablespoons powdered sugar on a small plate.
- Scoop out a rounded teaspoonful of chocolate mixture.
- Roll in cocoa, coating throroughly.
- Dust hands with powdered sugar.
- Roll truffle in hands to form a 1-inch ball.
- Continue forming truffles with remaining chocolate mixture.
- Store in tightly covered contanier until ready to serve.
- Before serving remove and place in decorative paper holders.
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Reviews
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These taste delicious! But I couldn't get the ganache to firm up enough at room temperature... so they might not be stable enough to give as gifts...
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