Chocolate Almond Truffles
Soft chocolate truffles with a sweet almond center. A quick recipe filled with comfort food charm and seasonal flavours. Perfect for gifting.
Equipment
- Mixing Bowl
- Saucepan
- Baking Sheet
- wire rack
Ingredients
For the Truffles:
- 1 12oz packet semi sweet chocolate chips (340g)
- 1 14oz can sweetened condensed milk (396g)
- 0.25 cup salted butter 57g
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 cups all purpose flour 240g
- 1 8oz packet almond paste, no syrup or glucose (226g)
- Sprinkles
For the glaze
- 1 cup powdered sugar 120g
- 2 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder
- 0.5 tsp vanilla extract
- 6 to 8 tsp milk
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F and line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Place the chocolate chips and butter in a saucepan and cook over a low heat until the chocolate has melted and you have a smooth mixture.
- Remove from the heat and whisk in the sweetened condensed milk and vanilla extract then gradually stir in the flour.
- To make each truffle, take two teaspoons of the chocolate dough and place a half teaspoon of the almond paste in the centre.
- Fully enclose the almond paste in the dough then set the truffle onto the baking sheet. Leave 1 to 2 inches between each truffle on the baking sheets.
- Bake until soft and shiny no more than 6 to 8 minutes.
- Cool on a wire rack.
- Make the glaze by stirring together the powdered sugar, cocoa powder and vanilla then gradually adding in the milk until you have a brushable glaze.
- Brush over the truffles and top with sprinkles.
- Serve in mini paper cups.
