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Easy Fruit N Nut Chocolate Truffles Recipe For Kids

By Christopher Martin


Everybody loves desserts. Most individuals who are craving for something sweet think of desserts, not candy or chocolate bars. However, you cannot just get a scrumptious dessert that easy. An indulgent fruit n nut chocolate truffles that melts into the mouth does not come in any box, you make them yourself.

Among all sweets, chocolate is the top most favorite. This is why you can find a lot of desserts made out of chocolates. Chocolates are even presented as gifts, that is how popular it is. One dessert that can satisfy your sweet craving and can be presented as a gift is truffle. Kids and adults, no matter what age they are will surely love this.

Many of you might be thinking if you should really make this dessert. As you know, not all do it yourself cooking is costly and time consuming, and truffle is one of that. This chocolate truffle recipe that you are about to learn is very easy, so those who are new to the kitchen will not have troubles making them.

The recipe you are going to learn in this article is very simple. Its very simple, that even your kids can make this themselves. Many of you might know what chocolate truffles are, and that is what you will be learning. However, this truffle has its own twist, not the usual stuff that you can get in pastry shops. Continue reading to learn the recipe.

Steps. Line your baking sheet with an aluminum foil. Melt chocolate in a saucepan over low fire, stir constantly. Put some butter and whipping cream on it, and let it melt. Pour this mixture in a bowl and refrigerate it for about ten to 15 minutes, while still stirring frequently. Do this until the mixture is thick enough for molding.

Second, put teaspoonfuls of that mixture in the lined cookie sheet and refrigerate this again for five minutes, enough for the mixture to become firm for shaping afterwards. Once firm, shape into balls and freeze for thirty minutes. While waiting for your balls to freeze, melt shortening together with the chocolate chip in a low fire, keep on stirring until there are no lumps and smooth.

Using a fork, dip the choco balls into your melted chocolate, remove the excess chocolate by tapping. Place the coated balls in the cookie sheet and sprinkle it with some finely chopped fruits and nuts. Repeat process for the remaining mixture. For the coating to set, refrigerate it for 10 minutes and store it in an airtight container. Remove the truffle from the refrigerator 10 minutes before you serve it.

What to know. The shortening is important because this will help the coating to set, so it does not melt easily. Hence, make sure you use the right shortening. If your purpose of creating this is to present such as gift, put each truffle in some decorative cup to avoid them from bumping into one another.

To make it look for decorative, drizzle some melted vanilla chips over your truffles. To make the drizzle, microwave one fourth cup of white chips in vanilla flavor. Microwave it until your chips are smooth enough. If you do not have a pipe, put the melted chips in a resealable food plastic bag and cut the corner.




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