Mmm... chocolate

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Hi guys, I've decided to stop lurking and join in :)


I wasn't sure what to do as christmas presents this year, but truffles always go down well and they're usually quick and easy. Unfortunately I went overboard on buying ingredients, so I ended up with 400 in 9 varieties.



This is them on a table, sorted out for boxing up.





From top to bottom, left to right...

1. Chocolate coated strawberry flavour truffles
   
2. Summer fruits in fondant, chocolate coated
   
3. Peach in fondant, chocolate coated
4. Chocolate coated lemon flavour truffles
5. White chocolate truffles with cranberry pieces
   
6. Toblerone truffles
7. Chocolate coated rum truffles
8. Hazelnut chocolate truffles
9. Mint chocolate truffles

I used a basic truffle recipe as a starting point, I think I've seen it here before but it's the same as one on recipesource. I just replaced flavourings and/or type of chocolate. The fondant ones were a messy test.

Some I had to refridgerate and coat in chocolate because the mixtures were so soft. I striped those with coloured icing so I could tell which was which. For the rum mix, I'd added so much rum that at room temperature they had a wonderful creamy texture. It really pays to experiment, you can always eat the ones that go wrong :)
Everything else was firmer, so I just rolled those in coloured sugar.


All in all it was worth doing, but it did take a while!