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Milk Chocolate-Espresso Truffles

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Milk Chocolate-Espresso TrufflesLeo Gong

Great to give as gifts in pretty boxes or tins or to have on hand for unexpected company.

Recipe information

  • Yield

    Makes about 40

Ingredients

1

pound milk chocolate, finely chopped

1

/2 cup whipping cream

2

teaspoons instant espresso powder or instant coffee powder

2

tablespoons Kahlúa

1

cup (about) unsweetened cocoa powder

Need to make a substitution?

Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Stir first 3 ingredients in top of double boiler set over simmering water until smooth. Remove from over water. Whisk in Kahlúa. Cool 15 minutes. Freeze until firm, about 2 hours.

    Step 2

    Line baking sheet with foil. Place cocoa powder on plate. Scoop chocolate mixture by very generously mounded teaspoonfuls onto prepared sheet, forming 1-inch mounds. Dust hands with cocoa powder; roll mounds between palms, forming smooth balls, then roll in cocoa powder to coat lightly. Return to sheet. Cover with foil; chill truffles until firm, at least 2 hours. (Can be made ahead. Chill in covered container up to 1 week or freeze up to 1 month.) Let stand at room temperature until slightly softened before serving.