{"id":3047,"date":"2015-12-14T10:27:20","date_gmt":"2015-12-14T10:27:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.janespatisserie.com\/?p=3047"},"modified":"2022-12-01T10:20:57","modified_gmt":"2022-12-01T10:20:57","slug":"christmas-pudding-chocolate-truffles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.janespatisserie.com\/2015\/12\/14\/christmas-pudding-chocolate-truffles\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Pudding Chocolate Truffles!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Deliciously chocolatey truffles made into mini Christmas puddings! Cute little gifts for the festive season!<\/h2>\n

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Christmas pudding truffles!<\/h3>\n

Christmas pudding truffles!! Simple chocolate truffles, decorated like mini little Christmas puddings! Honestly, just LOOK at them! They’re so cute and so much easier to make then you think! I have made these for a few years, but as this is my first proper Christmas on the blog, I am only sharing this now! <\/p>\n

Many of you have been asking me for a Christmassy truffle recipe this year, and I already have a couple. My Baileys truffles<\/a> and my peppermint truffles<\/a> make amazing flavoured little truffles – but I wanted to show you all these little guys.<\/p>\n

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They are covered in a delicious milk chocolate shell, drizzled with a white icing, and decorated with mini holly leaves! Everyone always gives such good compliments about these – and they are the perfect little gift for Christmas! I do struggle to share them slightly, as they’re just delicious to be honest.<\/p>\n

Chocolate<\/h3>\n

I use a mixture of milk<\/a> & dark<\/a> chocolate in my truffles as I like them to be rich, but not as rich as completely dark<\/a> chocolate – but feel free to use all milk<\/a> (add 50g more) or just dark<\/a> chocolate (use 400g).<\/p>\n

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I also add some salt to my mixture because I utterly LOVE and adore salty chocolate and sweet foods, its just my absolute favourite. I wouldn’t recommend using white chocolate, however, as that could end up tasting a little bit odd. Also, the ganache you need to make it is completely different to the recipe.<\/p>\n

Alternative flavours<\/h3>\n

You can also add some flavourings to your mixes such as rum or whisky – add these at the end of the truffle mixing, however, so when everything is melted and combined (or it might split!) – but I made the base recipe child-friendly!<\/p>\n

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I’ve made these into mint<\/a> flavoured, orange<\/a> flavoured and all sorts, just by using high-quality flavourings. The best thing you can do is split the mixture up and make multiple flavours from just one batch!<\/p>\n

Gift idea<\/h3>\n

When I posted my peppermint fudge<\/a> recipe last week as my first Christmas sweet recipe of 2015 they had such a massive response – so I hope these do too! They are worth the effort in decorating if you want that cute touch – but if not, the base recipe is utterly delicious!<\/p>\n

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The thing I adore most about these though, is they just look so much more special in comparison to fudge. Both are equally as delicious, but honestly, these are super cute. My little truffle boxes that I have served them in are just small confectionary boxes that I found in Hobbycraft, but they do the job perfectly.<\/p>\n

Decoration <\/h3>\n

I personally use readymade royal icing for these, as it leaves the perfect finish. It’s thicker than usual water icing, and it just looks the part. For the holly leaves, I used white fondant and coloured a small amount green, and a small amount red. You really don’t need too much at all, but this is the easiest and most straightforward way!<\/p>\n

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Deliciously chocolatey truffles made into mini Christmas puddings! Cute little gifts for the festive season!<\/span><\/div>\n