I made chocolate truffles and?!


Question: I made chocolate truffles and?
QUESTION 1: Well First off, I love baking and cooking, but baking is my preference, and I either make dinner or make a dessert every Friday for my family. I try to bake as much as I can. So this weekend I tried something more challenging than cupcakes :P I made chocolate truffles, they turned out so awesome. But im not big on straight up chocolate stuff, So is it just me or are they just supposed to taste kind of bitter? Next time can I just use Hershey bars so its more sweet?

QUESTION 2: I also bought 2 white chocolate baking bars along with the semi sweet chocolate bars, Do i make the white chocolate truffles the same way ( Melt with creme & vanilla) ? And also, It calls for half a cup of whipping cream, well i have just under half a cup, can I substitute a little in with milk?

THANKS EVERYONE (:

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Yes make white truffles the same way you made your other truffles. The white will be much sweeter than the chocolate ones you just made.

The reason the truffles are a bit bitter is they type of chocolate that you used. If you rolled them in powdered sugar they would taste a bit sweeter. You could use Hershey bars so they are a bit sweeter but I think you should "play" with the chocolate blend. Use half the type you did and half a sweeter type. See if you like those results then adjust from there. You can also adjust with flavorings as well, a bit of almond extract or amaretto or try some espresso if you like coffee flavor, a bit of juice from maraschino cherries will give a chocolate cherry flavor. The flavors are endless.



1 Yes~ go ahead and replace the heave cream w milk, half and half, etc if its a tablespoon or so, as long as its not a 1/8 cup or more. Never use water, although I assume you know it ruins chocolate.

#2 If your chocolate truffles were a bit bitter, try a different kind of chocolate, sweet, semi-sweet, chips whatever is in the baking aisle that you like. But if you recipe specifically calls for baking chocolate, pick a sweet one. I don't know about Hersey's, I have used it for the 1-2-3 fudge, but never for my truffles.

#3 If you love your truffle recipe try your white chocolate in it.

This is the link to the recipe for white chocolate truffles I made this Christmas. I made virgin ones and ones with Bailey's Irish Creme :) I liked it because it was so easy and looked and tasted like they took forever to make.
http://candy.about.com/od/whitechocolatetruffles/r/whitechoc_truffles.htm




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