Description
Silky buttercream truffles deliver pure chocolate indulgence from Italian pastry traditions. Rich ganache centers enrobed in smooth chocolate create an elegant sweet perfect for intimate gatherings and special moments with loved ones.
Ingredients
Scale
Main Ingredients:
- 4 cups powdered sugar
- 16 ounces (454 grams) Ghirardelli dark chocolate melting wafers
- ¾ cup (170 grams) unsalted butter, softened
Liquid Ingredients:
- 3 tablespoons (45 milliliters) milk
- 2 teaspoons (10 milliliters) pure vanilla extract
Garnish:
- Sprinkles
Instructions
- Whip butter, vanilla, and powdered sugar in a spacious mixing vessel until achieving a velvety consistency, gradually incorporating milk and continuing to blend for 3-4 minutes until achieving an airy texture.
- Carefully transfer the buttercream mixture into the refrigerator and allow it to chill and firm up for approximately 60-90 minutes.
- Retrieve the chilled buttercream and use a small cookie scoop or spoon to create uniform spherical portions, placing them delicately onto a parchment-lined baking tray.
- Position the baking tray with buttercream spheres into the freezer, permitting them to solidify for roughly 25-35 minutes.
- Extract the chilled spheres and gently refine their shape using nimble fingertips, ensuring smooth, rounded surfaces.
- Prepare chocolate coating by melting wafers according to manufacturer’s recommended technique, maintaining a fluid consistency.
- Carefully submerge each buttercream sphere into the molten chocolate using a slender toothpick, allowing excess chocolate to drip away by gently tapping against the bowl’s rim.
- Delicately place chocolate-enrobed truffles onto fresh parchment paper, immediately adorning with decorative sprinkles before the chocolate sets.
- Repeat the dipping and decorating process for remaining buttercream spheres, ensuring consistent coverage and presentation.
Notes
- Chilling the buttercream mixture is crucial for achieving the perfect truffle texture and making them easier to shape.
- Freezing the formed balls helps them maintain their shape during the chocolate dipping process.
- Use a toothpick for a clean, mess-free chocolate coating technique that ensures even coverage.
- Work quickly when adding sprinkles to ensure they stick properly to the still-wet chocolate coating.
- Store truffles in the refrigerator to maintain their firm texture and prevent melting.
- Choose high-quality chocolate wafers for a smoother, more professional-looking finished truffle.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Desserts, Snacks
- Method: Blending
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 24
- Calories: 202
- Sugar: 20 g
- Sodium: 12 mg
- Fat: 10 g
- Saturated Fat: 6 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 30 g
- Fiber: 0 g
- Protein: 1 g
- Cholesterol: 20 mg