Chocolate Caramel Truffles
If you like how chocolate and caramel go together you will definitely love these caramel and chocolate truffles. Sweet, a bit salty, chocolaty and chewy, with a great flavor and a crispy texture coming from the cocoa nibs, quite hard not to get in love with them.
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup (150g) sugar
- 1/2 cup (120g) whipping cream
- 7 oz (200g) bittersweet chocolate. chopped
- 1/2 tsp (3g) salt
- 1 tsp (5g) vanilla extract
- 1 ½ tbsp (15g) cocoa nibs , optional
- Cocoa powder or grated chocolate for coating
Instructions
- Place the sugar in a heavy bottomed saucepan over low-medium heat, and cook until sugar dissolves, stirring with a wooden spoon until it gets a caramel color.
- Remove the pan from the heat and add the cream. It will bubble a little bit.
- Cook for about 1 or 2 minutes stirring constantly until smooth. Remove from heat and add salt vanilla extract and chocolate. Stir well until smooth.
- Stir in cocoa nibs if used.
- Transfer the mixture to a bowl and let cool at room temperature.
- Refrigerate for 2 hours until hard enough to roll into balls.
- Use a teaspoon or a melon-baller to scoop out the truffles and with greased palms form into 1 inch (3cm) balls.
- Roll the balls in cocoa powder or grated chocolate and refrigerate for at least half an hour before serving.
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Nutrition
Serving: 1 truffleCalories: 72kcalCarbohydrates: 10.8gProtein: 0.7gFat: 3.1gSaturated Fat: 2.1gCholesterol: 4mgSugar: 10.1g