How to Make Chocolate Truffles - Food Wishes

We’ve done chocolate truffle-like confections before, but I’ve always taken the coward’s way out, and just finished them by dusting in cocoa, which, while technically acceptable, isn’t even close to what we’ve finally done here. A proper truffle needs to combine the contrasting textures of a soft ganache center, coved in a crispy, pure chocolate shell. Don’t worry, it’s easier than it sounds.
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Wow. I somehow tapped "Jingle Bells" with the metal spatula without knowing it. There are forces at work that we don't fully understand.

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The Christmas force is strong with you. If I wanted to do a coffee flavor, would I add instant espresso into the ganache and a pinch of salt? Or would you just add it as a dusting on top?

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Have been on a peanut butter kick lately, wheels are turning now...

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Amazing watermelon Vs 70 eggs

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For the lazy ones: 8:13

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Chef John's clear instructions will prevent any kerfuffle of your Chocolate Truffle.

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Nice 👍

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ahhhhh I see what you did here!!

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Ned Flanders is that you??

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Nobody knows the truffles Chef John’s seen.

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LOL

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Haha, I like it!😁

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awww Walt...Thanks for the loud HEARTY laugh...HaHaHa...BTW...I really admire clever people... *: )* Hope you have a very pleasant weekend...Poppy

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Just finished watching Claire from Bon Appétit struggle with tempering chocolate. You make it look so easy!

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I think it's because Claire does it from scratch, whereas seeding requires some already-tempered chocolate. Also it takes like 15 minutes longer. Source: chocolatedisorder.com/2016/01/24/tempering-chocolate-seeding-method/

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@@KoyasuNoBara And yet I've never seen anybody fail at tempering chocolate in the Great British Bake off, even though they use the cooling and stirring method. Claire has tried a couple of methods, it's just her big weakness. Carla burns bread, Brad struggles with English and an unbroken chain of thought, Chris & that f*cking cheese, etc.

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"Dry Hands Make Smooth Balls." I Love This Man!!!

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I giggled a little bit. Like, a lot. And swirly tops too. 😐

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Awe you beat me to it. Lol

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@Dorian Gray seriously? Balls..

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Moist hands make sticky buns! 😜

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My 4 year old son is HERE FOR THIS. Chef John is Peter's fave! And he won't let me close KZbin until he hears CJ's closing jingle. 💯 Oh, and these truffles look fab. That ganache? Yessir. Smooth chocolatey balls of wonder.

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mkyker Mine too. He’s obsessed with Chef John!

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My five year old BEGS for “that Food Wishes guy with the big hands!”

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This is just quality content. Without any effort you just showed how to temper chocolate for us amateurs. Its something even experienced chefs struggle with. Just ask Claire Saffitz lol

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I've made these every year for Christmas gifts since this recipe came out. Just rewatching to refresh the memory, even though I've got it written out in my recipe book :) always a hit! If I'm lazy (often) I just coat with cocoa powder instead of chocolate coating.

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gingerbread > pumpkin pie. Also thank you for re-educating how to get a percentage, I legitimately needed that

[@Bobsry16]

A ginger snap based crust, pumpkin pie/cheesecake filling, topped with apple fruit sauce and ginger bread crumbs would be amazing though!

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You are the adorable puppy snuffle of your Christmas chocolate truffle.

[@elle-izalogan9372]

This year I went FW-old school and made your amazing burnt caramel sea salt dark chocolate coins, which was the first FW recipe I've ever tried 10 years ago. They are as amazing as I remembered them to be, and to be honest we ate the whole first batch 😅 but brought some to our elderly neighbours, too. So I had to go back to the store and make a second batch as gifts. And no, I don't regret a single bite. 😋

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I have two daughters. They both ask to watch cooking videos. My eldest loves hearing you say tappa tappa... We all love your videos.

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I've got this year's DIY Christmas gift already in process but these truffles are definitely something that I will consider giving people next year!

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Chef John, consider releasing a kitchen supplies line with cutting boards and/or cookie sheets that say “ol’ tappa tappa” and bowls that say “ol’ shake-a shake-a” I’ll buy those

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I'd considered making truffles before. This video gave me the final push to do it. In lieu of pumpkin-pie spice, I put about 75 grams of Werther's hard caramels in a food processor and chopped them to teeny-tiny particles, and added that, plus about a teaspoon of sea salt, to the ganache. It worked well! (I also used both white and dark chocolate to cover. The white chocolate was more trouble than it was worth, in my opinion -- like trying to keep a new pair of white shoes clean while walking on a mud path.)

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Hi Chef, Just came upon this recipe and did try making them (with the help of a little prayer, mind you!) They came out great! Thanks for a great recipe and a simplified method that even I can follow!

[@kmcorby]

My mom and I tried to make truffles once. By the time we were done, we had chocolate ganache up to our elbows, half of it was all over the kitchen, and we were hysterical.

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lol

[@georgehoeflinger1400]

I've found that rolling the truffle in nitrel glove covered hands produces a thin shell of chocolate, after a few truffles being coated you don't need to refresh the chocolate on your gloves each time.

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Here to give that play button the ol' tappa tappa once again. Happy Friyay!

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Beautiful! Thanks for keeping it simple Chef John!

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I'm having flashbacks to the I Love Lucy episode where she makes chocolates.

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No One SPEEEED IT UP

[@1998wiwi]

Oh I've actually really wanted to make some truffles, since they're so overpriced in the stores. Thank you, chef John!

[@Valchrist1313]

There is another easier method for the soft center which uses just a mixture of cocao powder and sweetened condensed milk which I've also been wanting to try.

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"This chocolate is exactly 326 gms." *picks up a chocolate chip* "Or just slightly under."

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Prefect, I needed an extra small gift for my boyfriend's mom!

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I need these chocolate truffles for Christmas! 😍🍫 Thanks for your recipes and epic videos, Chef John! 🤗

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chef lightning mcqeen goes “cacao” instead of “kachow”

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*McQueen

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Just made these today. Made 32 of them. They look almost as good as they taste!! Thank you so much! I had no idea they were this easy! I never saw myself making them until I saw your video! Please do more candy! LOL! Plus, thanks to you and Amazon, now I have a bunch of metal mixing bowls and a new scale! Thanks for the inspiration! I used to love cooking, and your videos are bringing that love back into my spare time! 🙂

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I'm glad I took your advice Chef John and did NOT miss this transformation. Came out beautifully. I used the ganache to dip the bottom half of Harry & David pears into. People who received this were impressed. :-)

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Your commentary is crazy. Thank you for the recipe. This was wonderful.

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“Dry hands make smooth balls.” My wife’s been saying that for years.

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She also swirls the top, right?

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Explain it to @Dorian Gray

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He did the “ I love Lucy “ bit with is fingers on the chocolate lol

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I just finished making these, they turned out a bit messy but I'm proud of how they turned out considering I've never worked with chocolate before. I used cinnamon coffee powder to flavour some of them and they're delicious! thank you Chef John

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Love your videos. Made this and everyone loved them. Thanks

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We love you chef John

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"or just slightly under" Classic Chef John

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I'm doing these instead of cookies to give to my family this year, because cookies take a lot of effort and I'm recovering from a spinal fusion, and can't be up for a long time, nor do things that require some strenght like making a dough. I'm sure my family will love it.

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'Dry hands make smooth balls'. Words to live by my friends.

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Just made two versions of these - one with dark chocolate and orange flavouring (liquor, juice and zest), and one with a combination of white and ruby chocolate and strawberry ganache filling. Both turned out beautiful and super good, and I'll be sharing them with my co-workers tomorrow. Thanks Chef John!

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Do you remember how much liqueur you added?

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Holy cow, exactly what I wanted to make :D You rock once again, Chef John. Any chance to post other flavor options on the blog? :D

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I’m already clicking 👍before I even watched. Don’t @ me, it’s heckin’ chocolate truffles! 💕💕💕💕

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The T-shirt sayings from this recipe are going to be a fun one...

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They look scrumptious! Never tried making truffles. You explained everything so nicely I will definitely try making them! Thanx!

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Oh Wow! If I can’t find time during the holidays. Definitely for Valentine’s Day!

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Thank you so much for this. I adore truffles...now I can make them myself.

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Wow, Chef John! I am making chocolate truffles this very moment! Great minds think alike ❤️ Love your videos.

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Thanks so much for always inspiring me to make it myself. It's saved me so much money and really increased my confidence in the kitchen.

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4:36 Chef John made a throwback Chef John reference

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The 60% ratio is golden information. With the mention of coffee flavored I'm wondering about how you go about that. Would adding coffee seize the ganache or ruin it? Do you use grounds and not liquid coffee? I suppose the same goes for any liquid flavor or even fruits or extracts. A little more on flavors would be helpful.

[@elizabethstock8289]

That would be some useful information. Am partial to trying the coffee flavor.

[@rusdanibudiwicaksono1879]

Basically in this kind of recipe, the most important thing actually the shells. That's what keeping the structure together. I heard some fancy truffles can even use liquors, which made the inside totally a mess except in refrigerator temperature, but as long as the shells properly tempered and solid enough, then it's good. That's what I heard, though.

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Add instant coffee (espresso) powder. Try it in you next batch of brownies or chocolate cake, too.

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I use instant espresso powder, dissolve it in the cream before adding to the chocolate 🍫. Was wondering about other liquids myself, like liquor. Would you subtract amount cream for it's addition?... still I'd add it to the cream, not the mixture.

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Great job chef. They look very good.

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The Ganesh of your ganache...wonderful.

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Scrumptious will try these soon

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4:39 - That's what she said!

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DURN! Beat me to it. That will never not be funny.

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These are still as nostalgic as the first I ever saw. Thank you Jhon :)

[@ShinKyuubi]

..That really was a lot easier than I thought it would be. I like truffles myself and haven't had any in quite a bit so this is pretty cool..Most of my family actually like Cherry Cordials instead especially since I'm one of the few in my family who enjoys dark chocolate..it's a very common Christmas gift to hand my relatives a box of cherry cordial candy if I can't afford anything more expensive for the holidays.

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Math = precision! Thank you.

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Not when your rounding and eating the food. 😋

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Perfect timing since this is one of the many goodies I want to make this Christmas.

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more cayenne.....maybe...nice easy recipe...love the printable recipe xxx

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8:13 really liked that jingle bells tapping!

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Ok it must be a full moon. The transformation of the ganache... the swirling with the finger... the spanking with the spatula... I blush...

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👏 I'mma make these as edible gifts. Chef John saves Christmas!

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Looks fantastic! Thanks for the detailed instructions!

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So beautiful!!

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Nice looking box. Or a box like this! Classic Chef John!

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[@kieuwong3940]

I followed the exact recipe for the chocolate ganache: 326 grams of chocolate 196.5 grams cream Let the cream bubble around the edge of pot but not boil. Pour into chocolates and wait 2-3 min before stirring. The chocolate won’t set after 2 days in the fridge. It was still too loose. Are you sure it’s not 40% of cream to chocolate ratio and not 60%? I fixed it by reheating the chocolate ganache and adding in 2 tablespoons of chocolate powder to get it to the right consistency. Anyone else have this issue? I love all your recipes, Chef John. It’s just this one was driving me nuts with waiting.

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You can also move them to a tray lined in parchment paper before they dry/harden. And the footprint that the first placement left can be remelted to conserve chocolate. Yummy!

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Merry Christmas

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Love your recipes, have tried quite a few. Your narration is great too!

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I bet I will get llllllllllots of compliments when I make these

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It is a nice looking box.

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I need to find a “pinch” spoon now.

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It comes in a set...with dash and smidge! I've never used mine but they're just so cute. 😁

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Robert Pruitt oh wow! Thank you! Happy Holidays

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I like your recipe very much 👍👍👍

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My kitchen is cold too. It is called seeding. I never cut, etc. on my slipways. I may be wrong but I have seen others do it. Sighhhh. Great vid

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No

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I looove♥️ the music in the end!!!

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Great vid! Simple ingredients and easy method.

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We need to buy Chef John new batteries for his scale!

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Love your videos, great help to relax when I get stressed from work. Thank you very much! Keep them coming! I even cooked some :-)

[@michelljoy9357]

I love your chocolate truffles .

[@DARKGORZ]

I went to make truffles one Thanksgiving, but instead I poured the mixture into a homemade cookie crust and topped it with homemade Bailey's Irish whipped cream

[@andrewciliberto168]

Black pepper.. oh wait "freshly ground black pepper" That's an interesting add to the truffle.

[@recoil53]

Actually cayenne would have fit - it's a thing to add some hot pepper to chocolate.

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And yet *YUMMY* --as always

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@@recoil53 It's in there too! A nice choice with ginger

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It's a part of allspice

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TheReportOfTheWeek

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@@trollingmermaids Oh absolutely, he's great!

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At least I'm not chocoLATE TO the party! Chef John is really on a roll!

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Good one Chef