dk chocolate truffles

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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 20
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 42.2
  • Total Fat: 3.4 g
  • Cholesterol: 3.4 mg
  • Sodium: 17.3 mg
  • Total Carbs: 3.7 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 0.4 g
  • Protein: 0.4 g

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Introduction

What a great big chocolate taste in a tiny little bite. What a great big chocolate taste in a tiny little bite.
Number of Servings: 20

Ingredients

    One 4 oz. bar of Ghirardelli 60% cacao Bittersweet chocolate.
    half cup of fat free half and half.
    two tbsp. butter
    one tsp. light corn syrup.

Tips

Scoop the chocolate by teaspoon and roll in your palms. After each two or three truffles, rinse your hands in cold water. Keeping your hands cool will help to keep the truffles from melting as you roll them.


Directions

heat the butter, half and half and corn syrup over med heat till it just boils. Remove from heat. Break up chocolate bar and immerse in cream mixture. Let stand 5 minutes. Stir to blend chocolate and then whisk to combine. Place in glass bowl in refrigerator. Stir every 15 minutes till firm. Form into one inch balls and refrigerate. These can be dipped in cocoa powder, colored sugar, melted chocolate, powdered sugar. Chopped nuts. Cocount. Toppings are not calculated for calories.

Serving Size: Makes 20 one inch candies.

Number of Servings: 20

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user ZENA333.

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