Dark Chocolate Coffee Truffles Recipe

Dark chocolate truffles - coated in smashed coffee beans - fill a white coffee mug. There are stray dark chocolate coffee truffles and coffee beans at the base of the mug.

4.50 from 2 votes

These Coffee Truffles are easy to make, and feature great coffee flavour inside and out - if you so choose. Otherwise, roll them in any number of other coatings to customize.

Prep Time20

Cook Time5

Resting / Steeping / Cooling Time2 15

Total Time2 40

Course: Dessert, Snack

Cuisine: French, Gluten-free

Diet: Gluten Free, Vegetarian

Servings: Truffles

Calories: 94kcal

Author: Marie Porter

Ingredients

12 oz Hershey Special Dark chips
¾ cup heavy whipping cream
¼ cup good quality coffee beans*
3 tablespoon butter
2 tablespoon sugar
Stuff to roll them in** Ground coffee, Cocoa, Chocolate chips, Powdered sugar (optional)

Instructions

Place chocolate chips into a glass mixing bowl, and set aside.
On stove top, bring heavy whipping cream, coffee beans, butter, and sugar to a light simmer. Remove from heat, allow to steep for 10 minutes.
Once steeping time is complete, bring to just a simmer again.
Strain hot cream mixture into bowl of chocolate chips, discarding coffee beans. Let sit for 3-5 minutes.
Starting in the middle of the bowl, slowly start stirring the chocolate and cream until all of the chocolate is melted the cream disappeared into it – it should be smooth.
Cover with plastic wrap, preferably resting right on top of the surface – this prevents a skin from forming while it cools. Chill in the fridge for at least an hour or two, until it’s pretty solid. !
Once solid, scoop out small balls (a teaspoon or so), and roll them into balls. Try to handle the chocolate as quickly as possible, or it will melt.
Then, roll them in your chosen “stuff”, and enjoy

Notes

* If you don’t have whole coffee beans, you can use 1-2 tablespoon of ground beans – just make sure your sieve is fine enough. (Or line one with a coffee filter… appropriately enough!).

** My husband likes them rolled in straight up ground coffee beans, but there’s a lot of room to play with this. Try running coffee beans and chocolate chips through a food processor, or mixing finely ground coffee with either cocoa or powdered sugar.

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