Black Garlic Kitchen

Black Garlic Christmas Chocolate Truffles

Easy chocolate truffles made with chocolate cake crumbs enhanced with a subtle sweet hint of Black Garlic.

Black Garlic Christmas Chocolate Truffles

Prep: 10 mins + chilling | Cook: 5 mins – melting | Makes: 40 approx. | V

 

Ingredients

  • 300g dark chocolate (70% cocoa solids}
  • 1 heaped tbsp Black Garlic Paste
  • ½ tsp vanilla extract
  • 150g chocolate cake
  • 1 x 397g tin caramel condensed milk
 

Decoration for Coating

  • 200g mixed red, green and white sprinkles
 

Method

  • Melt the chocolate in a heatproof bowl set over a small pan of simmering water, ensuring the bowl does not touch the water. Once the chocolate has melted stir in the Black Garlic Paste and vanilla extract.
  • Place the cake into the bowl of a small food processor. Blitz until the cake looks like breadcrumbs.
  • Add the melted chocolate mixture and the caramel condensed milk to the cake crumbs.
  • Mix until well combined. Cover the bowl with clingfilm. Chill in the refrigerator for 1 hour or until firm.
  • Using a teaspoon divide the mixture into 40 small mounds then roll each mound into a ball shape.
  • Roll each ball in the sprinkles until evenly coated. Place each truffle into a petit fours case.
  • Cover the truffles with clingfilm then store in  the refrigerator until ready to serve.
 

Top Tip: cold hands are the key to making the process of shaping the truffles less messy – rinse your hands in cold water before rolling!

Idea: if you want to give these homemade truffles as a gift put them into a pretty box or wrap in Cellophane bags tied with ribbon.

To Serve: serve alongside BGK’s Black Garlic Spiced Espresso Rum Martini.