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Easy Chocolate Cherry Truffles

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Ingredients

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1 Tbsp. sugar
1/4 cup whipping cream
2 Tbsp. unsalted butter
6 oz. semi-sweet chocolate, chopped
2 Tbsp. cherry flavoring or desired liquor (optional) – (brandy, amaretto, kahlua, rum etc.) or any flavoring (orange, mint, raspberry, coffee)
1/2 cup nuts, finely chopped
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder

Instructions

  1. Combine the sugar, whipping cream and butter in a 1 quart saucepan.
  2. Cook and stir until the butter is melted and the mixture is very hot but not burned.
  3. Remove from heat.
  4. Stir in semi-sweet chocolate. Stir until melted and well blended.
  5. Stir in liquor, if desired. (If desired, halve the batch at this point and stir 1 Tbsp. of 2 different liquors into each portion.)
  6. Cover and chill 1 hour or until mixture is completely cool, stirring often.
  7. Drop mixture from a rounded teaspoon onto a baking sheet lined with waxed paper.
  8. Chill 30 minutes or until firm.
  9. Roll balls into nuts or unsweetened cocoa powder.
  10. Store in a cool, dry location.

Notes

If you like, you can roll truffles the truffles in other things like coconut, sprinkles, powdered sugar or dip in melted white, dark or milk chocolate.

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