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Chocolate truffles

You can leave out the alcohol to make these truffles kid-friendly.

You can leave out the alcohol to make these truffles kid-friendly.

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Cooking Time

Cook: 30 Mins

Cooking Time

Serves: 24

Cooking Time

Price: 12p per serving

Nutritional Information

Each 19g serving contains

Energy
364kj
87kcal
4%
Fat
6.1g
Med
9%
Saturates
3.7g
Med
18%
Sugars
4.8g
Low
5%
Salt
Traceg
Low
<1%
of your reference intake.
Typical energy values per 100g:
1916kj/458kcal

Ingredients

225g Asda Dark Chocolate

(For white truffles) 225g Asda White Chocolate

150ml double cream

75ml double cream

2 tbsp Asda Caribbean White Rum with Coconut

3 tbsp Drambuie (or Tia Maria, Cointreau or brandy)

40g desiccated coconut

4 tbsp cocoa

Method

1
(For white chocolate truffles use the same truffle mixture, using 225g Asda White Chocolate and 75ml double cream)
2
Chop 225g of Asda Dark Chocolate and put in a bowl. Heat 150ml of double cream until just simmering. Immediately remove from the heat and pour onto the chocolate. Stir until the chocolate has melted and the mixture is smooth.
3
Stir in 2 tbsp Asda Caribbean White Rum with Coconut (or Malibu) and 40g desiccated coconut and chill for 4 hours.
4
Stir in 2 tbsp Drambuie (or Tia Maria, Cointreau or brandy) and chill for 2 hours.
5
Put 4 tbsp cocoa on a plate, using 2 teaspoons, shape the mixture into small balls and roll in cocoa. Put on another plate and chill.
6
Put 4 tbsp desiccated coconut on a plate. Shape the mixture into balls as before and roll them in the coconut to coat. Put on another plate and chill.