Mixed Bag Truffles

I do love a good chocolate truffle and after eating some the other day I thought that the truffle base ingredients of chocolate and cream leave open a massive opportunity to play with different flavor combos into the plain chocolate mix.

As truffles are super easy to make and the variety of flavor combos and alternative ingredients to use are endless I went experimenting craziness.

Jelly crystals, oils, essences, lollies, candy, zest, dried fruit, jams, purees, cordial, spreads…basically anything I could think of that would add a unique flavor I tried and tested in a standard truffle recipe.

Out of the many many truffle recipes I made up, 3 were significant standouts. These being Peppermint, Mandarin and Pineapple Coconut flavors.

My easy, quick and super tasty recipes below 🙂

Ingredients:

Peppermint Truffles:

1/8 tsn peppermint oil
30ml thickened cream
125g white chocolate

Mandarin Truffles:

½ tsn mandarin zest
30ml thickened cream
125g white chocolate

Tic-Tac Truffles:

34g Tic-tac’s (pineapple coconut flavor)
40ml thickened cream
90g white chocolate

Extra:

35g desiccated coconut
35g orange sprinkles
35g green sprinkles

Method:

To make the peppermint truffles place the ingredients into a bowl and heat on medium in the microwave for 90 seconds or until the cream just starts to steam.
Allow mix to sit for 2 minutes then stir until well combined and smooth, place in the fridge to set for 3 hours.
To make the mandarin truffles zest a whole mandarin until you get ½ tsn in volume.
Add the mandarin zest, cream and chocolate into a bowl and heat on medium in the microwave for 90 seconds or until the cream just starts to steam.
Allow mix to sit for 2 minutes then stir until well combined and smooth, place in the fridge to set for 3 hours.
To make the tic-tac truffles, place the box of tic-tacs into a saucepan on medium heat with the cream and using the back of a metal spoon squash and breakup the tic-tacs into the cream.
Stir the tic-tac mix until all the tic-tacs have disintegrated and combine with the cream.
Add the chocolate and stir until the mix is smooth and well combine.
Place the mix into a small bowl and into the fridge for 3 hours to set.
Meanwhile place the desiccated coconut into a bowl, the orange sprinkles into a 2nd bowl and the green sprinkles into a 3rd bowl.
Once the mixes are firm scoop out a 15g piece of peppermint mix, rolling in your palms to create the truffle ball.
Place the truffle ball in the green sprinkle bowl and shake the bowl to coat the ball in sprinkles completely. Place onto a clean plate.
Continue with all the peppermint truffle mix and sprinkles.
Scoop out a 15g piece of the mandarin mix rolling in your palms to create a truffle ball.
Place the truffle ball in the orange sprinkle bowl and shake the bowl to coat the ball in sprinkles completely. Place onto a clean plate.
Continue with all the mandarin truffle mix and sprinkles.
Lastly, scoop out a 15g piece of the tic-tac mix rolling in your palms to create a truffle ball.
Place the truffle ball in the coconut bowl and shake the bowl to coat the ball in coconut completely. Place onto a clean plate.
Continue with all tic-tac truffle mix and coconut.
Place the plates in the fridge until ready to serve by arranging neatly on a plate or as desired. Enjoy!