Spoon and Chopsticks: Making Truffles with Dates and Nuts

Making Truffles with Dates and Nuts

Saturday, March 19, 2011 - Posted by Spoon and Chopsticks

Home-made truffles are sweet treats for anyone of any age. These are absolutely easy to make and are filled with goodies such as dates and nuts. Truffles can be made in larger quantities and stored in a fridge. I've used scraped chocolate and milk powder for coating the truffles. You may also use cocoa powder, scraped milk chocolate or shredded coconut for coating the truffles.

Ingredients:

Makes 5-6 truffles

6-7 dates, cut into small pieces
100-150g mixed nuts, finely chopped
50g chocolate (I used Lindt chocolate bar)
Milk powder for coating

Preparation:

Scrape a chocolate bar with a knife. Collect about 1 tablespoon of scraped chocolate.

Break the chocolate bar into small pieces and melt them using bain marie method. Keep the melted chocolate aside.
Mix dates and nuts together. Make small balls by rolling them.

Coat the balls with the melted chocolate.
Immediately roll the balls in scraped chocolate or coat with milk powder.

Put inside the fridge for at least half an hour for setting.

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20 comments:

Anonymous said...

Wow, you make look so easy, might give this a go ;)

... on March 19, 2011 at 9:18 PM

Unknown said...

OMG real eye candy and of course must have been as good in taste :) YUM

... on March 19, 2011 at 10:44 PM

Unknown said...

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... on March 19, 2011 at 10:44 PM

Priya Sreeram said...

lovely it looks !

... on March 20, 2011 at 12:11 AM

Cooking Gallery said...

This looks super, thanks for sharing :)!!

... on March 20, 2011 at 4:46 AM

Jenn said...

My mouth is watering. You did a lovely job!

... on March 22, 2011 at 2:43 AM

Paola said...

Ciao, bello il tuo blog. Ricette semplici e benfatte, è per questo che ho deciso di seguirti! Complimenti
Paola

... on March 22, 2011 at 3:17 AM

Mary Bergfeld said...

Your truffles look gorgeous and your instructions are so clear that anyone will be able to make them. I hope you have a great day. Blessings...Mary

... on March 23, 2011 at 5:34 AM

Joyti said...

The truffles look SO delicious...

... on March 23, 2011 at 5:37 AM

daphne said...

hello!! stumble on your blog from lena. love what u did with the truffles esp with the sweetness of dates!

... on March 23, 2011 at 11:16 AM

Biren @ Roti n Rice said...

These are delicious treats! I need to make some soon.

... on March 24, 2011 at 11:44 PM

Whats Cookin Italian Style Cuisine said...

my mom made something similiar and we loved them, havent thought about them in years thanks for reminding me these look great got to try them!

... on March 25, 2011 at 12:02 AM

Elisabeth said...

Love the way you made the chocolate truffles with the addition of the Lindt chocolate, and rolling it in the milk powder...genius idea. Yumm!

... on March 25, 2011 at 3:16 AM

Magic of Spice said...

These are delightful ~

... on March 25, 2011 at 5:32 AM

Monica said...

The truffles look so good!! Just happened upon your blog and I'm so happy I did, I love to cook and these recipes look amazing!! I'm now a follower on GFC and I hope you have a chance to check out my blog, have a look around and maybe follow me back!!
Monica
http://oldermommystillyummy.blogspot.com/

... on March 25, 2011 at 1:46 PM

tasteofbeirut said...

I have made date truffles coated in nuts before but never used chocolate as well; great idea!

... on March 29, 2011 at 9:43 AM