Everday::Truffles
Step 1: Scoop the batter
Step 2: Roll in candy
Step 3: Taste the batter
Step 4: Repeat
They’re so easy to mix up, it’s a tactile experience, they get to make something, and it’s a beautiful toddler mess. I do reccommend doing this with another adult around because it IS a mess, and when the kids hit that sugar high it’s nice to have some backup around. And nice to get their hands wash before they start pulling the clean cloth diapers out of the diaper trolley… not that that happened, of course. Because my life? PERFECT.
Beautiful mess!
The recipe:
Combine both chocolate chips, whipping cream and vanilla in a large, heavy saucepan. Heat and stir on medium-low until smooth. Remove from heat. Cool to room temperature. Chill until firm. Shape into balls, using a tsp each. Roll each ball in coating of your choice (icing sugar, cocoa, coconut, ground nuts, ground candy canes, ground cinanamon hearts)
We ground the cinanamon hearts, and then rolled the truffles in those to make them valentiney. We also used butterscotch chips instead of milk chocolate (which is what I had lying around). Bit of weird taste combination, but it worked. You can also use eggnog instead of cream, and white chocolate chips instead of milk… it’s a pretty versatile recipe.
Truffles!
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They look scrumptious! I guess they were, as it appears that Claire ate half the dough!!
The photo of Step 3 is hilarious!
The sheer adorableness cannot be contained! I love how their personalities show through: Callum all methodical, Claire just diving right in.
you’ll note that there isn’t a single truffle in a paper cup on her side of the island…
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hehe it’s the mess that would bug me…..but maybe i will try it just to be more like you. Or you could just throw a couple in the freezer for me:) Love the cinnamon heart idea!
yeah, the mess was a bit insane. I sent them upstairs while I cleaned up the kitchen! And then Claire pooped in Callum’s bed… you need backup. Although your kids would probably be a lot less messy!
oooh that sounds like fun!
Awesome! We have to try this!
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omg these pictures are awesome. heh. They look so pleased! (I kind of look a bit like Claire does when I bake anything chocolate.)
If you’re a chocolate lover Lisa, you should try the recipe. It’s a Jean Pare recipe from her book “Gifts from the Kitchen” (I should have said that in the post). It’s really good with the semi-sweet and milk chocolate chips, very chocolatey. And rolled in cocoa, REALLY chocolatey. The butterscotch chips were a bit odd in a truffle… white chocolate chips were good, though.
Really, you’re eating melted chocolate chips
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