Homemade Candy Week: Milk Chocolate Truffles

I received the loveliest holiday gift yesterday from a good friend of mine. She knows how much my husband and I enjoy her fabulous smoked paprika-rubbed roast chicken so she typed up and printed out the recipe on a nice card (complete with cute little seahorse cutouts) and attached it with ribbon to a jar of the key ingredient, Spanish pimentรณn. It was simple, incredibly thoughtful and edible – the perfect type of gift, I think.

I love to give edible gifts year round, but especially during the holidays. I’ve been packaging up the goodies from this week’s Homemade Candy Week into little red and gold tins (see pictured above) I found at the Container Store and gifting them to friends as I see them. While I didn’t make too many extra of the Pecan & Caramel Chocolate Clusters, today’s Milk Chocolate Truffles recipe made plenty for me to enjoy a little “one for me” as I pull together a few of these tins each day. The best part about a basic truffle recipe like this is that you can customize it however you like – rolling them in nuts, adding spices, drizzling more chocolate. I kept mine super simple, with just a dusting of unsweetened cocoa.

Milk Chocolate Truffles

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11 Comments

  1. Maria wrote:

    The holidays aren’t complete without truffles. Yum!

    Posted 12.16.10 Reply
  2. dani wrote:

    what i wouldnt give for a tin of those :p

    Posted 12.16.10 Reply
    • Kathy wrote:

      Dani, if you were local I’d totally drop some by! ๐Ÿ™‚

      Posted 12.16.10 Reply
  3. I love truffles but for some reason I have yet to make them.

    Posted 12.16.10 Reply
    • Kathy wrote:

      This could be your year, Mackenzie! ๐Ÿ™‚

      Posted 12.16.10 Reply
  4. I love how easy chocolate truffles are to make and that you can coat them so many different ways. I like to dip mine in milk chocolate instead of rolling them in cocoa powder for a double chocolate truffle!

    Posted 12.17.10 Reply
  5. Jana Johns wrote:

    what i wouldnt give for a tin of those :p

    Posted 12.24.10 Reply
  6. Daniel wrote:

    I currently have these in the fridge, it’s been over two hours, but it’s still a little too soft. Hopefully they turn out! :X

    Posted 9.20.11 Reply
    • I hope so too! They have a very smooth texture when you bite into them, but they should definitely be firm enough to maintain their round shape. If all else fails, they’ll at least still taste good. ๐Ÿ™‚

      Posted 9.20.11 Reply
  7. Meryl wrote:

    They look great – how do you get them so nice and round? Mine always come out somewhat misshapen!
    Have you tried Ghirardelli’s Sinful Chocolate Truffles? They’re fantastic and are made with bittersweet chocolate.

    Posted 11.3.11 Reply
    • I just rolled them in the palm of my hand. ๐Ÿ™‚

      Posted 11.3.11 Reply