Lavender Milk Chocolate Truffles
The perfect chocolate treat any time of year! These blooming lavender chocolate truffles are decadent, melt in your mouth good and pair perfectly with delicate lavender tea + cream for a gorgeous and impressive treat.
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Ingredients
- 4 cups milk chocolate chips ½ for truffles ½ for coating
- ½ cup heavy cream
- 5 teaspoons organic culinary lavender
- Raw cocoa powder for assistance rolling
Instructions
Truffles:
- Make a lavender cream by adding your organic lavender to your cream, turn heat on low.
- Watch and mix consistently, stirring regularly, making sure not to overheat. Look for small bubbles, that's when you turn off your heat and let lavender steep for several minutes. Set aside.
- Place two of your four (or half) cups of dark chocolate in a medium microwave safe bowl. Melt chocolate mixture in the microwave in 15 - 30 second increments, stirring after each, until chocolate is melted and smooth. Be sure to check every few seconds to ensure chocolate doesn't burn.
- Strain lavender cream into bowl with chocolate pieces, adding cream to the chocolate only, and discarding the lavender buds.
- Mix well, it will turn into a ganache. Quickly pour into a clean rectangle baking dish and refrigerate for several hours, until it's set.
- Use a small cookie scoop to scoop out even truffles. Coat hands in raw cocoa and roll into even balls. Return to refrigerator while you start making coating.
Chocolate Coating:
- Set down some parchment paper on a clean surface. Melt your remianing half chocolate mixture in the microwave in 15 - 30 second increments, stirring after each, until chocolate is melted and smooth. Be sure to check every few seconds to ensure chocolate doesn't burn.
- Place a single truffle on a fork, and dip into melted chocolate. Let extra chocolate drip through the fork slots and carefully move dipped truffle onto your slice of parchment. Allow to set at room temperature.
- After truffles are set, store them in an air tight container in your refrigerator when you're not enjoying!
Notes
It is ideal to use quality chocolate meant for melting, like chocolate melts or chocolate chips in this recipe.
You will need a little cocoa powder on your fingers and truffles to roll them nicely.
Make sure you're using organic / food grade lavender for consumption.
If you're melted chocolate is cooling too much while you're dipping truffles and becoming too thick, add a tiny bit of the vegetable or coconut oil and. pop back into the microwave for 10-15 seconds. Coconut oil will change the taste of the truffle.
You will need a little cocoa powder on your fingers and truffles to roll them nicely.
Make sure you're using organic / food grade lavender for consumption.
If you're melted chocolate is cooling too much while you're dipping truffles and becoming too thick, add a tiny bit of the vegetable or coconut oil and. pop back into the microwave for 10-15 seconds. Coconut oil will change the taste of the truffle.
Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 250kcal | Carbohydrates: 29g | Protein: 0.2g | Fat: 16g | Saturated Fat: 10g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 8mg | Sodium: 2mg | Potassium: 136mg | Sugar: 26g | Vitamin A: 109IU | Vitamin C: 0.04mg | Calcium: 37mg | Iron: 0.01mg
Servings: 16 small truffles
Calories: 250kcal