The Sweet Melissa Sundays recipe choice this week was Hazelnut Truffles. They were very easy to make. Just melt chocolate, add cream and ground hazelnuts, refrigerate, and form into balls. Not time consuming, not difficult. I LOVE recipes like this!The only problem for me came from eating them. They are good, but way too rich for my liking. Which is weird, because I would definately consider myself a chocoholic. Plus, Nutella is my favorite food in the entire world, so I thought a Hazelnut Truffle would be right up my alley.
Oh well... not every recipe can be a favorite. But, if you are in the mood for amazingly yummy, rich chocolate, make these.
Thanks to Annie of Living Life Foodcariously for hosting this week. The recipe can be found at her blog.
What did you end up covering these with?
ReplyDeleteThey look really good!
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Yummy! Although I must admit I am surprised you didn't love these - because you are a Nutella maven!
ReplyDeleteWell, they look terrific!! Sorry to hear they were too rich. I actually haven't made mine yet and I suspect they'll be too rich for me too.
ReplyDeleteEverytime I make truffles I'm reminded how easy they are too make and wonder why I don't make them more often. Your truffles look great.
ReplyDeleteNina- I covered them with ground hazelnuts. :)
ReplyDeleteI'm already planning my Christmas baking list and I'm putting this recipe on the list right now.
ReplyDeleteThe look great! I like the dusting of ground hazelnuts.
ReplyDeleteAw, sorry you didn't totally love em! I agree - I loved how they were so super easy and quick to assemble.
ReplyDeleteYours are great looking! I think I needed to ground my nuts finer like yours!
ReplyDeleteI used 1 bar of 85% cocoa chocolate and the rest with a really low cocoa solid content and this really counterbalanced the richness of the truffles!
ReplyDeleteYours look beautiful.
Katie xox
The truffles look beautiful! How did you get the hazelnuts ground so finely? I always worry that I will turn nuts into paste if I grind them too long.
ReplyDeleteSeeing all these yummy truffles makes me wish I was a chocoholic!
ReplyDelete~ingrid
Sorry that these weren't a favorite. They look delicous!
ReplyDeleteThese look awesome, nicely done. I hear you on too rich, I find that is the case with a lot of chocolate -although I am oddly a new lover of chocolate.
ReplyDeleteThese were very rich but so worth it! Your truffles look great.
ReplyDeleteYour truffles are beautiful, sorry they weren't a favorite... Unfortunately, I have had no trouble eating mine...
ReplyDeleteMargot- I wish I could take credit for the finely ground nuts, but I purchased a bag of ground hazelnuts from the German market. :)
ReplyDeleteHi Cristine!
ReplyDeleteSorry the taste of these didn't knock your socks off and live up to expectation. But they surely look beautiful! I love those colorful mini-cupcake papers too!
I'm super excited to be hosting SMS this week, and I really hope you will bake along with me- it just wouldn't be the same without you! Hope you're doing well, and I look forward to talking to you again soon. Have a great rest of your week :)
-Joy
Truffles, in general, are far too chocolaty for me, but yours do look lovely!
ReplyDeleteDefinitely rich- I could only eat a half at a time.
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