Did you have a nice weekend? I sure did …
I had a “girls’ weekend” at my friend’s cabin in Big Bear … just the three of us girls. The three hubbys stayed home … someone had to take care of the dogs 😉
It was a little chilly … especially for Southern California …
We talked, laughed, knitted, read, shopped, rearranged pictures on the walls and ate too much food …
(this was breakfast on Saturday)
Of course we saved room for dessert, which brings me to these little bites of chocolate heaven …
CHOCOLATE CHERRY TRUFFLES
- 12 ounces semisweet chocolate chips
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
- 1/4 cup butter
- 1/2 cup black cherry spread (or cherry jam)
- 2 teaspoons vanilla bean paste (or extract)
- pinch of salt
- cocoa powder, chopped almonds or chocolate sprinkles
- Place the chocolate chips in a medium-sized bowl.
- In a small saucepan, bring the cream and butter almost to a boil. Remove from heat and pour over the chocolate, let sit 2 minutes.
- Stir until smooth, add jam, vanilla, salt and mix well.
- Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and chill for 2 hours or until firm.
- Use a small scoop, for the chocolate into 1 inch balls. Roll each ball in cocoa, nuts or sprinkles. Chill until firm again.
- Store truffles in an airtight container in the refrigerator up to 2 weeks (if they last that long, lol)
Makes about 30 truffles. recipe slightly adapted from Sugarcrafter
Helpful hint – If your cherry jam is cold, microwave for a few seconds. This will make it easier to combine with chocolate mixture.
Have you ever made truffles? If you haven’t, give it a try. I ♥ your comments!
SWEET SIMPLE STUFF 
They could be chocolate cherry icecream truffles if left outside in that snow!!! Yummeeee!!!!!
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I never thought of that. 🙂
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Oh, these look divine.
I would much rather make and eat truffles then have cake
ColleenB.
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Sounds good to me 😉
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Sounds like a wonderful weekend! Mmmmmm……now I want those truffles:)
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It was a nice weekend And You should make the truffles 🙂
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Sounds like the perfect girls weekend to me! So glad you enjoyed the truffles, too. 🙂
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Thank you so much for the recipe 🙂
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You didn’t invite me, Brenda! I’m especially sad because I didn’t get to eat any of the truffles. They look so-o-o good (as does the cabin and breakfast)!
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Your invitation must have got lost in the mail! The truffles are good … I just found a few in the fridge 😉 I’m planning on sharing the breakfast recipe soon.
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Oh my, oh my, oh my!! Sounds like a lot of fun and I love the icicles on the window, breakfast, and the truffles!!
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It was fun 😉
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how about adding some finely chopped dried sweet cherries?
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That sounds good to me!
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