After Dinner Truffles

After Dinner Truffles

Truffles with a difference. They use digestives to make the truffles less rich and more like a biscuit.

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Makes 16 truffles

Preparation and cooking times

45 minutes to chill

Method

  1. Crush the digestives by putting them in a sandwich bag and crushing with a rolling pin.
  2. Melt the chocolate in a bowl over simmering water. When melted at the butter, icing sugar and digestive biscuits and stir until the butter is melted.
  3. Leave to chill for 30 minutes.
  4. Take a teaspoon full of truffle mixture and roll either in your hands or onto a chopping board until round.
  5. Roll in the cocoa powder. For best results put back in the fridge for 15 minutes.
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  • 16 February 2009

    Disy commented on this recipe

    Fantastic recipe and so easy. I did however have to add extra chocolate as my mixture was not sticking.

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  • 28 May 2009

    mmmmmfood rated and commented on this recipe

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    Had same problem as Disy, personally i wasn't keen on the mix as the cocoa powder was too bitter, plus the filling mixture was too dry which was down to the digestive biscuit.

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  • 20 August 2009

    emzles rated and commented on this recipe

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    i agree! cream cheese, icing sugar, and (quite alot) hot chocolate is alot better.

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  • 12 October 2009

    jilly29 commented on this recipe

    I found this recipe really good I did some with white chocolate and instead of cocoa powder used coconut.

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Makes 16 truffles

Preparation and cooking times

45 minutes to chill

Ingredients

  • 100g/4oz Digestive Biscuit
  • 125g/5oz Chocolate (White, Milk Or Dark Chocolate)
  • 50g/2oz Butter
  • 50g/2oz Icing Sugar
  • Cocoa Powder To Roll The Truffles In
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