{"id":34458,"date":"2023-02-13T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-13T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thatrecipe.com\/blog\/?p=34458"},"modified":"2023-03-29T17:58:56","modified_gmt":"2023-03-30T00:58:56","slug":"dark-chocolate-cherry-truffles-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thatrecipe.com\/dark-chocolate-cherry-truffles-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Dark Chocolate Cherry Truffles Easy Homemade Candy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

If you need a last minute treat for your Valentine (or yourself) whip up these easy Dark Chocolate Cherry Truffles with easy to find ingredients. <\/p>\n\n\n

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Lately, I have been playing with making my own cream filled chocolates. I have made hazelnut and peanut butter as well as this cherry filling. It's a nice little treat at the end of the day when the kid is in bed and I can hear myself think.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These are not cherry cordials with a whole cherry suspended in liquid inside the chocolate. Those require a special enzyme (invertase<\/a>) that converts the fondant from solid to liquid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The filling here is a simple cherry cream. Technically it is a really thick buttercream frosting with chunks of maraschino cherries blended in. DELICIOUS!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you mix in some finely chopped peanuts with the chocolate this comes pretty close to a Cherry Mash<\/a> candy. I didn't have any peanuts so this recipe isn't a clone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do you have to use Dark Chocolate?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

GASP? No dark chocolate? Blasphemy! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

KIDDING! <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of course you can use what ever chocolate or candy melts you want. You can also use almond bark (same as candy melts but in a bar form). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you don't have candy melts you can use one of the substitutes mentioned here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Candy Mold Suggestions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

You have several possibilities for shaping these candies:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Free Form<\/strong> - make the filling extra firm, roll into balls and freeze then dip in the chocolate. Quick, easy, and no equipment needed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mini Muffin Tins<\/strong> - make them like peanut butter cups. Line mini muffin tins with cute liners, put some chocolate in the bottom, paint up the sides a little, add the filling and then cover with more chocolate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cocoa Bomb Mold<\/strong> - I picked up a kit like this<\/a> on the discount rack at the grocery store. I hate uni-taskers cluttering my kitchen so decided I could use this for candy making too. What I used in the phots and in the instructions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Truffle Candy Mold<\/strong> - you can also pick up a candy mold<\/a> like this that will make smaller truffles than the cocoa bomb mold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cookies for Kids Cancer<\/h2>\n\n\n
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Julie from The Little Kitchen<\/a> has organized this event for the last 7 years and it has raised over $100,000 to support Cookies for Kids Cancer<\/a>, a 501(c)3 non-profit committed to raising funds for research to develop new, improved, and less toxic treatments for pediatric cancer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bloggers and other Food Content Creators will be posting a Valentine's Day themed recipe and asking our lovely readers to consider making a contribution to the event<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We have some matching contributions as well, so for every $1 raised a total of $2 will be donated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Check out the other recipes and consider making a donation to the cause:<\/p>\n\n\n\n