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Rich 25 minute coffee truffles with dark chocolate coating and cocoa powder dusting

Coffee Truffles

Rich elegant coffee truffles featuring smooth dark chocolate ganache filling intensely flavored with instant espresso powder, combined with heavy cream, vanilla, and salt. Chilled until firm, rolled into perfect balls, frozen solid, and coated generously in fine unsweetened cocoa powder. This sophisticated no-bake candy requires 25 minutes of active time plus chilling and freezing, making them perfect for coffee lovers, gift giving, elegant entertaining, after-dinner treats, and celebrating special occasions with homemade artisan chocolates.
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Prep Time 25 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes
Servings: 20 truffles
Course: Dessert, Snack
Cuisine: American
Calories: 135
Ingredients Equipment Method Notes

Ingredients
  

For Ganache
  • 12 oz dark chocolate Chopped
  • 1 cup heavy cream
  • 2 tablespoon instant espresso powder
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 pinch salt
For Coating
  • 1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 2 tablespoon powdered sugar Optional

Equipment

  • Small saucepan For cream
  • Heat proof bowl For chocolate
  • Cookie scoop Small
  • Baking sheet With parchment
  • Shallow bowl For cocoa
  • Fine mesh sieve For sifting

Method
 

  1. Heat cream until simmering stir in instant espresso until dissolved
  2. Pour coffee cream over chopped chocolate let sit 2 minutes stir smooth
  3. Stir in vanilla and salt mix until incorporated
  4. Cover press plastic wrap on surface refrigerate 3 hours until firm
  5. Scoop ganache roll into balls place on parchment
  6. Freeze balls at least 30 minutes until solid
  7. Sift cocoa powder into shallow bowl
  8. Roll frozen balls in cocoa coating completely
  9. Let come to room temperature 20 minutes before serving

Notes

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.