Want to know an easy chocolate truffles recipe?
Better yet I'm going to give you TWO easy chocolate truffles recipes that I've used in the past for Christmas and which are also a very nice and inexpensive Valentine's gift. No need to spend the exorbitant prices of other truffles or even buy flowers on Valentine's Day. Give from the heart and satisfy their sweet tooth with home made truffles that you can customize to suit all taste buds. Who doesn't love an easy chocolate truffles recipe, you'll love it but be prepared to get your hands a bit dirty but with chocolate so it will be finger licking good 🙂
Also feel free to check out my tips on some frugal Valentine's gift ideas, even though they save you money they are just as good or better than buying expensive gifts. You can see those tips HERE.
Here we go easy chocolate truffles recipe #1
This one is the first recipe I've ever used for truffles that had cream cheese in it. I was very curious to see how they came out, I'm told by everyone who gobbled them up that they tasted delicious 🙂
Ingredients
- 1 (8 oz) package cream cheese, softened
- 3 cups confectioners' sugar
- 3 cups semisweet chocolate chips melted
- 1-2 teaspoons vanilla depending on your tastes
Directions
In a large mixing bowl beat the cream cheese until nice and smooth and then start to slowly add in the confectioner's sugar. Make sure it is well blended and smooth like a cream cheese icing. Stir in melted chocolate and vanilla until it is completely mixed and a nice medium dark chocolate color.
Pour into a baking pan, let it cool to room temperature and refrigerate for about 45 minutes to one hour and then shape into one inch balls.
You can then roll the truffles in your coating of choice such as crushed nuts, cocoa, confectioners sugar or whatever you like. I did the crushed almonds, coconut and cocoa. The cocoa ones are always the most popular with my family and friends.
You can also substitute the vanilaa with other flavorings such as coffee liquer, orange, almond extract and one that I tried and really like mint extract.
Tips
I found that 45 minutes was perfect to refrigerate, it's best if the chocolate is still soft, makes it easier to shape.
If you have a melon baller use that makes it easier to shape the balls.
I used wax paper to help roll the balls so my hands didn't get quite as messy.
Recipe #2 more traditional
Ingredients
12 oz chocolate, chopped (semisweet or bittersweet)
3 tablespoon unsalted butter
⅓ cup heavy cream
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Directions
Melt chocolate in a double boiler with butter and heavy cream, keep stirring until you have a nice smooth creamy mixture.
Remove from heat and add vanilla and pour into baking pan or shallow casserole dish cool to room temperature. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate until it's starting to harden but still soft not more than 2 hours, check after 1 hour.
As with recipe #1 use a melon baller to scoop and add toppings of choice 🙂
Hope you like these recipes let us know if you try then and feel free to share your favorite recipe with us!
These look so delish, and I'm amazed at how easy they are. I'd like to try them!
Truffles are one of those things I've never tried making because in the back of my mind they're far more complicated than they actually are. Maybe this year I'll get up the courage to make some!
These look very tasty, I think I would prefer the second recipe, I like cream cheese, I just find sometimes it's to strong in some recipes!
Never thought of making homemade truffles before - but hese look delicious and sound so easy to make! I like the option of using cream cheese instead the more traditional butter and cream.
These look so good and not to hard to make. I love anything chocolate. Thank you for sharing
Oh, yum! I need to make these! And this is the right time of year to try them.
Will be making these for our friends and family great recipe we love candy too.
Thanks so much for these Terrific Truffle recipes! I've never made truffles before, but, you make them sound and look so easy, that I just may have to give it a try! Thanks so much for these terrific recipes! I truly do appreciate it! Thanks again, Michele 🙂
Truffles are delicious. They're also very difficult (for me) and messy to make. This is a good recipe but with my lack of cooking skills, I have to stick to store bought.
We love truffles...might have to make this soon!
This sounds great....thank you for sharing with us....
Thanks for the great recipes.
This is an easy recipe I can make for my Dad at Christmas. It will pack and travel well too.
These look delicious! I love the fact that it doesn't take that many ingredients to make. Seems simple enough.
This recipe looks simple enough for me to try. Few ingredients, and they look delicious.
These look so yummy and pretty easy to make, too! Great for Christmas gift giving!
I love truffles. They are so creamy and melt in your mouth delicious. I tried to make them once. They were good but, I made quite a mess.
Oh my yumminess! My sister loves to bake and I love chocolate so this definitely has to be made. The white are perfect for Christmas or before. Lol! Thank you for sharing 🙂
I have made Oreo truffles with white chocolate and dark chocolate a few times...they are so yummy. I'll have to give this a try too.
These look SO delicious! I can't wait to try these, thank you for sharing!
these sound wonderful and would be nice for gift giving rhank you
The banana bread was so good ,,i have to try this and on a trip to store Wed. so getting ingredients and gaining weight while i am at it.. Look so good and really perfect snack for someone like me who don't want too sweet.. just enough
to please the craving .. Thank you for making this easy and simple to read.. oh and sharing too 😀
These sound great. Thank you for sharing this recipe.
That is easy to make and look delicious too. My granddaughters both love chocolate and those Truffles would be fun to make with them on their next visit to grandma's house 🙂
These look really, really good and they appear easy to make too. I will have to try making some for my fiance since she loves chocolate. Oh, and I like chocolate too. 🙂
I love truffles, and this recipe seems pretty straight forward. I will give it a go 🙂 I would love to add other "out coatings" like cacao 🙂 Make them healthy 😉
This recipe really caught my attention. I love Chocolate Truffles. This recipe seems to be quite easy and sounds so super yummy. I will pin this one and try it out soon.. Thankyou for sharing. :0)~~
wow, looks heavily and easy to make
Wow!! this is probably the easiest recipe I've seen for truffles!! Thanks for the suggestion of trying different flavors, I love chocolate with orange. Going to pin this now!
Thanks for the recipe
These truffles look amazing!! They also look pretty easy to make...I think even I could handle it! Thank you for sharing the recipe!!
There are different ways for truffles and different tastes as well. I would love to try them all out.
These look amazing! Thank you for sharing your recipe with us!
These trufflessound great I do lots of baking of all different recipes from around the world BUT this is one I have never made yet BUT will
Mmmmmmm...these look delicious and so easy to make. Thank you so much!
These truffles sound delicious! I was thinking they'd be great for St. Patrick's Day, rolling them in coconut that's been colored green!
Wow I have never fixed truffles because I was scared too but with your recipes I will fix some this weekend, thanks for such a easy recipe, now I won't be scared 🙂
I made these and it was like little bites from heaven...thanx for sharing!
These look even better than store bought! Would love to see a low-calorie version of these!!
These look great. I am sick of spending money on Lindt truffles!
Those look delicious. I love truffles. I tried to make them once. I had chocolate all over the place. They tasted good though.
Those look really good! Pinned it!
They look very yummy and easy to make too! Thanks for sharing the recipe!
The truffles look incredibly good and each recipe sounds really good and easy to make. I'll have to surprise my fiance one day by making her some (and me too).
These look absolutely divine!
looks yummy! so going to try it!
let me know how you like it Jeevon and which one you do 🙂
These look really good . I love chocolates . Thanks for the recipe - going to make them - going to have to hide them from the kids too
I will definitely be trying to recipe!! They look delicious, and so easy!
These look so good. I am going to have to give them a try. We love chocolate around here...lol
These look delicious!
this look so yummy i will make this for my son thanks for the recipe 🙂
These look so easy and good I love doing my own cooking and baking so always looking for something new to try
These do sound pretty easy to make, and look delicious! I would love to try this recipe!
I love chocolate cake !!!
I cannot WAIT to try these!! YUM! And the family would love them too! And you can add your own touch to top it off! Can't wait to try!
These look good! I'll have to give them a try!
Looks like they are both delicious and easy to prepare.
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These look easy and delicious!
Oh my goodness, I absolutely love truffles They actually look pretty easy to make. Has to be more affordable then buying them!
I pin this one too my pinterest board since I plan too make it. thanks for sharing this
looks licious
sounds so good, I pinned it on my board Sweet Treats
This looks amazing! And easy, too! I'm saving this and making them for my boyfriend!
those look so good
Those look tasty!
This looks absolutely delicious, thank you for sharing this recipe.
So easy! So tasty! What more can you ask for?!?
This is amazing. I want to try these myself.
these are beautiful!
Soooo yummy!
These look yummy!
If it's chocolate it's good!
sounds so good!
They look wonderful. I must try them!
Yum! This looks so good. I can't wait to try.
Never though about making them with cream cheese. These would be delicious. Thanks for the recipes.
these look delicious and recipe seems easy enough ty for sharing
This looks....soo.....ridiculous. I would inhale these, which is why I probably should save this recipe for when I'm having company.
love this recipe because I can do it with my 7 year old and it will be a more meaningful gift then.
This seems like an easy recipe and they look great. Would not last long in our house!
It looks so yummy, will be making this weekends. Thank you for posting...already have most the ingredients in my pantry now
My sweet tooth would be in heaven. They look so easy to make and from what i hear they are finger liking good. LOL. These are definitely on my next shopping list.
Yummy would definitely try it this weekend
These look yummy
I can't believe how much I pay for these and I could make them this easily by myself? Wow thanks
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I love truffles, definitely going to be making these in the next few weeks
These look so good, I cant wait to make them! Thank you for sharing your recipe!
OMG the easy chocolate truffles look sooo good!! I might just make them for valentines day!
Oh geez these look delicious.
this looks good to make.
Intend to make these.
These look pretty easy to make, thanks for the post!
Yummy! I'd like to try these.
This recipe is so yummy and I love Chocolate Truffles. This is an easy recipe to make for Valentine's Day. Thanks for this awesome recipe!
I need to make these 🙂 I love truffles!
Oh my goodness these sound amazing. I just might have to make a batch this weekend. Thanks for sharing the recipes.
I have made truffles before and they are good. Your recipe seems easier than mine was. Will try some time.
No one could love truffles as much as I do. YUM! Thanks for the recipe
Looks and sounds so yummy. Very easy directions. Makes my mouth water thinking about them. I love chocolate.
Thank you for the recipe
i cant wait to try this! looks amazing!! Thanks for the recipe...i will let you know how it goes when i try it!
I was just thinking about finding a truffle recipe this weekend! We love truffles and I thought they would be harder than this to make. They look really good, I can't wait to try this!
Your recipe looks so easy! I have tried one other time to make truffles and it was such a failure and huge mess. I have got to try your recipe. Thanks!!
this post is not helping my sweet tooth!! 🙂
I have never made truffles. These look so yummy and easy to make. Pinning this and gonna try it. Thank you, I love easy recipes!
These sound and look so good!! Will be giving these a try!
Something fast & easy, makes me wanna do it quite a few more times & over & overt & even add a zing of my touch to the recipe!
Wow...talk about easy. That almost sounds like a "light" as not too sweet fudge recipe/texture. I'm thinking maybe just a smidge of peanut butter to the mix would be heavenly.
Drool! These look absolutely delicious!
I want a few...lol
Gonna try this with kids.
Oh these look great. I think that I'll make some for my husbands admins!
These look delicious!
This look delicious and easy! I love truffles!
I love truffles but I have never made them. This recipe sounds so easy I am definitely going to try this as soon as I can get to the store to get what I need! Thank you so much for sharing 🙂
I really love Chocolate.I am making these this week Thank you for sharing this reciepe
Sigh. These look luscious, but as a type 2 diabetic, my Chocolate fix has to be Sugar Free chocolates.
I will have to most definitely make these Delish Chocolate Truffles. But minus the coconut. Thank you for the recipe!
So simple to make!! On my way to the kitchen!
I tried to make truffles once. It was a bit messy. They did taste good though.
OMG I will be saving, pinning, anything! I may have to try this this weekend!! I love truffles, and I never knew it could be so simple! With just a tad of coconut too! Mmm!!! Thank you, thank you for sharing!
Omg i love truffles ! The coconut isa nice added touch! I have to try.
Oooh, these look delicious! Now I know what I am making my husband for a Valentine-s Day treat!
My Mother in Law loves Truffles. I'm afraid to make them. No good to ruin someones favorite treat. I will try this on the down low first. 🙂
THANKS FOR SHARING THESE RECIPES--THEY SURE SOUND GOOD...MIGHT TRY MYSELF TO MAKE
With Valentines right around the corner these truffles will be wonderful to make and give to my sister and close friends. Thanks for sharing it.
Sounds yummy, can't wait to try these.
OK!! TRUFFLES ARE NEVER EASY, UNTIL NOWWWWWWWWWWWW!!! YOU JUST MADE THAT LOOK SO EASY! NOT TO MENTION REALLY GOOD!
Oh my I want some of these right now!!!
OMGOSH! I love chocolate truffles but I've never seen such an easy recipe!! I am so trying this!
I love truffles and make a recipe very similar to recipe 2. I shall have to try the v-cream cheese version soon because I love cream cheese.
Yum, coffee liquer covered truffles sounds delicious. Thanks for sharing!
these look so decadent!
These look yummy. Thanks for sharing the recipes. I will be trying them this weekend!
Looks pretty easy to make and oh so good. Cocoa is healthy to