No-Bake Chocolate Truffles

It's finally Friday and it’s time to party! When going to house parties, the favourite my friends love me bringing is my amazing chocolate truffle balls. You’ll be blown away of how easy it is to make with just 3 core ingredients and no need to bake. These even work out to be given as great homemade gift come Easter, Christmas or any other occasion. I have experimented a lot with these, trying different biscuits, especially using the different variety of Tim tams, even Mint Slice works well.  For a special ‘grown up’ treat, you could add in some of your favourite liqueur. Just watch out, they are known to be a perfect bite size of sinful decadence. Go ahead and give them a go!

 Ingredients:

• 250g Cream Cheese, room temperature
• 250g Chocolate Biscuits, or your choice of Tim Tams
• Liqueur (optional)
• Chocolate melts, melted for coating
• Additional toppings for decorating eg. Coconut, sprinkles, nuts, .

 Method

• Crush biscuits in a food processor until turned into crumbs.

• Mix together the biscuits and cream cheese in a large bowl. Time to get messy and use your fingers to combine well. By having the cream cheese at room temperature it makes it much easier to mix thoroughly. For those using Tim tams or adding some liqueur you may need to change quantities of the biscuit or cream cheese, or place the bowl in the fridge to firm up so the mixture is able to be handled easier

• Roll the mixture into balls and chill in the fridge (or freezer depending on the heat) until ready to coat in chocolate. The longer you leave it to set, allows the balls to keep their shape when adding into the hot melted chocolate.

• Melt the chocolate, and dip the balls into the chocolate one at a time. This can be a tricky step, some use forks to help dip, a couple of times I have used toothpicks inserted into the ball to dip and coat the chocolate to make sure it's evenly coated. Let it drain for a couple seconds before letting it set on a tray covered with baking paper. If you wanted to add extra toppings this is the right time to add before the chocolate sets, or you can drizzle some extra chocolate on later.

• Place the chocolates back in the fridge to allow the chocolates to continue to set.

Check this link if you're looking for an extra step by step tutorial to get tips from:

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