White Chocolate And Coconut Truffles
I was totally making up a cake for an impromptu barbecue we were invited to over the weekend and because I was going to decorate the cake with fresh figs and violas, I thought that white frosting would look perfect. But I only had white chocolate bits, not proper white cooking chocolate. So I used that and the glaze was sticky and a tad too thick to pour over the cake. Bummer!
So I made some beautiful dark chocolate and liqueur glaze for the cake (that recipe and story is for another day). I didn’t want to waste the white glaze, it tasted fantastic (yep, guilty of too many licks!). So in went an assortment of ingredients and I had 20 incredibly yummy little truffles that were so perfect for mouth-popping. Come to think of it, they might have looked great on top of the cake too!
WHITE CHOCOLATE AND COCONUT TRUFFLES
Preparation Time – 20 minutes
Makes – 20
Ingredients
180g white chocolate bits or white cooking chocolate broken up in pieces
1/2 cup cream
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup coconut flakes
1 cup dessicated coconut
Method
In a heavy bottomed saucepan (milk pan), combine the chocolate and cream. On low heat, stir the mixture constantly till chocolate is melted and blended with the cream. Add the vanilla extract and remove from heat. Cool a bit.
Add the coconut and mix well. Once it cools down to room temperature, take 1 tablespoon full of the mixture and gently roll it into a ball with your palms.
Notes
These little truffles are great cake toppers. They would also be perfect dipped in dark chocolate. A few drops of food colouring might make them perfect for a child’s birthday party.
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Maybe they would have looked great on the cake, but by the sound of it, who wants to share these little tidbits? Probably not really enough to go around anyway…
Similar to Sylvie’s,my hubster is a white chocolate & coconut freak too.These would disappear in seconds if I make them.Lovely pictures.
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Mmmh… they look yummie! Gorgeous photos.
Good re-use of the glaze! Those truffles look so pretty!
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It looks really good!!I love coconut
Yum! Two of my favourite things combined into one delicious result. And easy to make, I’ve made them with dark chocolate before (leftover cake icing too) but I reckon white chocolate would be much better! Gorgeous pics, as always.
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I am not a big white chocolate fan, but I would happily gobble down a few of these!
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Oh those looks amazing. I am sure if used to decorate cakes, it would be small little surprises. I would have never guessed. You have a beautiful blog, by the way.
OK, these truffles look heavenly! Beautiful photos too
Looks absolutely delicious! Gorgeous pics
I made these as part of the dessert for my parent’s anniversary, and they are really good! I made a lot of adjustments…I put the coconut-chocolate mixture in the freezer for about 2 hours before rolling them in more coconut. And now, I have a quart-sized container of these babies in our freezer! Thank you so much for sharing this simple and addicting recipe.