Best Chocolate Truffles

By Food & Wine
Updated January 12, 2017
Learn how to make your own chocolate truffles with these decadent recipes, from bittersweet chocolate truffles rolled in spices to Brazilian pecan-cinnamon truffles. Also, liven up any party with do-it-yourself truffles which allow guests to customize their creations. They make for a delicious and thoughtful gift.
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Armagnac 
Chocolate Truffles


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Pastry expert Dominique Ansel takes the extra step to greatness: His Armagnac-spiked truffles are dipped in melted chocolate before being dusted with cocoa powder. The crunchy outer shell and tender ganache inside are an irresistible matchup.

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Do-It-Yourself Truffles

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F&W's Melissa Rubel Jacobson sets out bowls of flavored ganache and dishes of coatings so guests can create their own truffles to give as gifts. The combinations are endless -- from a peppermint filling with chocolate cookie crumbs to a rum filling with coconut.

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Bittersweet Chocolate Truffles Rolled in Spices

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Joan Coukos of Manhattan's two-year-old Chocolat Moderne is a self-taught chocolatier. Her bittersweet truffles are coated with a variety of flavorings, including blends of Chinese and Mexican spices.

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Brazilian Rich Chocolate Truffles

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These chewy, sprinkles-coated balls (called brigadeiros in Portuguese) are more like chocolate caramels than French-style truffles.

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Roasted White Chocolate & Coffee Truffles

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Belinda Leong made many kinds of ganache (a rich, smooth chocolate-and-cream mixture) during her time at the venerable Pierre Hermé pâtisserie in Paris. Here, she slow-roasts white chocolate, which adds an enticing caramel flavor to the supercreamy ganache filling in her truffles.

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Brazilian Pecan-Cinnamon Truffles

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Christina Bhan and Paula Barbosa of My Sweet Brigadeiro (mysweet.com) make 20 different versions of these chewy Brazilian candies, including traditional Rich Chocolate and Pecan-Cinnamon.

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