DIY DECADENT VALENTINE’S DAY TRUFFLES

Buying candy for your Valentine? Don’t get lost in the trufe! Before candy prices shoot up in stores or even worse, candy cannot be found on shelves due to the busy season of love, choose to make trufes yourself. It’s so easy! Plus, making homemade candy is a heartfelt gesture that will not go unnoticed by your sweetheart.

BEST TIPS AND TRICKS TO MAKING YOUR BEST HOMEMADE TRUFFLES:

Let Ganache Cool Before Rolling: Trufes are chocolate candies made from a chocolate ganache center and then encased in dipping chocolate. Let the ganache cool in a shallow baking dish for about 30 minutes in the fridge to make it easier to form into tablespoon-sized rounds.

Add Flavor to Your Trufes: Inside of each trufe’s centers can include fruits, liqueurs, coffee, and more. For a delicious and unique spin to your trufes, add favor with LorAnn’s Super-Strength Flavors! LorAnn’s favors are 3 to 4 times stronger than typical extracts and can withstand the high temperatures of candy making like trufes. For dark chocolate trufes, bold and robust favors like peppermint and royal raspberry are very complementary. Subtle favors like amaretto, cookies and cream, and sparkling wine pair nicely with milk or white chocolate trufes. When favoring chocolate or coatings, make sure you are using an oil-soluble favor, so your chocolate does not seize.

The Secret Ingredient to Cream Centered Trufes: Invertase is the secret ingredient for cream-centered trufes. Creamy confections are often highly desirable for their rich taste and creamy texture. Invertase is a naturally occurring enzyme extracted from yeast and is used to convert sucrose into a liquid. When added to sucrose (table sugar) or foods that include sucrose, invertase splits the sugar into glucose and fructose, to transform it into a liquid form. Inverted sugar is frequently used in commercial candy recipes because it keeps treats fresh for longer periods of time.

Have The Right Equipment: With the help of a Dipping Tool Set, creating eye-catching, sweet treats is a breeze. With a tool set you can easily and securely dip fruits, candies, nuts and more into melted chocolate, cheeses, or other coatings. When coating trufes, use the dipping fork to seamlessly dip melted chocolate and then place trufe on wax paper for it to set.