Last week we celebrated foods from Pennsylvania honoring US Constitution Day. We started with Philly Cheesesteak Sandwiches and finished with Hershey, PA Truffles. Truffles are a fun recipe to make with the kids. It’s hands-on, chocolatey and can be part of your Friday Night Family Fun! Make Philly Cheesesteak Sandwiches, truffles, play a board game, play iron chef, karaoke, watch a movie…just enjoy your family! Live, Laugh, Love.
Wanted to share the recipe for the Truffles; here ya go!
Start with chocolate chips (we used semi-sweet but you can use milk, dark or whatever you like)
1 1/3 cups
heavy whipping cream comes next…
1/3 cup of this wonderful gift to the food world.
pour it into a small saucepan and turn the heat to medium-high
heat it until it just begins to have small bubbles; just to a boil
remove pot from the heat, turn the burner off and then add the chocolate chips
let the chocolate sit in the hot cream for about 3-4 minutes
then whisk the chocolate and cream together
keep whisking
whisk until smooth
then pour into a shallow dish
stick it in the refrigerator for at least an hour or until it is firm
the picture below is right before I put it in the fridge
here it is about an hour later
using a teaspoon, scoop out some of the chocolate (it will be firm, so dig in)
form the scooped chocolate into a roundish shape; it doesn’t have to be perfectly round!
using your palms (not your fingers), roll into roundish shapes
keep shaping and rolling…this is the fun part!
now it’s time to dust them with powdered sugar
put them all on a handy dandy plate and serve them on Family Fun Night!
or you could put them in a small fancy schmancy box,
tie a ribbon on it,
and give it to someone to make them happy and let them know you love them:
a friend,
a grandparent
an aunt or uncle,
a teacher
a neighbor
a stranger
Food is meant to be shared…spread the love and chocolate!
Happy Cooking,
Lori
