Don’t we all look forward to a Dessert to end a nice meal unless you are on a diet. It’s something that brings a smile on our lips unless you don’t know how to smile.

Talking about desserts, a country that has been making awesome, mouthwatering and tempting desserts is France. Even the word dessert originated from the French word “Deserervier”.

Below is a finger-licking dessert freshly delivered from France.

Truffles are made using soft chocolate ganache coated with cocoa powder and optionally garnished with hard, grated cheese and other condiments.  Ganache is the chocolate sauce that will form the core of the truffle. Other than using in truffles, you can use ganache as a chocolatey dip, as icing or as a glaze. 

The truffles we are going to make are so smooth and chocolatey, they would make you forget your diet schedule and devour their whole existence. 

Chocolate Truffles prep time:  40 minutes
Chocolate Truffles cooking time: 40 minutes
Servings: 20 small pieces
Type: Dessert

Dark Chocolate Truffles: Ingredients

• Heavy Whipping Cream – 2⁄3 cup or about 160ml
• Pure semi-sweet dark chocolate baking bar, recommended Ghirardelli brand if it’s available: 2 bars, each 180 grams
• Vanilla extract – 1 tbsp.
• Dark cocoa powder – ⅓ cup
• Dusted Sugar – 30 grams 
• Finely grated hard cheese, Pecorino or/and Parmesan: 150 grams
• Grated coconut: optional

Dark Chocolate Truffles: Preparation

1. To make chocolate truffles, get the cream ready first. Take a saucepan ad heat the cream on low flame until it simmers. If you bring it to boiling temperature, it may kill the flavour of chocolates. So be careful. Turn off the flame once you see simmers around the edges of the pan. 
2. Grate the chocolate bars into small bids. Once grated, blend grated chocolate, dusted sugar and vanilla extract together with a wooden spoon
3. Take another saucepan and set it on medium flame. Carefully pour water into the saucepan and allow it to warm up a bit. When the water warms up, place a strong glass bowl on the pan into the water. Make sure the bowl is capable of enduring high temperature and isn’t too heavy for the saucepan.
4. The bowl firmly placed on the saucepan, add the cream you made in the first step. Then add the chocolate-vanilla-sugar mixture you just made. Gently stir with a wooden spoon as the mixture starts melting and blends with the cream. The blend will gradually acquire the looks of ganache filling and will become satisfyingly smooth. 
5. Turn off the flame after the melted mixture reaches a thickness of your expectations. Let the pan base cool down and then place it in a fridge. Remember to not put it in the freezer compartment as that will make the ganache hard which will defeat the objective. Wait for about 30 minutes
6. Take a tablespoon and scoop out from the chocolate mixture before rolling them into small balls.
7. Take a thick layer of cocoa powder on a shallow plate. Start rolling the chocolate on the cocoa powder layer. 
8. After the balls are properly covered with cocoa, keep them on a clean plate and put it in the fridge. After 20 minutes, take the plate out.  
9. Garnish with ingredients of your choice. We will take a blend of grated hard cheese, grated coconut and some powdery sugar in a flat dish. Roll the truffles on the mixture and allow the particles to stick to the surface of the truffles. 

Wait for about 5 minutes and then serve. The kids are going to go mad over the sweet, creamy source of happiness.