I don’t know about you all, but I love tiramisu! It’s such a decadent dessert and the hint of coffee and chocolate is just perfect. So I figured, why not take those flavors and ingredients and turn them into truffle-sized bites of heaven?! Let’s get started!
Ingredients
This is probably one of the easiest truffle recipes to make. All it takes is cream cheese, lady fingers, coffee, chocolate, sugar and cocoa powder. That’s it! For the most part, most people have all of these ingredients at home just sitting around waiting to be turned into something amazing :).
It’s What’s Inside That Counts
In a medium sized bowl, add in the cream cheese, sugar, and the crushed lady fingers.
Mix thoroughly until fully combined. To crush lady fingers, simply add the cookies to a food processor or a blender, and pulse until cookies turn into a fine powder.
Next, add 1 tbsp. of coffee and mix until the filling turns light brown. Sprinkle in 2 tbsp. of instant coffee crystals and fold into the filling.
The filling should feel solid in texture like cookie dough. The instant coffee crystals are the secret weapon for these truffles.
They spread throughout the filling adding little pops of coffee flavor in each bite.
Time to Chill
Refrigerate the filling for 10 minutes.
Once chilled, form filling into 1 inch balls and dip into the remaining coffee and set on a baking sheet.
Dipping it into the coffee ensures that the coffee flavor doesn’t get lost once the truffle balls are coasted with chocolate.
Repeat until all the filling is gone. You should end up with 10-12 balls.
Chill for 10 more minutes.
During this time, mix together ½ tbsp. of instant coffee crystals and 1/2 tbsp. cocoa powder and set aside.
This will create the perfect combo and aroma for the truffles right before taking a bite.
The Final Dip
Melt chocolate in the microwave in 30 second intervals, stirring after each interval until smooth.
Dip each chilled ball into the melted chocolate and transfer to a baking sheet.
Repeat this until all the balls are coated with chocolate. Once done, chill for an additional 5 minutes.
Right before serving, dust each truffle with the cocoa powder/coffee crystal mix.
Enjoy!
Keep extras refrigerated, they should last up to one week.
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See how easy that was?!? Until next time, cook like a king!
Tiramisu Truffles
Ingredients
- 8 oz. cream cheese
- 1 ½ cups 12 ladyfinger cookies, crushed into fine powder
- 1 ½ cups milk chocolate melted
- 2 tbsp. coffee
- 2 1/2 tbsp. instant coffee crystals
- 2 tbsp. sugar
- 1 tbsp. cocoa powder
Instructions
- n a medium sized bowl add in the cream cheese, sugar, and the crushed lady fingers. Mix thoroughly until fully combined.
- Tip: to crush lady fingers, simply add the cookies into a food processor or a blender, and pulse until cookies turn into a fine powder.
- Next, add 1 tbsp. coffee and mix until the filling turns light brown. Sprinkle in 2 tbsp. instant coffee crystals and fold into the filling. The filling should feel solid in texture like cookie dough.
- Refrigerate the filling for 10 minutes.
- Once chilled, form filling into 1 inch balls and dip into remaining coffee and set on a baking sheet. Repeat until all of the filling is gone. You should end up with 10-12 balls.
- Chill for an additional 10 minutes.
- During this time, mix together ½ tbsp. instant coffee crystals and cocoa powder and set aside.
- Melt chocolate in the microwave in 30 second intervals stirring after each interval until smooth.
- Dip each chilled ball into the melted chocolate and transfer it to a baking sheet. Repeat until all the truffle balls are coated with chocolate. Chill for an additional 5 minutes.
- Before serving, dust each truffle with the cocoa powder/coffee crystal mix.
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