Truffle eyes
Luxury truffles with chocolate are easy to make and even more fun to decorate. Truffle eyes are full of flavour and such fun for Halloween. Give the truffle eyes different colours using Smarties.
Ingredients
200 g dark chocolate
4 tbsp cream
120 g Siúcra/McKinney's Icing Sugar
80 g desiccated coconut, roasted if desired
Decoration
200 g white chocolate
Smarties
25 g dark chocolate
Instructions
Melt the dark chocolate over a water bath. Remove from the water bath and stir in the icing sugar and cream. Add the coconut. Refrigerate for 2 hours. Melt the white chocolate over a water bath. Shape the truffle mixture into balls and dip them in the chocolate. Leave to set on a wire rack. Press a Smartie onto each ball. Dot a little melted dark chocolate in the middle of each Smartie to make pupils.
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