Gingersnap-Mocha Truffles
- 8 ounces sweet chocolate
- 14 cup dark rum or 14 cup coffee liqueur
- 2 tablespoons strong coffee
- 12 cup softened unsalted butter, cut into 1-tbs pieces
- 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
- 34 cup pulverized gingersnap cookie
- 14 cup strong ground coffee
- 14 cup powdered chocolate milk mix
- For this recipe you will need a 2-cup and a 6-cup saucepan, a wire whisk, a wooden spoon, and frilled bonbon cups (or mini cupcake cups).
- Pour 2-3 inches of water into a 6-cup saucepan and bring to a simmer.
- While that is heating, break up the chocolate into pieces and place in a 2-cup saucepan with rum/liqueur and coffee.
- Cover with a tight lid.
- Remove the saucepan from heat, allow to sit for 15 seconds, then place covered chocolate pan inside for 5 minutes.
- Use a wire whisk to aid in blending the rest of the chocolate pieces.
- (I would suggest keeping the chocolate pan in the water over VERY LOW heat until later.
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- When the chocolate is melted and smooth, begin to add butter 1 tbsp at a time.
- After all butter is added and melted, pour in vanilla, and finally the pulverized cookies.
- Remove chocolate from heat (if you haven't already done so) and exchange the hot water in the 6-cup saucepan for cold, iced water.
- Return the chocolate mixture to the iced-water saucepan and continue stirring with a wooden spoon until the chocolate is chilled and becomes a bit firmer.
- Using a tablespoon, dig out "gobs" of chocolate and shape them into rock-like truffles.
- (Do this quickly, as I found the heat in your fingers quickly heats the chocolate back up.
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- Roll the truffles in the coffee/powdered chocolate mixture and drop into the bonbon cups.
- Once all the chocolate is gone, you can either enjoy them there or place them in an air-tight container in the fridge or freezer where they should keep for at least a few days.
sweet chocolate, dark rum, coffee, butter, vanilla, cookie, ground coffee, powdered chocolate milk
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/gingersnap-mocha-truffles-237842 (may not work)