Rocky Road Truffles
- 4 peanut-caramel candy bars (Snickers), frozen
- 1 recipe Dark Chocolate Truffles, see above, whipped but not set
- 1/4 cup dried cranberries
- 1 pound good-quality (70 percent) dark chocolate
- Pulse the frozen candy bars in a food processor until broken into shards.
- Fold into the cooled chocolate mixture along with the cranberries.
- Spread over the bottom of a baking dish and smooth the top.
- Refrigerate about 2 hours, until firm.
- Use a melon baller or small ice cream scoop to scoop out balls of the chocolate mixture; place them on a parchment or waxed paper lined baking sheet and set them aside for an hour or 2 to let them come to room temperature.
- Melt the chocolate in the top of a double boiler and remove from the heat.
- Use a spoon to dip the truffles them into the liquid chocolate, then return them to the baking sheet.
- Use the spoon to drizzle a squiggle of chocolate over the tops.
- Chill until set.
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
- 8 ounces good-quality (70 percent) bittersweet chocolate, chopped
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1 cup cocoa powder, for dusting
- In a saucepan, bring the cream just to a simmer over low heat.
- Pour the cream over the chocolate in a bowl and let stand about 10 minutes to melt the chocolate.
- Add the vanilla and stir until smooth.
- Set aside to cool for 1 hour at room temperature.
- Then beat the chocolate at medium speed until it gets thick and light colored.
- Spread over the bottom of a baking dish and smooth the top.
- Refrigerate about 2 hours, until firm.
- Pour the cocoa powder onto a deep plate or shallow bowl.
- Use a melon baller or small ice cream scoop to scoop out balls of chocolate; place them on the plate with the cocoa powder and roll between 2 forks to completely coat with the cocoa powder.
- Then use the forks to carefully transfer them to a parchment or waxed paper lined baking sheet.
- Yield: 15 to 20 candies, depending on size
- Prep Time: 25 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Inactive Prep Time: 3 hours
- Ease of preparation: Intermediate
peanutcaramel, chocolate truffles, cranberries, percent
Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/tyler-florence/rocky-road-truffles-recipe.html (may not work)