Epicure Recipes

Chocolate Cranberry Truffles

Gluten-freeDessertSugar ConsciousDesserts

45 min

20 - 30 truffles

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Sweet gift idea: tuck these into a small box lined with tissue paper.

Ingredients

  • 1 1⁄4 cups dark chocolate chips
  • 1⁄2 cup cranberry sauce
  • 2 tbsp whipping cream
  • 3 tbsp cocoa powder
  • 3 tbsp icing sugar

Preparation

  1. Melt first 3 ingredients in a metal or glass bowl over steaming (not boiling) water, stirring regularly.
  2. Remove mixture from heat. Cool to room temperature. Once cool, place bowl in refrigerator for minimum 30 minutes.
  3. Place cocoa and icing sugar on separate plates. Roll teaspoons of chilled truffle mixture in hands (truffles can be irregular in shape), then roll in either Cocoa or icing sugar.
  4. Store in refrigerator and remove 5 minutes prior to serving.

Nutritional Information

Per serving(1 truffle): Calories 70, Fat 4 g (Saturated 2 g, 0 0 g), Cholesterol 0 mg, Sodium 2 mg, Carbohydrate 9 g (Fiber 1 g, Sugars 7 g), Protein 1 g.