Greatest Picnic Bacon Truffle

Ingredients

• 22 oz (624 g) dark chocolate
• 1 cup whipping cream
• 1 ¹⁄₂ cups cocoa
• 3 tbsp unsalted butter, optional
• Maple Bacon Sea Salt, to taste

Preparation

1. Break 14 oz (397 g) chocolate into small pieces and put in a large bowl.
2. Bring cream slowly to a light boil.
3. Pour cream over chocolate and keep stirring until all the chocolate has melted. Add cocoa and mix until the batter is homogenous.
4. Add butter now, if you wish, before the batter cools and thickens. You want the ganache to be just thick enough to easily form the truffle balls.
5. To form truffles: using two spoons (or a baking sac), form even, round balls. Place on a parchment- or wax paper-lined Sheet Pan.
6. Melt the rest of the chocolate in a bain-marie (double-boiler).
7. Dip each ball in the melted chocolate, then roll in cocoa and top with Maple Bacon Sea Salt.