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Triple Chocolate Truffle Cups

Posted on July 11, 2014 by Ruthanne

Delicious dark chocolate cookie cups filled with melted milk chocolate and a white chocolate truffle. Yum.

I love little mini desserts. I used to work for a hospital and they would have a big, fancy Christmas party every year. My favorite part was all the adorable little desserts at the end. You can try like 8 of them for the calorie price of one big dessert!

This is an adorable (easy to make!) mini dessert. Perfect for showers, receptions, tea parties and any occasion that calls for a little bit of “fancy” dessert.

The cookie cups use my favorite chocolate cut-out cookie recipe (pressed into a cup!), melted chocolate and a Lindt White Chocolate Truffle. Quick, easy, and delicious!

Here’s the recipe: (printable version)

INGREDIENTS: (makes about 48 mini desserts)

1 stick (1/2 cup) butter, softened
3/4 cup of granulated sugar
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/3 cup of unsweetened cocoa powder
1 1/2 cups flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1 bag of Wilton’s milk chocolate Candy Melts (if you want to melt higher end chocolate for this, feel free!)
Approximately 48 Lindt White Chocolate Truffles (Walmart has them in large boxes of 60, for a reasonable price)

DIRECTIONS:

Preheat oven to 350F degrees.
Make cookies by combining butter, sugar, egg, vanilla and cocoa powder and beating until completely combined.
Add other dry ingredients gradually, mixing with beaters until too heavy to beat. Use clean hands to knead dough into a soft ball.
Use a small cookie scoop (I used a scoop that holds 1/2 Tablespoon of batter) to portion out your dough into mini muffin tins that have been sprayed with non-stick spray.
Use a tart shaper or a wooden spoon to press the dough into a cup shape (really, the tart shaper works best for this and you will use it again- I use mine all the time!)

Bake at 350F degrees for 7 to 8 minutes and remove from oven.
Press centers in a second time with the tart shaper and allow them to cool for just a couple of minutes.
Use a small paring knife to pop each cup out and allow them to cool completely on the counter.
Melt candy melts in a microwave safe bowl, in the microwave, in 30 second increments, stirring in between until melted and smooth.
Pour melted chocolate into a sturdy zip-top bag. Zip it closed and clip a corner off.
Unwrap all of your Lindt truffles.
Carefully pipe warm chocolate into each cookie cup, filling each one about half way.
Gently press a truffle into the center of each chocolate-filled cup, allowing the warm chocolate to squeeze up around the edges (yum!)
Drizzle any left-over chocolate over the tops of the mini-desserts and allow them to cool and harden completely.
Enjoy!!!

My thoughts: Well, you can see for yourself what happens when you bite into this little dessert. Pure deliciousness!!!! Those truffles are so good. Mine got a little melted before I cut one in half– but all that soft white chocolate….!!! They make this dessert a touch pricey- but they are SO worth the cost! If you want to make a smaller batch just cut the cookie recipe in half. I hope you get a chance to try these- I am filing this recipe away for the next time I need something little for favors or a mini dessert table. These are perfect for both! Enjoy!!!! ~r

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Hole in One Cupcakes!!

Posted on June 6, 2014 by Ruthanne

What do you get if you cut a hole in a cupcake and fill it with a Lindt white chocolate truffle? A perfect Father’s Day treat!!!

These are guaranteed to make any golf-loving Father smile on his special day! This one’s for you dad! I can’t wait to see you in 2 weeks and go “golfing” (aka losing cute golf balls in ponds).

How is such incredible cuteness created, you ask? EASY! Make a chocolate cupcake, cut a hole in the top, and pop a Lindt white chocolate truffle inside!

How fun and easy is that? Here are the details (Printable recipe)

INGREDIENTS:

One boxed chocolate cake mix (plus oil, water and eggs to make according to package)
One tub of white frosting
One container (about 1 cup) of green sugar sprinkles
24 Lindt White chocolate Truffles (I got 2 (5.1oz) bags that each had 12 truffles)

DIRECTIONS:

Make cake according to package and divide evenly into 24 cupcake liners placed in muffin tins.
Bake according to package.
Use a cupcake corer or a small knife (use a corer to get that perfectly round cut!) to cut a hole in the center of each cupcake.
Use a knife to carefully frost the top of each cupcake around the hole.
Press top of frosted cupcake into green sugar to coat it.
Place a truffle into “hole”.

Place a flag in each cupcake- you can print these on heavy paper and use double-sided tape to secure them to toothpicks. Here are 2 files- Happy Father’s Day, and Blank (write your own message) flags.

Click on a picture to be taken to the printable pdf:

My thoughts: I’ve used a cupcake corer on so many cupcakes to add fillings, and the last time I did it, this idea popped into my head! I wasn’t sure how it would turn out, but as soon as I coated my 1st cupcake in that green sugar I knew it would be perfect! Happy Father’s Day to all the dads out there- especially mine!!!!