Chocolate Truffle recipe please?

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Thinking about making a batch for family/friends for Christmas. How long can I keep them for?

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I just blend almond butter with dried dates and good quality cocoa powder like G&Bs. To a firmish consistency, then form in to rough balls and roll in either cocoa or icing sugar/dark brown sugar.
Rich and delicious, but cholesterol free and not that unhealthy! Plus dairy free.
Trust me, it works!

Actually I should have said to blend the dates first till quite smooth, then add the AB and cocoa

Oh! And they will probably keep for about a month - but they've never lasted for that long in my house...

ah, for rich, delicious ones hooching with cholesterol and dairy, proceed thus:

250ml double cream
heat but do not boil
pour over 250g dark choc broken into bits
stir till smooth and glossy
leave in fridge to set
form into balls with teaspoons
roll in cocoa / icing sugar / cinnamon / chocolate sprinkles etc

will keep in the fridge for about a month but make sure they're properly airtight else they pick up other flavours.

Noooooo - my virtuous reply has been undermimed. Bah - humbug.

For a lighter mouthfeel, use Mrs Badger's recipe, but when you take the cooled mixture out of the fridge, then beat until fluffly with a hand mixer. At this stage add a generous splash of alcohol. (Grand Marnier and fresh grated orange zest, Cointreau and chopped dried morello cherries, etc) Continue with the teaspoons.

Should there be a glutton emoticon?

Yerbutnobutyerbutnobut.... you can add some liquer to MY ones too!

Do you have proportions, Shrooms? They sound as if they'd be quite nice dipped in dark chocolate...

Only quite nice though, as there's no actual chocolate on the inside...

Okay I tend to blend 1 half a mugful of dates (packed down a bit) with 1 half a mugful of almond butter, and the same of cocoa (yes they are rich!) and yeah they'd be lovely dipped in dark choc.

And if it comes out too gooey just add more cocoa or more dates.

Lol Mamapajama - what do you think cocoa powder is made of?!

I make mine the smae way as MrsBAdger, sometimes I use G&B's Maya gold which is really tasty. They've never lasted for more than two days because they are so tasty! To add extra life add a knob of unsalted butter to the mixture, but the fresher they are the better they taste.

Aah, but cocoa powder is only one part of chocolate - you need the cocoa butter to give that satisfying melty chocolatiness. A square of Valrona or a spoonful of cocoa powder...which would you choose?

I'll try yours. We make vast quantities of truffles before Christmas, hundreds of the things and these sound interesting good.

Where would I get almond butter?

Tescos and sainsburys will usually do it, if not then your local health food shop.

Thanks.