Spicy Fireworks Chocolate Truffles for New Year’s Eve

This is my last post of the year so I am suspending Macaron Monday’s just for today and going out of 2013 with a big sparkly BANG. Having some significant time home here in Germany, I have been sorting though all my baking accoutrement, spices, ingredients, decorating supplies, etc. Until I found it a few days ago, I had forgotten about a certain very large bag containing many many many different colors of disco dust.

Yipee.

For the upcoming New Year’s Eve celebration, I made chocolate truffles. Chili pepper and cinnamon were both liberally used to create a lovely spicy candy. A pleasant flavor explosion party in your mouth.

I painted on different colors of disco dust as a freeform representation of fireworks and there you have it. A fun, pretty, festive treat for bringing in 2014.

I divided the batch in two and half went with us to a dinner invitation from friends who I din’t think would appreciate my glittermania. Those I rolled in a combo of cocoa and cinnamon. They may not have looked as fancy but they tasted just as wonderful.

Wishing you all a wonderful New Year’s Eve celebration and and they say here in Germany a good slide into the new year!

Ingredients:

• 8 ounces of semi sweet chocolate chopped into small pieces
• 1/2 cup cream
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 tablespoons chili pepper
• 2 tablespoons cinnamon
• Disco dust – any color combo you like
• 1 tablespoon clear drinking alcohol (vodka, etc.)
• Small paintbrush

Directions:

• Place the chopped chocolate in a heat proof bowl.
• Heat the butter and cream together until boiling stirring to combine.
• Pour the hot liquid over the chocolate and let sit for at least 2 minutes.
• Stir or whisk to combine.
• When mixture is smooth and one color, add the chili pepper and cinnamon.
• Cover bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate until  the mixture has cooled completely and hardened.
• Remove the truffle mixture from fridge and using a spoon or melon baller, scoop out a portion and roll between your hands until a ball is formed.
• Place on a plate. Repeat until you have used up the mixture.
• Dip the paintbrush into the vodka and then into the disco dust and apply to each truffle.
• When finished, refrigerate the truffles until ready to serve.