Egg Liquor Chocolate Truffles

Here’s a fancy idea for your upscale adult Easter baskets. Egg Liquor Chocolate Truffles are simple to make. Passing a plate of these around after your Easter meal is sure to delight the adults while the kids are out searching for eggs.

To create these Egg Liquor Chocolate Truffles simply substitute egg liquor for half of the cream in the recipe. Truffles sound fancy but are surprisingly easy to make.

Heat the cream and butter in a double boiler then pour over chopped chocolate in a bowl. Cover the bowl and refrigerate until the chocolate has hardened. Then, mold spoonfuls in your hands into round shapes, or in this case egg shapes, coat, and serve.

I used Easter-colored pearlized nonpareils to coat these Egg Liquor Chocolate Truffles. However, there is no need to go out and buy fancy sugar decorations. Use powdered sugar or cocoa powder. Additionally, if you happen to have glitter sugar, you can roll the truffles in that.

“What’s with the eggnog on Easter?”

For those of you, who are thinking this. I get it. The name is confusing to non-German.  So here’s the deal:  In Germany, egg liquor is popular at both Christmas and Easter. It is readily available in supermarkets during these times. However, many people like to make it themselves. Those that do add different ingredients to their tats. For example, more warm spices like star anise and cinnamon.  My recipe for Homemade German Egg Liquor seen in the picture above is below in this post.

These truffles are also a great make-ahead when pregaming your Easter menu. They can be made and stored in the refrigerator several days beforehand.

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Egg Liquor Chocolate Truffles

Course Candy, Dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword Chocolate Truffles

Prep Time 10 minutes

Chill Time 3 hours

Total Time 10 minutes

Servings 2 Dozen

Author Lora Wiley-Lennartz

Ingredients

• 8 ounces of semi-sweet good quality chocolate chips or chopped good quality chocolate
• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 1/4 cup heavy cream
• 1/4 cup egg liquor
• 1/3 cup nonpareils

Instructions

1. Place the chocolate chips in a heatproof bowl.
2. In a small saucepan, heat the butter, heavy cream and egg liquor over medium heat until just boiling.
3. Remove the pan from the stove and slowly pour the mixture over the chocolate chips.
4. Let stand for 2 minutes, then whisk to combine the liquid with the melted chocolate chips.
5. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and place in the fridge for at least 3 hours or until mixture become firm.
6. Place a layer of nonpareils on a flat plate.
7. Remove the truffle mixture from the refrigerator and use a teaspoon or melon baller to portion out the truffles.
8. Roll each truffle between your hands to create egg shapes, then roll the truffle in the nonpareils.
9. Set aside on a separate serving plate.
10. Repeat until you have used up the truffle mixture.
11. Place the plate with the finished truffles in the refrigerator until ready to serve or box them up for a gift.

So, do you like these Egg Liquor Chocolate Truffles? Then also check out some of these other delicious recipes:

CHOCOLATE EGG LIQUOR GUGELHUPF

HOMEMADE GERMAN EGG LIQUOR

BACON CHICKEN CHEESE ROULADE