350 Chocolate Truffles
How is everyone on this gray Monday? (at least here in NJ it is very gray!) I took today off from work to spend some time with my sister Christine who is home from college for spring break, and who bravely had her tonsils removed on Thursday. Talk about a bummer of a break!
Anyhoo, I spent Saturday at Lindsey's parent's house out in Long Island. Next week is her engagement party so she needed some serious girl time in terms of prepping and baking for the occasion. So of course, I headed out to the island to get our DIY on!
And when I say DIY, I mean DIY. Apparently Lindsey has a case of the Rachel when it comes to taking on big projects for own engagement party. After some brainstorming, Lin decided that edible favors were the way to go, and we decided on chocolate truffles. These aren't exactly traditional truffles, but chocolate candy cups with delicious, decadent filling. After lots of deliberation, we came up with 4 varieties so each favor box would get one of each. Oh and did I mention that to make this happen, we had to make upwards of 350 truffles. Yeah.
Between Lindsey, myself, her sister Britt and 2 other bridesmaids Jenny and Julie, we managed to get 'er done after a looooong day of chocolateering. The result? Nothing short of fabulous party favors that could easily have come from Godiva herself. And all I can say is, praise Jesus (and Jenny) for a real double boiler. Oh and for Yellowtail and their affordable oversized bottles of Shiraz.
On the list were classic chocolate Oreo filled truffles...
Golden Oreo + raspberry jam truffles
Peanut butter + jelly truffles
...and s'mores truffles, garnished with crushed graham crackers.
Don't you wish you were attending this upcoming party?
This guy does...
With chocolate on our clothes (and in our pores), the chocolateering was completed by 1AM on Saturday, which left Sunday for the girls to box everything up (I had to head home before this point!), but they sent me a snapshot of the work in progress...
Considering none of us had made chocolate confections like this previously, I'd say we got 'er done without a hitch. And had a fantastic time in the process. There's nothing like a little girl time! Stay tuned for next week when I wrap up the whole shebang with finished photos and recipes if anyone is interested! So what's the last DIY project that you tackled?
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That is so impressive! I would like to come and eat boxes full of the peanut butter and jelly truffles! What a fun day of truffle making.
i wanna come! those look amazing! good work ladies :)
Smores truffles AND a cute little doxie?! Doesn't get much better than that! ;)
Wow! Those look amazing...and like a lot of work! I would definitely be happy at that party :)
Amazing job to the both of you!! I'd like 3 orders of the oreo, 2 of the pb and j, and 5 orders of everything else...k thanks!
I love edible favors! I think it should be mandatory to have favors you can eat...much better than candles and junk that'll end up collecting dust.
My last DIY was probably purses I made for my Bridesmaids in October. It was so much fun and they came out great!!
OMG what a huge (and delicious) project! You guys did a great job, they look beautiful.
This is seriously impressive! I have not tackled truffles but have always wanted to. PS those gift boxes are mighty cool!
I'd die for an invite. Just sayin'. :)
dumb question, probably, but since I've only ever made truffles in "ball" form... do you just pour melted chocolate into the cups, add the filling, then pour more in?
Alyssa, yes that's exactly right. But, you have to be sure to let the bottom chocolate layer set before adding the filling, otherwise it will sink right through. Ours set right out on the countertop in 15 min or so.
Holy Poop. I need to try those peanut butter and jelly ones!.. They all look amazing. If its a girls nite thing i have no problem dressing up as a women, YOU ALL KNOW THAT! hahhaha