Irish cream is used to make these delicious chocolate truffles, which are ideal for St. Patrick’s Day. For a finishing touch, roll in melted chocolate, finely chopped almonds, or cocoa powder.
| Prep Time: | 15 mins |
| Cook Time: | 10 mins |
| Additional Time: | 1 hr |
| Total Time: | 1 hr 25 mins |
| Servings: | 24 |
| Yield: | 2 dozen truffles |
Ingredients
- 1 cup heavy cream
- ¼ cup white sugar
- ¼ cup butter
- 1 (16 ounce) package semisweet chocolate chips
- 1 tablespoon Irish cream liqueur
Instructions
- Whisk heavy cream and sugar together in a small saucepan over medium heat. Heat until the edges of the cream show fine bubbles but mixture does not boil, allowing sugar to dissolve. Remove from heat.
- Whisk butter, chocolate chips, and Irish cream into cream mixture until butter and chocolate chips are melted. Cool to room temperature.
- Scoop up the chocolate mixture about 1 tablespoon at a time and roll into a 1-inch ball; set truffles on a plate.
- Refrigerate until firm, about 1 hour.
- Whip the chocolate mixture to create a lighter truffle.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 152 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 15 g |
| Cholesterol | 19 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Protein | 1 g |
| Saturated Fat | 7 g |
| Sodium | 20 mg |
| Sugars | 13 g |
| Fat | 11 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
The only reason II gave this 4 stars is because I needed to add more Irish Cream. The flavor (using this recipe) is too faint. Other than that, it was delicious. All my giftees loved it.
I tried it today. And as Darlene has said, I had a real hard time getting it to set and shaping. Also the the irish creme got lost in the chocolate. Was not able to tell the ingredient was in there. I too will make it again maybe but will have to experiment with some miner changes as to cut down on the cream and adding some extra liqueur
They taste very good but they didn’t set up very well and we had a hard time shaping them into little balls. I think I would make them again but would put them in the freezer for a bit longer before I tried to shape them.
Truffles did not set up well, they are soft and gooey. At least they taste good.
All my friends and a local minister love it
The chocolate flavor of the Ghiradelli chocolate chips I used produced a great deep, rich chocolate flavor, however I was disappointed that the Irish Cream flavor was negligible. The truffles were smooth and yummy and everyone enjoyed them.