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Spiced Chocolate Ginger Truffles

These spiced chocolate ginger truffles are flavored with Chinese 5-spice powder and crystallized ginger bits.
Prep Time20 minutes
Cook Time10 minutes
Chill Time:3 hours
Total Time3 hours 30 minutes
Servings: 25 truffles
Calories (Estimated): 74kcal

Ingredients:

  • ½ cup heavy cream
  • 3 tablespoons unsalted butter
  • 1 teaspoon Chinese 5-spice powder
  • pinch of salt
  • 8 ounces bittersweet chocolate, finely chopped (I used Ghirardelli 60 percent cacao bittersweet chocolate baking bars)*
  • ¼ cup finely chopped crystallized ginger
  • unsweetened cocoa powder to roll the truffles in

Instructions:

  • Add cream, butter, spice and salt to a saucepan and bring to a boil.
  • Pour the hot cream mix over the chocolate and let sit for 2 minutes.
  • Stir together until everything is well combined and no large chocolate clumps remain. (You may need to heat the mixture over a pot of simmering water to get rid of the last clumps.)
  • Stir in the crystallized ginger.
  • Cover and put in the fridge for 3 hours.
  • With a melon baller, a spring-loaded 2-teaspoon scoop or a spoon, scoop out the chocolate. Quickly roll into balls with your hands.
  • Roll each ball in the cocoa powder.
  • Keep the truffles in the fridge until you're ready to serve them and don't inhale when you bite into them.

Notes:

*Don't use chocolate morsels; morsels have stabilizers in them that actually prevent them from melting.