strawberry covered dark chocolate truffles
Remember that cheat day? THEEEEEEESE. To be fair, though, it’s Galentine’s Day.
The day when a gaggle of gals get together (or in this case, a gaggle of bloggers get together on the WWW) and share waffles/treats/stories of love and truth and wisdom and happiness. And strawberry covered dark chocolate truffles. So I had a very good excuse for eating all the truffles. I mean, TWO TRUFFLES. OK, fine. I ate three truffles.
You may be thinking, “Waiiiiit, Steph, you mean chocolate-covered strawberry truffles, right.” To which I would answer, “No ma’am/sir,” these are actually the inside-out version of a chocolate-covered strawberry, which I think is oh-so neat and nifty. It’s a fudgy dark chocolate truffle rolled in freeze-dried strawberries; but it still sort-of tastes like a chocolate-covered strawberry. It’s so 2015.
I really don’t know why I don’t make truffles on a weekly (daily?) basis. They’re SO EASY. You just mix heavy cream, butter and chocolate in a bowl until it’s all melty and smooth and gahhhhhh = how I reacted when I stirred the delicious goodness you see below. Then you let it chill in the fridge for a couple of hours until firm. Then you scoop the mixture into balls, roll them in some crushed freeze-dried strawberries and you’re done. I mean, c’mon: Four ingredients and like 15 minutes of work for a decadent dessert? It’s like I had to eat them because I needed to do something else to fill all that time I saved.
I don’t know what your Valentine’s Day plans are — sadly, mine will be fairly lame because the husband is working this weekend, but we are going out for a fancy-pants dinner next week! — but if you haven’t settled on dessert yet, I highly suggest giving these truffles a whirl. And even if you have settled on dessert, you can make these as a pre-dinner dessert or a post-dessert dessert: because when it’s Valentine’s Day, the day of love and chocolate, these are legitimate dessert-eating times.
And if nothing else, you can make them right now, text your gal pals for a last-minute Galentine’s Day get-together, and they’ll be ready by the time they come over. Make sure somebody brings the waffles!
P.S. UPDATE — I have now eaten four truffles. No regrets.
Here are the other fabulous bloggers’ recipes for Galentine’s Day!
Ganache Topped Truffle Brownies from That Skinny Chick Can Bake
Chocolate Honey Bombs from The Live-In Kitchen
Brownie Batter Chocolate Tart from Melanie Makes
Coeur a la Creme with Dark Chocolate Ganache and Strawberries from Heather’s Dish
Chocolate Cheesecake from NeighborFood
Cheesecake Milkshakes from Chocolate Moosey
Campari and Passion Fruit Sorbet from Food Lust People Love
Boston Cream Trifles from gotta get baked
Grilled Cheese & Chocolate Sandwich with Ganache Dipping Sauce from Climbing Grier Mountain
Red Velvet Chocolate Chip Cookies from Namely Marly
Wicked Waikiki Sour from Pineapple and Coconut
Anise-Scented Ice Cream with Candied Fennel Seeds from girlichef
Mini Heart-Shaped Chocolate Cakes with Raspberry Whipped Cream from A Cookie Named Desire
Nutella Fudge with Raspberries from The Food Charlatan
Strawberry-Covered Dark Chocolate Truffles
- Prep Time: 15 mins
- Cook Time: 4 mins
- Total Time: 19 mins
- Yield: About 16 truffles 1x
Ingredients
- 8 ounces bittersweet chocolate, chopped
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
- 1 (1 ounce) bag freeze-dried strawberries
Instructions
- Place chopped chocolate in a medium bowl. In a small saucepan, bring heavy cream and butter just to a boil.
- Pour cream-butter mixture over chocolate in bowl; stir until melted. Chill at least 2 hours until set.
- Meanwhile, pulse strawberries in a food processor until finely crushed. When chocolate mixture is fully chilled, use a small scoop
to form 1-inch balls.
- Roll each ball in crushed strawberries. Chill until set.
Keywords: Valentine, Valentine's, Valentine's Day
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Heck yes for Galentine’s Day! I’ll be celebrating tonight with a few friends and sushi (cooked for me…ugh) and then lots and lots of chocolate afterwards. These truffles are genius. I always thought chocolate covered strawberries had too much strawberry and not enough chocolate 😉
Love those photos.. and these Galentines Day truffles are brilliant!
These look amazing! Love this idea. Happy Galentine’s Day! 🙂
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Inside out truffles?? What a fabulous idea! I love the color of these. They look like a dangerous thing to have hanging around my counter though. I can see five of these disappearing in no time!
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Only three? I would eat three hundred of these “inside-out” truffles!
I LOVE that you covered these in freeze-dried strawberries!!! And I totally agree, I need to start making truffles weekly…maybe after the wedding though? Haha!
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Taylor — Yes! Totally agree on the chocolate:strawberry ratio. And hey, what you can’t eat in sushi you should def make up for in chocolate. It’s for the baby. 😉
I absolutely love eating truffles but I despise dipping anything in chocolate because I’m the worst at it…this totally solves that problem. They look SO GOOD! I’m seriously debating a TJs run today just to get those freeze-dried strawberries.
Oh, my gosh, what a terrific coating for truffles! I have a feeling I’d easily put away 4 if these we in my kitchen! Happy Galentine’s Day!
These truffles are so pretty and adorable! I love that you covered them with freeze-dried strawberries. Chocolate and strawberries are perfect for Galentine’s Day!
Inside-out choco-covered strawberries it totes neat and nifty! I’m loving these beautiful pink truffs. I’ll come over and help you eat these while the hubs is working…cause gals that gobble together on VDay stay together, right?! Right. Headed to check out the other gals’s creations!
Galentine’s Day is all about no regrets and treat yo self! Good work!
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Yes! Finally, the perfect ratio of strawberry to chocolate. I love it!! And you are so right. There is no reason to not make these every single day.
LOVE LOVE these! Truffles are so deadly dangerously easy, and I love the strawberries on the outside too!
OMG yes I looove these and I love the idea of Galentine’s Day! So fun 🙂 especially if we had a bunch of these truffles to devour…love freeze dried strawberry coating. So smart. Pinned!
Why are we counting how many we are having? Not cool!! Just enjoy the glory that are these truffles! Have a lovely weekend 😉
I love the inside-out approach to these strawberry chocolate truffles. Dee-lish! Happy Galentine’s Day to you!
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“It’s like I had to eat them because I needed to do something else to fill all that time I saved.” <– lol, that is so awesome! Steph, these truffles are ridiculously amazing! I totally agree with you – we should all be making truffles on a regular basis. They're so easy but sooooooooo delicious. Rolling yours in freeze dried strawberries was a fantastic idea! I can't get over how gorgeous all of your photos are. Happy Galentine's Day!
Ermagerd. These are so pretty and look unbelievably delicious. Gimme gimme gimme!!
I adore the gorgeous punch of color that rolling them in the freeze dried berries adds – so irresistible! And yeah, I’d eat them all if nobody was there to help…no, stop…me. 😉
Our Valentine’s Day plans are somewhat lame, but I’m also kind of excited about them: picking up Rocky Rococco’s pizza (we missed it sooooo much living out east!) and making milkshakes, with a rental from Redbox. We did our fancy pants dinner last weekend!
And…now I need to find some freeze-dried strawberries ASAP
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Love how you turned these truffles into inside out chocolate covered strawberry truffles! So many uses for freeze dried strawberries. I bet these would be killer with freeze dried bananas too.
My kids LOVE those little freeze dried strawberry snacks and I might have to hide a bag from them the next time I get them to make these truffles!
Wow, I never knew truffles were so easy! I’ll have to give them a go now. I’m thinking more crushed hazelnuts instead of freeze-dried strawberries, though. (Mainly because I do not have freeze-dried strawberries, and I do have hazelnuts, and well, convenience wins!) Thanks for the recipe!
Simple truffles.. but they look so lovely 🙂
Girl, you are SUCH A GENIUS – rolling in freeze-dried fruit? The options are endless! I love these!
I would eat four of these. Maybe even five. Chocolate rolled in freeze dried strawberries?!?! Definitely five.
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How gorgeous are these truffles? I’d love it if a girlfriend showed up on my doorstep with a box of these – I might even share them with her! 😉
OMG these are amazing!!! They would be perfect for my bridal shower next weekend, I may just have to make truffles for my own shower lol! These seriously look superb!
Lynn — Hey it’s your bridal shower, so you should totes make them (and eat as many as you want! ;))
I love these! Freeze dried strawberries are so amazing and versatile!
Thank goodness I don’t make truffles on a weekly basis ;). These are beauties!
THAT COLOR on the freeze-dried strawberry crust!! It has stolen my heart.
I was so excited to try these truffles but I couldn’t find freeze-dried strawberries with the dried fruit. The organic section of my local grocery store had a 1 oz bag for $5.99 ($24 total for this recipe-YIKES!). Can anyone suggest where I can find the strawberries for a little less? Thanks
Sandra — Eek! I’m so sorry, the 4 oz is a typo. You only need about 1 1-oz bag for this recipe (fixed that now). That said, I found a bag at Target (the Simply Balanced line) for around $3, and I know Trader Joe’s has bags of them, too. SO SORRY about the typo! I hope you can still give these a try!
Thank you Stephanie….I will most definitely be giving these a try!
What a cool idea! love the use of freeze-dried strawberries, freeze-dried fruits are so great with desserts 🙂
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These were made for cheat days. Like seriously made for them!
What a fun twist on chocolate-covered strawberries! It was fun celebrating Galentine’s Day with you!
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These are SO pretty… and I completely LOVE how easy they are to whip up!!
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