strawberry 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 are completely devoted to some crème brûlée this year, 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.
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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