Recipe 1: Truffles

About a week ago, I found 15 "holiday" baking recipes I wanted to try, and I dove right in. Tonight I experienced my first failure. (I promise to tell you about the successes later but those stories aren't nearly as interesting).

I made truffles.

I did not like the truffles.

They were a lot of work.

They tasted like giant Hershey's kisses with cinnamon.

That is the short version. Here's the long version.

I am always looking for chocolate recipes that I can make at home because my oldest son has a peanut allergy and is thereby severely limited in the kinds of chocolates he can have. Honestly, even finding safe baking chocolate presents a challenge. Anyway, I found this really appealing truffle recipe. The picture on the card looked awesome, anyhow.

It was a lie.

There was a lot of work involved.

1.) Melt chocolate with butter

2.) Stir in whipping cream, vanilla and cinnamon

3.) Refrigerate for one hour, stirring every 5 minutes

4.) Form into balls

5.) Refrigerate for an additional hour

6.) Eat a big Hershey's kiss

I was rather disappointed. I wanted something light, fluffy and amazing. I got something huge, clunky and too rich.

On another note—my son LOVED the recipe. Next time I intend to give him some baking chocolate slightly melted with powdered sugar on top.