Chocolate Cranberry Truffles
Sweet gift idea: tuck these into a small box lined with tissue paper.
Ingredients
- 1 1⁄4 cups dark chocolate chips
- 1⁄2 cup cranberry sauce
- 2 tbsp whipping cream
- 3 tbsp cocoa powder
- 3 tbsp icing sugar
Preparation
- Melt first 3 ingredients in a metal or glass bowl over steaming (not boiling) water, stirring regularly.
- Remove mixture from heat. Cool to room temperature. Once cool, place bowl in refrigerator for minimum 30 minutes.
- Place cocoa and icing sugar on separate plates. Roll teaspoons of chilled truffle mixture in hands (truffles can be irregular in shape), then roll in either Cocoa or icing sugar.
- Store in refrigerator and remove 5 minutes prior to serving.
Nutritional Information
Per serving(1 truffle): Calories 70, Fat 4 g (Saturated 2 g, 0 0 g), Cholesterol 0 mg, Sodium 2 mg, Carbohydrate 9 g (Fiber 1 g, Sugars 7 g), Protein 1 g.