Blueberry Chocolate Truffles
Make easy blueberry chocolate truffles with semi-sweet chocolate and blueberry jam. A simple homemade truffle recipe that's perfect for gifts and dessert trays.
Equipment
- 1 Little scooper, size 100
- 1 Medium-sized heavy gauge saucepan
- 1 Cookie sheet
- Plastic wrap
- Aluminum foil
- 1 Heat-resistant mixing bowl that will fit over a saucepan or a double boiler
Ingredients
- 1½ cups semi-sweet or dark chocolate chips
- 2 tablespoons heavy cream
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 2 tablespoons blueberry jam
Outside Coating
- ½ cup milk chocolate, white chocolate, or semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 2 teaspoons shortening (I use butter-flavored Crisco)
- 1 teaspoon freeze-dried blueberries, crushed into blueberry “dust”
Instructions
- In a heavy-gauge saucepan, combine the chocolate chips, heavy cream, and butter. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until smooth.
- Stir in the blueberry jam. Cover with plastic wrap and freeze for 20 minutes.
- Line a baking sheet with foil. Using the 100-sized scooper, drop scoops of the mixture onto the foil-lined baking sheet. Alternatively, drop teaspoonfuls of the mixture onto the baking sheet, then shape into balls.
- Freeze until firm.
- While the truffles are freezing, heat water in a saucepan. Place a mixing bowl over the hot (not boiling) water. Melt the coating chocolate chips and shortening, stirring until smooth.
- Drop frozen truffles, one at a time, into the melted coating. Stir quickly to coat. Remove with a fork, shaking off excess coating. Place the coated truffles on the cookie sheet.
- Decorate with an optional topping like shaved chocolate, finely chopped nuts, or a contrasting color of chocolate drizzle. For a pretty blueberry finish, make blueberry dust: crush freeze-dried blueberries and shake them through a fine mesh sieve over a plate to gather the powder, then sprinkle it over the coating before it sets. I stopped to sprinkle the blueberry dust after coating every four truffles.
- Chill the coated truffles in the refrigerator until set. Store the chocolate blueberry truffles in the refrigerator.