Description
These elegant white chocolate blueberry truffles blend rich, creamy white chocolate with tangy blueberry essence. Sweet morsels combine perfectly for a luxurious dessert experience you’ll savor with pure delight.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 ½ cups (440 g) white chocolate chips
- ¼ cup (60 ml) heavy cream
- 2 tbsps blueberry jam or puree (fresh or store-bought)
- 1 tsp coconut oil or vegetable shortening (optional, for smoother coating)
- ¼ tsp vanilla extract
- ¼ tsp lemon zest (optional, for added brightness)
- Freeze-dried blueberries, crushed
- Blue and white sprinkles
- Edible glitter
Instructions
- Ganache Creation: Craft a velvety base by gently heating white chocolate and cream in microwave, whisking meticulously between short intervals until achieving a seamless, glossy consistency.
- Flavor Infusion: Blend blueberry jam, vanilla essence, and optional citrus zest into the molten mixture, stirring comprehensively to distribute flavors uniformly and create a harmonious texture.
- Chilling and Solidification: Encase the mixture with plastic film and refrigerate for 1-2 hours, allowing it to transform into a firm, scoopable consistency perfect for shaping.
- Truffle Formation: Employ a small cookie scoop to portion the chilled mixture, then tenderly roll each section between palms to create smooth, perfectly spherical truffles.
- Pre-Coating Preparation: Freeze the shaped truffles for 30 minutes to enhance structural stability and ensure a pristine coating process.
- Chocolate Coating Preparation: Melt white chocolate with coconut oil using gentle microwave techniques, stirring carefully to achieve a luminous, fluid chocolate coating.
- Dipping and Coating: Immerse each frozen truffle into the molten chocolate, ensuring complete coverage and removing excess with a specialized dipping fork for a flawless finish.
- Decorative Embellishment: While the chocolate remains liquid, sprinkle crushed freeze-dried blueberries or decorative elements to add textural complexity and visual intrigue.
- Final Setting: Allow truffles to stabilize at room temperature or expedite the setting process through brief refrigeration, creating a perfect confectionery treat.
Notes
- Prevent Chocolate Seizing: Melt chocolate slowly and carefully to avoid burning, using short microwave intervals and stirring between each burst to maintain smooth consistency.
- Temperature Control: Keep ganache mixture cool during preparation to ensure proper texture and easy shaping of truffles, using refrigeration strategically.
- Flavor Enhancement: Experiment with additional extracts like almond or add a hint of lavender to complement the blueberry and white chocolate combination.
- Dietary Adaptation: Substitute dairy cream with coconut cream for a vegan version, and use dairy-free white chocolate alternatives to accommodate different dietary needs.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 1 hour 30 minutes
- Category: Desserts, Snacks
- Method: Blending
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 13
- Calories: 154
- Sugar: 16 g
- Sodium: 10 mg
- Fat: 9 g
- Saturated Fat: 5 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 17 g
- Fiber: 0.5 g
- Protein: 1.2 g
- Cholesterol: 15 mg