With a bag of chocolate chips, heavy cream and a holiday spirit, your kids can whip up this simple chocolate ganache and roll it into fancy truffles.
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup heavy cream
- 1 12-oz. bag semisweet chocolate chips
- 2 tsp. vanilla extract
- Chopped walnuts, nonpareils, unsweetened cocoa powder, coconut or grated chocolate
- Candy wrappers
Instructions
- In a heavy saucepan, heat the cream over medium heat until it begins to boil. Reduce the heat and slowly add the chocolate chips, stirring constantly until the chocolate has melted.
- Stir in the vanilla extract. Pour the mixture into an ungreased 9-inch square pan and cool at room temperature. Then freeze for 2 to 3 hours until firm. Scoop the chocolate from the pan and shape into 1-inch balls.
- Roll each truffle in either chopped walnuts, nonpareils, cocoa powder, coconut or grated chocolate and then place in a candy wrapper. Return to the freezer until the balls have set. Serve chilled. Makes about 40 balls.
