First time making homemade chocolate truffles

Valentine's day is just around the corner!

Let's make homemade chocolate truffles! Why not in the shape of a heart?

**Disclaimer, I am experimenting by taking parts of various recipes from the interwebs I read prior to making this. It's a learn as you go thing I like to do in the kitchen 😜

Get your ingredients together and take a picture to share on your social media. 📸

I read that the chocolate ganache for a truffle should be a 2:1 ratio. 2 parts chocolate and 1 part cream. I'm not fully convinced about this information.
Measuring on a scale is better than a measuring cup. This is true in life as well.

Heat cream over stove, low heat.
It's a good idea to finely chop the chocolate while the cream is heating. I missed this step and it wasn't good. Now I know better for next time. Chop yo chocolate.

Pour warm cream over (chopped) chocolate. Let sit for a couple minutes to melt chocolate.

Stir chocolate until completely combined into rich, smooth, decedent texture.
This is where I fucked up on the chopping. I had big chunks of chocolate that didn't melt!

Scoop chocolate ganache into mold. Make sure there are no air bubbles.
You can also roll into a ball like many other truffles of the world. It's a messy job!
I added some fresh raspberry in some of the hearts to try. (I did not like them!!!)

Chill in fridge for a little while. Then pop them out of the mold. Careful you don't break my heart!
I sprinkled some cinnamon/cumin/chili powder mixture on to some of the hearts to "spice up" my love life 😉😉😋 it's actually pretty good (yeah, both)

Melt more chocolate for the shell. Make it pourable but thick enough that it stays on the candies (I'm still working on this process).

I had this edible glitter spray and figured I try it out.

Pretty!! 😍

Drizzle more chocolate to make tiny art on the truffles.

Chill to set chocolate. Eat! I mean give to the one you love for Valentine's day ❤️

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