It's T-3 days to Christmas morning, and I know time is short for you as well as me, so I'll make this brief: If you are looking for last-minute little Christmas gifts, you easily have time to make chocolate truffles. People love buttery smooth chocolates so much more than useless junk you get at the mall. (Uh, gee, thanks, Aunt Madge. The red and green sequins really make Rudolph seem to jump right out of the sweater.) And everyone will be so impressed that you made them yourself. Better yet, get your kids to make them. I know they need something to do now that winter break is here. Even more important, they need something to do that is actually useful. I think making Christmas gifts fits the bill. If your child can roll play dough into a ball, then he or she should be able to make truffles.
There are only four ingredients (cream, butter, chocolate, and cocoa powder), so be sure to use high quality ingredients, especially with regard to the chocolate. Ghirardelli is a good choice. I used their recipe, which conveniently was on the back of my bar of chocolate. It's dead simple, and turned out nicely. You can find the same recipe here, using chocolate chips. Replace the chocolate chips with two bars of bitter-sweet chocolate if you wish. If you want to get a little bit fancier, you could go over to Simply Recipes and try Garrett's truffles. You could also try rolling little bits of dried fruit into your truffles. I had intended to incorporate dried cherries into ours, but we ate all the dried cherries before I had a chance to do this. Oh well, such is life.
To wrap our truffles, we placed several into a foil cupcake liner, then tied a square of tissue paper around the liner. Easy! Word of warning: You will likely need to make a double batch if you are planning on giving any away at all. Merry Christmas!
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