GODIVA CHOCOLATE LIQUEUR TRUFFLES

Category: Truffles, bonbons and candies
Preparation time: 20 minutes
Makes 24 large truffles or 80 small truffles

INGREDIENTS:

16 ounces bittersweet or dark chocolate
1 cup of heavy cream
1/4 Godiva chocolate liqueur
Cocoa powder or icing sugar

Assembly:
In a saucepan, heat the heavy cream until it starts boiling.
Break off the bittersweet chocolate into smaller pieces and put them all in a heat-safe bowl.
Take the saucepan off the fire and pour the boiling heavy cream on the chocolates.
Let the mixture sit for 2 minutes, then start stirring carefully until the chocolate has completely melted.
Stir in the chocolate liqueur and mix completely. Set the bowl aside and let it cool to around room temperature. Once the bowl has cooled, place it in the fridge to chill for 4 hours.
Take a baking sheet and line it with parchment paper.
Once the chocolate has firmed, take the bowl out of the fridge.
Take your cocoa powder and fill a shallow bowl with it.
Using a spoon or melon baller, scoop out the ganache and shape it into tiny balls.
Dip the balls into the cocoa powder, coating it thoroughly.
Place the truffles back on the baking sheet. Do the same for all truffles.
Store inside the refrigerator or consume immediately.

TIP: You can use other liqueurs for this recipe. You can try other brands of chocolate liqueur if you don't have Godiva, since this brand is particularly expensive. You can even use other flavors, like Grand Marnier's orange liqueur. Orange gives the truffles a slight tang that is perfect for people who don't like truffles that are too sweet.