New Flavors

In my last post I talked about the bridal shower that I made truffles for. Here, I will talk about more about those truffles. We made five different kinds, but one of those was cinnamon-ceyenne pepper, which we have made before. So I will just talk about the four new flavors that were made. They were definitely fun to come up with and even more fun to eat and share with other people.

(Dark chocolate ganache with honey and black pepper dipped in white chocolate)

This truffle was Andy's idea. I loved how he wanted to put the delicacy of honey with something harsh like black pepper. The whole idea of our truffles is to match crazy flavors and put them in chocolate. Most of the time you think they wouldn't be good, but when you taste the truffle it is always a pleasant surprise. This was one of those flavors. When you bite into the truffle you immediately taste the honey. Then, by the time you have finished the truffle the pepper taste starts to come out and mingles nicely with the chocolate taste in your mouth after the truffle is gone. It's a bad boy meets good girl kind of truffle for sure!

(Dark chocolate espresso ganache rolled in cocoa powder)

This truffle was created more as a crowd pleaser. We figured that with all of our differently flavored truffles we should make a more simple truffle for those people with more simple tastes. It is very to the point and despite the little amount of espresso used in it, it was also very strong. Which is good because most people who like espresso like it strong. Among our friends this was a definite favorite even though it was rolled in cocoa powder and not dipped in chocolate.

(White chocolate ganache with ginger and lime rolled in coconut)

I was very excited for this truffle! I love ginger and I love lime so to put them together in a truffle was kind of a dream come true. After making it for the first time though, I can definitely say that it will be even better next time. The ginger was not so strong in this truffle, so next time I really want to magnify that flavor. I think I will also dip it instead of rolling it in coconut. The comments I received on it were that people loved the coconut but it took away from the flavors. I will just have to pass the coconut on to another truffle flavor in the future.

(Milk chocolate ganache with green tea, orange and jasmine dipped in dark chocolate)

I think this was my favorite of the bunch! First of all, we made these truffles square instead of round. It was actually easier to dip them in a square shape, rather than round. The flavor of these really popped. They didn't taste so much of green tea, but the orange and jasmine flavors really came out. The first taste was orange and then the jasmine kind of lingered in the background. I thought they were perfect, and beautiful too!