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Monster Brandy Truffles Recipe

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My husband came home with rum balls the other night and he said they didn’t taste like rum so I figured I could make some rum balls. Well we’re out of rum so I thought I would take his favorite alcohol instead and make something with it. BRANDY!

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So using Brandy I made these magical Monster Brandy Truffles:

I found that it was a very messy recipe.

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By using my hands after melting the chocolate on the stove and letting it cool I broke it up into pieces and rolled most of it into balls.

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Then we covered the balls with melted semi-sweet chocolate with brandy mixed in and they came out delicious.

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Monster Brandy Truffles Recipe

Ingredients:

16 Ounces unsweetened baking chocolate
4 ounces brandy
2 Tablespoons heavy whipping cream
12 ounces semi-sweet chocolate chips
2 ounces brandy
1 tube green icing gel
24 red hots

Directions:

Melt 16 ounces unsweetened baking chocolate constantly stirring to not burn the chocolate, slowly add the heavy whipping cream

Add the brandy when you feel the chocolate is almost completely melted and remove from heat

Let sit out for about 30 minutes as it cools to room temperature. Then create the balls and place them in a re-sealable bowl. Then cool them in the temperature for 2 hours.

Melt the semi-sweet chocolate in the microwave 30 seconds at a time stirring in between each melting

Add the brandy in ounce at a time to help stir the chocolate

Then spoon the balls into the ganache and place on a wax paper. Let them cool and set up, then place the chocolate in the fridge to completely harden.

Peanut Butter Truffle Surprise Muffins Recipe

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I know this is going to sound crazy, I was looking on-line and things to buy at ProFlowers.com and I found some cupcakes to buy. It’s a review for my blog, I was surprised that they had things other than flowers and I thought of some people I could give them to. As soon as I hit purchase I was hit with this uncontrollable urge to bake. I didn’t know what to bake so I asked my husband what he was in the mood for and he said peanut butter so I created this recipe. YUM! They were oozing with chocolate.

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Peanut Butter Truffle Surprise Muffins Recipe

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Ingredients
  • 2  cups  all-purpose flour
  • 1/4  cup  sugar
  • 2  teaspoons  baking powder
  • 1/2  teaspoon  salt
  • 1/3  cup  peanut butter (crunchy or smooth)
  • 1  cup  whole milk
  • 1  egg, beaten
  • 3  tablespoons  unsalted butter, melted
  • 18 Chocolate truffles

 

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350° F. Combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt in a large mixing bowl. Add the peanut butter and combine with a pastry cutter or 2 forks until it has reached a coarse, crumbly texture. Stir in the milk, egg, and butter. 
  2. Coat a nonstick muffin pan with cooking spray. Fill each muffin cup about 3/4 full with batter. Evenly sprinkle some chopped peanuts over each.
  3. Bake 15 to 20 minutes or until light golden brown. Cool on a wire rack.