Halloween Truffles – Sweets for a Spooky Night!

It’s Halloween and it can be a little less spooky with some mouthwatering Halloween Truffles. To Make Wonderful Halloween Truffles, you will need:

• 6 squares bittersweet chocolate
• 6 squares white chocolate
• ¼ cup  cream
• 1tbsp butter at room temperature
• 2 drops of red and 3 drops of yellow food colorings
• 3tbsps of orange-tinted coconut flakes
• Black decorating gel

Halloween Truffles are very easy to make and your children will love them! To prepare Halloween Truffles:

• Combine butter, cream and bittersweet chocolate squares in a microwaveable bowl. Set the temperature to high and microwave for 1½-2 minutes. The chocolate should be completely melted. Stir to mix well. Cover and let cool.
• Keep in the freezer for about 1 hour. Take out; it should be firm but not too hard.
• Use a teaspoon to scoop the chocolate. Use your hands to roll and make into balls 1 inch diameter each. You should be able to make 20 balls.
• Take a baking sheet and place a waxed paper over it. Place the balls. Cover and freeze for 20 minutes.  Place 3 white chocolate squares in a small microwaveable bowl. Set the temperature to high and microwave for 1½-2 minutes to melt chocolate. Set aside.
• Take the remaining white chocolate squares; melt in microwaveable and stir in food colorings. The color will come out as orange. Set aside and let cool.
• Take 10 chocolate balls and dip in the bowl of white chocolate and coloring mix. Coat each ball evenly.
• Take the other 10 balls and dip in the bowl of white chocolate and coat evenly.
• Use orange-tinted coconut flakes to decorate the orange truffles. This makes it look like small pumpkins. Use the black decorating gel on the white truffles to draw eyes and mouths.
• Refrigerate until ready to eat.

Another tasty Halloween delight is the Pumpkin Truffles. To make these, you will need:

• 1 cup pumpkin puree
• 1oz butter
• 1 cup cream
• ¼ cup brown sugar
• ¼tsp ground cloves
• 1tsp ground cinnamon
• 1tsp ground ginger
• 24oz white chocolate morsels

To make Pumpkin Truffles:

• Combine pumpkin, cloves, ginger, cinnamon and brown sugar. Cook in a saucepan over low heat for about 5/6 minutes. The pumpkin will reduce to half and will be dry. Set aside.
• In a medium-sized saucepan heat cream. Take down.
• Add hot cream to chocolate in a separate bowl and stir slowly. Mix well.
• Add the pumpkin mixture and butter and whisk. Cover and refrigerate for few minutes.
• Take candy making moulds of your choice; melt chocolate and fill in piping bag so you can easily squeeze into the moulds. Chill for a couple of minutes.
• Tap the mold so chocolate settles in. Squeeze more chocolate on the top. Allow chilling for 20 minutes before taking out.
• Roll candies in the pumpkin mix. Place on a baking sheet and chill until ready to serve.

Halloween is a great time to cherish your children by throwing them a party that flows with goodies of their choice. The Halloween Truffles are just the thing to get your party started on a ‘sweet’ note.