Peppermint hot chocolate
Everyone's favourite quick winter treat gets a festive facelift
Chocolate, mint & chilli truffles
Makes 25 truffles
Easy
Prep:
Cook:
plus 2 hrs chilling
Make these easy homemade truffles as an edible gift or after dinner treat - balance heat from the chilli with cooling mint extract
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- 150ml double cream
- 100g milk chocolatechopped
- 100g dark chocolatechopped
- 2 tbsp butter
- 3 tbsp golden syrup
- 1 tsp mint extract
- 2 red bird's-eye chilliesroughly chopped
- 50g blanched almondsfinely chopped and toasted
Nutrition: per truffle
- kcal123
- fat10g
- saturates6g
- carbs6g
- sugars5g
- fibre1g
- protein1g
- salt0.1g
Method
step 1
Pour the cream into a pan and heat until just steaming, but not boiling. Put the chopped chocolate and butter in a bowl, pour over the hot cream, and stir until smooth. Add the golden syrup, mint extract and chilli. Chill until firm, about 2 hrs.
step 2
Using a melon baller roll into 1 tsp balls. Roll the balls in chopped almonds and set on a tray. Cover and chill until serving.
