February 7, 2020

3 Ingredient White Chocolate Raspberry Truffles

Simplicity creates some amazing things. These White Chocolate Raspberry Truffles may only have three ingredients, but they hit high numbers on the flavor scale! Truffles aren’t the difficult, expensive confection you might think they are! Prepare to ditch that store bought candy because for these you only need a microwave! Truffles are the perfect gift (if you’re able to part with them) for the chocolate lover in your life!

White chocolate raspberry truffles sitting in ruffled white candy cups, arranged on a wooden platter — White Chocolate Raspberry Truffles

Truffles come in many shapes, sizes, and variations. They can be chewy, creamy, coated, shiny, molded, you name it, there is a whole world of truffles out there! Traditional truffles are ganache hand rolled and coated in cocoa powder, a look-a-like to the fancy mushroom they were named after. One of the world’s most expensive desserts is the La Madeline au Truffle found at Chocopologie in Norwalk, CT. It sells for $250 (yes, that’s for one), and must be pre-ordered! (It does come in a golden box, if that helps. Ha!)

What you need to know about chocolate…

Fun fact – white chocolate is not really chocolate at all! White chocolate only contains cocoa butter, sugar, milk solids and flavorings. White chocolate melts faster than any other so always use low heat to avoid disaster.

Chocolate gets a bad rap of being hard or messy to work with, but making a ganache is the opposite, because there’s no need to temper the chocolate. I’ve used a variety of types of chocolate for this from chips to melts and bars, and they all turn out great, so use your favorite! Using freeze dried fruit not only adds natural flavor and bright color, but it adds a tangy accent. This balances out the sweetness of the white chocolate, since it’s mostly made up of sugar!

white chocolate raspberry truffle mixtures still warm in a glass bowl with a blue spatula, next to a bag of freeze dried raspberries — The colorful ganache mixture while still warm

What is a chocolate ratio…

Truffles start out as ganache just like the White Chocolate Pistachio Ganache. Since white chocolate isn’t “real” chocolate, it melts easily and less cream is needed to make the correct ganache texture. In order for a white chocolate truffle to hold its shape but still be creamy, we use a 4:1 ratio. This means four parts chocolate to one part cream. For reference, most dark chocolate truffles are made with a 2:1 ratio.

Forming the truffles…

Whether you’re going for the traditional rustic, slightly misshapen truffle, or a perfectly round ball, you want them all to be the same size. Once the ganache mixture has cooled down, I use a small cookie scoop (about 1 Tbsp) and drop them onto a parchment or silpat lined tray. You can refrigerate or freeze the truffles to speed the cooling process along.

white chocolate raspberry truffles scooped on a sheet pan, next to the glass mixing bowl — Use a stainless steel scoop to ensure each truffle is the same size

Next, I roll them lightly in the palms of my hands (not with my fingers!) to form the round, smooth shape. Once they are shaped and rolled in the dried fruit powder, I toss the coated truffles back and forth between my hands to shake off the excess powder. Finally, I roll them just a couple more times to ensure the powder coating is well-adhered to the chocolate.

One important note – Freeze-dried fruits are more common than you might think–they carry them at my local target, but you may have to ask the manager to point you in their direction! Once you have it, sift the fruit powder at least once after grinding. Raspberries have tough seeds, and grinding doesn’t eliminate them, it just makes them smaller and easier to get stuck in your teeth.

raspberry seeds shown in a fine mesh sieve above the bowl of powder — Use the finest sieve you have to separate out the fruit seeds

This Week’s Dessert Bar…

While these truffles can be made and will be appreciated anytime, I’m teaming these up with my Chicago Style Snack Mix and adult flavored gumdrops to create the ultimate Movie Night Dessert Bar! Stay tuned for the remaining recipes and posts for this exciting series!

5 white chocolate raspberry truffles with 2 bowls of Chicago Style Snack Mix and a small white bowl of Red Wine Gumdrops, on a wooden platter — Wine, Cheese, and Chocolate Movie Night!

Tower of bright red round raspberry truffles, with a half bitten truffle, next to a white bowl of raspberries on a white plate

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