Description
Chocolate lovers will adore these easy brownie truffles that combine rich brownies with creamy chocolate coating. Sweet indulgence meets simple preparation for a delightful dessert you can quickly create and savor.
Ingredients
Scale
Main Ingredients:
- 1 batch brownies, baked and cooled
- 4 ounces (113 grams) cream cheese, softened
- 1 cup (170 grams) chocolate chips
Coating and Toppings:
- 1 cup (170 grams) chocolate chips (for coating)
- Optional toppings: sprinkles
- Optional toppings: crushed nuts
- Optional toppings: cocoa powder
Instructions
- Disintegrate fully cooled brownies into fine crumbs within a spacious mixing container.
- Incorporate softened cream cheese, blending thoroughly until a cohesive, dense mixture develops.
- Craft uniform spherical portions by gently rolling the mixture into compact, bite-sized orbs.
- Position the formed truffles onto a parchment-lined tray, ensuring slight separation between each.
- Transfer the tray to the freezer, allowing the truffles to solidify for approximately 15-20 minutes at 0°F.
- Gently melt chocolate chips using a double boiler or microwave, stirring until smooth and glossy.
- Carefully immerse each chilled truffle into the molten chocolate, ensuring complete and even coverage.
- Delicately return chocolate-coated truffles to the lined sheet, optionally sprinkling decorative toppings.
- Allow truffles to rest at room temperature until chocolate sets completely, approximately 10-15 minutes.
Notes
- Use room temperature cream cheese for smoother mixing and easier blending with brownie crumbs.
- Chill truffles before dipping in chocolate to prevent crumbling and ensure a clean chocolate coating.
- For gluten-free version, use gluten-free brownies or replace with almond flour-based brownie base.
- Experiment with different chocolate coatings like white, dark, or milk chocolate to create variety in flavor and appearance.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Category: Desserts, Snacks
- Method: Freezing
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 24
- Calories: 140 kcal
- Sugar: 12 g
- Sodium: 55 mg
- Fat: 8 g
- Saturated Fat: 4 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3 g
- Trans Fat: 0.1 g
- Carbohydrates: 18 g
- Fiber: 1.5 g
- Protein: 2 g
- Cholesterol: 20 mg