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Tiramisu Truffles

Creamy filling with a pleasurable hint of coffee and chocolate, known best from traditional tiramisu, rolled up into the perfect bite-size snack.
Prep Time5 minutes
Cook Time10 minutes
Resting Time20 minutes
Total Time15 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: Italian
Keyword: tiramisu, truffles
Servings: 6
Author: kingcooks

Ingredients

  • 8 oz. cream cheese
  • 1 ½ cups 12 ladyfinger cookies, crushed into fine powder
  • 1 ½ cups milk chocolate melted
  • 2 tbsp. coffee
  • 2 1/2 tbsp. instant coffee crystals
  • 2 tbsp. sugar
  • 1 tbsp. cocoa powder

Instructions

  • n a medium sized bowl add in the cream cheese, sugar, and the crushed lady fingers. Mix thoroughly until fully combined.
  • Tip: to crush lady fingers, simply add the cookies into a food processor or a blender, and pulse until cookies turn into a fine powder.
  • Next, add 1 tbsp. coffee and mix until the filling turns light brown. Sprinkle in 2 tbsp. instant coffee crystals and fold into the filling. The filling should feel solid in texture like cookie dough.
  • Refrigerate the filling for 10 minutes.
  • Once chilled, form filling into 1 inch balls and dip into remaining coffee and set on a baking sheet. Repeat until all of the filling is gone. You should end up with 10-12 balls.
  • Chill for an additional 10 minutes.
  • During this time, mix together ½ tbsp. instant coffee crystals and cocoa powder and set aside.
  • Melt chocolate in the microwave in 30 second intervals stirring after each interval until smooth.
  • Dip each chilled ball into the melted chocolate and transfer it to a baking sheet. Repeat until all the truffle balls are coated with chocolate. Chill for an additional 5 minutes.
  • Before serving, dust each truffle with the cocoa powder/coffee crystal mix.

Notes

Keep extras refrigerated, they should last up to one week.