Cella's Chocolate Covered Cherry Mystery SOLVED! - Look What I Found Inside My Dark Chocolate Candy?
My Wife likes to buy Cellas chocolate covered cherries for me as a gift. But this time I didn't know what was going on with my box of chocolates. I do prefer dark chocolate over milk chocolate, So I was pleasantly surprised with what I found inside.
These are my favorite chocolate covered cherries:
These are pretty good also:
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Chocolate Cherry Truffle Recipe with Hannah Kaminsky
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Cherry Chocolate Truffles
Cherries and chocolate, supposed aphrodisiacs and staples in candy boxes the world over, must necessarily be sinfully indulgent, right? Far from it, these ambrosial bites require only four spare ingredients and no added sugar to taste positively decadent. Few desserts honestly qualify as “health food,” but this one can be justified as a good source of antioxidants thanks to those two superfoods, right? Go ahead, enjoy these unexpectedly wholesome truffles with a clear conscience!
Cherry Center:
1½ cups dried cherries
½ cup Dutch process cocoa powder
Chocolate Coating:
4 ounces dark chocolate, chopped, or ⅔ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
1–3 tablespoons plain non-dairy milk
Purée the cherries in your food processor until they become a smooth paste, pausing to scrape down the sides of the container as needed. Add in the cocoa powder and process again. Continue blending and soon enough the whole mixture should come together into a firm ball. Move this dough to a storage container on the counter and allow the flavors to develop overnight. You can continue working with the dough, if you are in a hurry, but I highly suggest you give it time to rest.
To make the truffles, scoop a small amount of dough and roll it into a ball in the palm of your hands. The size of each ball will dictate the final size of each truffle. I would suggest about 1 tablespoon of dough for the core, but you may choose to go larger or smaller. Repeat this process until the entire fruit base is used up.
Once you have the cherry centers ready to go, place the chocolate in a small, microwave-safe bowl. Melt the chocolate in the microwave in 30-second intervals, just until it stirs together smoothly with no lumps. Stir in the non-dairy milk to your desired consistency. More non-dairy milk will result in a higher ratio of center to coating and the coating will be softer, while less will give you a thicker chocolate shell that solidifies more.
Set a piece of parchment paper on a baking sheet in your workspace. Drop one cherry center into the chocolate at a time, rolling it around to completely coat. Once fully coated, drop each truffle onto the parchment. Let sit at room temperature and let dry for at least two hours. If you’d rather not wait, you can stash the truffles in your refrigerator or freezer to speed up the process.
Makes approximately 24 truffles