I read something recently that I have experienced to be accurate in my life. In Anne Lamott’s “Bird By Bird”, she talks about how students in her writing classes come to her, “They kind of want to write, but they really want to be published. You’ll never get where you want to be that way, I tell them.” I would say this happens in lots of areas of life, not just writing. For example, I would love to be a knitter but I don’t really want to sit down and knit (at least, not yet). For a period of time I wanted to be a runner, you know, taking one long glorious stride after another (into the sunset). Notice how I said “period of time.” That desire was short lived. Which brings me to these Dairy Free Truffles.
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My favorite Patisserie in Minneapolis has a jaw dropping case filled with confections that make me, for a split second, dream of spending my days tempering and glazing chocolate into glossy edible perfections for the good of humanity. And then I remember how impatient I am. A chocolatier is not my future.
But these dairy free truffles? They are easy to make, delicious, and you can pretend you are a chocolatier while you make them. Side bonus: This recipe has three different flavors you can play with: Dark Chocolate Sea Salt, Peanut Butter, and Chocolate Espresso!
Easy: minimal ingredients, no tempering or glazing. Delicious: I’m including three varieties here. Dark chocolate sea salt, Peanut butter, and chocolate espresso. Pretend you’re a chocolatier: While you roll them, trying to be quick about it and still making a mess, turn up the sound track from the movie “Chocolot” and work has happily as you imagine the most talented chocolatier would.
For the peanut butter truffles, you can either drizzle the peanut butter glaze over the truffles or you can dip the whole truffle in. Either way, that glaze is my favorite. Tastes like the inside of a peanut butter cup.
These are pretty rustic so don’t worry about how they look as you roll them. Just aim for a somewhat circular shape! Let me know if you make these and which variety you like the best! These make a lot so if you want to make a mix of them, I suggest halving the variety you don’t want as much of. My personal favorite? Sea Salt!
Also, what is your “I want to be that but I don’t REALLY want to be doing that.”?
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