Irish Cream Chocolate Truffles

It's the luck of the Irish to have a truffles recipe so scrumptious. Easy to make, you can even shower your loved ones with this sweet treat as a gift. That's no blarney.
Course Candy / Truffles / Petite Fours
Cuisine Continental
Servings 12 servings
Calories 2102.85 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 1/4 cup(s) Bailey's Irish Cream
  • 12 ounce(s) semisweet chocolate chips
  • 1/4 cup(s) heavy cream
  • 1 tablespoon(s) butter
  • 2 egg yolks
  • 2 tablespoon(s) sugar
  • 1 tablespoon(s) cocoa powder

Instructions
 

  • Melt chocolate over very low heat.
  • Stir in Bailey's and cream.
  • Beat egg yolks, stir a small amount of chocolate mixture into eggs, and then slowly add the eggs to the chocolate mixture.
  • Mixture will thicken.
  • Add butter.
  • Refrigerate overnight, or several hours.
  • Using two large spoons or a small ice cream scoop, form small balls and roll in powdered sugar, then cocoa.

Nutrition

Calories: 2102.85kcalCarbohydrates: 231.79gProtein: 22.03gFat: 145.2gSaturated Fat: 84.62gCholesterol: 480.95mgSodium: 167.76mgFiber: 21.04gSugar: 195.7g
Keyword Chocolate, Eggs
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