Chocolate Truffles, Decadent and Impressive, Are an Easy Homemade Treat

America’s Test Kitchen has tips, tricks, and a fool-proof recipe

Chocolate truffles, rolled in cocoa, sugar, and spices. Courtesy of America's Test Kitchen

For such rich, luxurious treats, chocolate truffles are incredibly simple to make at home.

At the heart of the bite-size confections is ganache, a mixture of chocolate and cream, chilled until firm, scooped and shaped into balls, and rolled in cocoa and confectioners’ sugar—or whatever coating you desire.