White Chocolate Coconut Truffles

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This scrumptious white chocolate coconut truffle recipe is very easy to make. The hardest part is waiting out the cooling time! I first made these tasty treats two years ago as part of a chocolate and candy-making course, and I've been in love with them ever since!

Charming coconut truffles in green bowl next to Christmas decoration.

This recipe is a bit unique since they're made without chocolate hollow spheres and just a few simple ingredients. It's the perfect recipe if you want something that looks special and tastes amazing but won't take hours to prepare.

I love making these during the Holiday Seasons for my guests or as a favor for anyone who's been generous enough to host me in their home.

If you want to learn how to make these delectable, white chocolate coconut truffles, then keep reading!

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🥘 Ingredients

Shredded Coconut
Sweetened Condensed Milk
Eggnog - homemade or store-bought
White Chocolate Couverture/Confectionary

See the recipe card for quantities.

👣 Coconut Truffles Step-by-Step

Combine the shredded coconut, eggnog, and sweetened condensed milk well.

Close the lid and let the mixture chill overnight.

Let the mixture steep in the fridge overnight.

Form small balls with your hands from the already prepared mixture. — Form small balls with your hands from the prepared mixture.

Roll the coconut balls between your white chocolate-covered hands.

Let the covered truffles firm up on a baking sheet covered with parchment paper. — Let the covered truffles firm up

🔪 Instructions - detailed

The first thing you'll need to do is mix your shredded coconut, condensed milk, and eggnog together with a wooden spoon. This first step only takes a few moments, but you'll need to cover the sweet coconut mixture and store the mixing bowl in your refrigerator overnight.

The following morning, you'll use a teaspoon to cut the shredded coconut mixture into pieces and shape it into chocolates before putting them back into the fridge for another 2 hours.

Once they've had enough time to cool, though, you can start working with your white chocolate couverture or white chocolate confectionery. If both those terms are a little foreign to you, it's basically a fancy type of chocolate that's much higher quality than compound or baking chocolates. It's a go-to for pastry chefs for things like dipping, coating, molding, and garnishing because it has a higher percentage of cocoa butter. That higher percentage of cocoa butter makes the chocolate easier to work with, and thus, you should really check out some of these great options on Amazon before attempting this recipe!

You'll need to melt your white chocolate couverture in a water bath or tempering device before you can spread it between the palms of your hands. Once it's moldable, you'll be rolling your prepared coconut balls in it.

One by one, you'll place them on the baking sheet covered with baking paper and let them set. Keep repeating this process until all of your truffles are coated.

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🍫 Variations

Personally, I really love how white chocolate pairs with the shredded coconut, but if you're a bigger fan or milk chocolate or even dark chocolate, feel free to substitute them into this recipe.

🍽 Equipment

Wooden Spoon for Mixing
Mixing Bowl with Lid
Water Bath or Tempering Unit
Teaspoon
Disposable Gloves
Baking Sheet
Parchment Paper

🌡 Storage

This recipe will make about 40 white chocolate coconut truffles, so unless you're throwing a huge party or you're planning to stuff them into little gift bags for family and friends around the holidays, chances are you'll be left with a few leftovers.

The nice thing about these truffles is that they'll last up to two months if you store them in an airtight container in your refrigerator!

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💭 Top tip

If you've never worked with couverture chocolate before, there are two different ways you can temper your chocolate.

The first method is a water bath.

If you use a water bath for melting, you need two pots of different sizes. Fill one pot 3-4 finger-widths with water and place the second, smaller pot in it. The second pot should not touch the water! Now put the chocolate to be melted into the upper, smaller pot and melt it over moderate heat while stirring over the rising steam.

The second method is to use a tempering unit.

If you end up purchasing a tempering unit, all you'll need to do is add the chocolate to be melted to the device and set it to the appropriate melting temperature. For white and milk chocolate, you'll set it to 40 °C // 104 °F, but if you end up working with dark chocolate at some point, you'll need to go a little hotter at 50 °C // 122 °F.

🌡️ Melting (Tempering) Chocolate

Water bath: If you use a water bath for melting, you need two pots of different sizes. Fill one pot 3-4 finger-widths with water and place the second, smaller pot in it. The second pot should not touch the water! Now put the chocolate to be melted into the upper, smaller pot and melt it over moderate heat while stirring over the rising steam.

Tempering unit: Add the chocolate to be melted to the tempering unit and set it to the appropriate melting temperature. White and milk chocolate: 40 °C // 104 °F, dark chocolate 50 °C // 122 °F.

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🙋🏻 FAQ

Why are chocolate truffles called truffles?

Chocolate truffles taste nothing like truffle mushrooms! However, they do resemble the dark and rumpled mushroom, which is how this dessert first got its name over a hundred years ago.

What makes chocolate truffles so good?

One of the reasons that chocolate truffles are so delicious is because they use couverture chocolates instead of regular chocolate. It has a higher percentage of cocoa butter, which not only makes it easier to work with for molding and coating but it also gives the dessert a delectable, buttery mouthfeel.

Is chocolate truffle the same as truffle?

No! Chocolate truffles are sweet, creamy, and rich. They are very much a dessert, whereas the truffle mushrooms have a very distinct, earthy taste that pairs wonderfully with savory dinner dishes!

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