Low Fat Chocolate Truffles

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• 200 g dark chocolate (70% cocoa solids)
• 6 tablespoons tia maria
• 2 tablespoons clear honey (ie. acacia)
• cocoa powder (to dust)

Recipe

• 1 gently melt the chocolate (either in a large bowl over a pan of simmering water, or nuke it in the microwave in short bursts)and set aside.
• 2 gently pour in the liqueur and, using a spatula, give it a slow turn of the bowl until the consistency thickens. the texture of the chocolate will thicken really quickly.
• 3 add the honey a tablespoon at a time, slowly mixing with the chocolate until the mixture gets really nice and glossy.
• 4 chill the bowl in the fridge for 30 minutes or until the truffle mixture has returned to a nearly solid form.
• 5 sieve three generous tablespoons cocoa powder onto a clean chopping board / large bowl / work surface.
• 6 scrape out a teaspoonful of the mixture into the palm of your hand and roll into a marble-sized ball, then roll this through the cocoa powder until fully coated.
• 7 repeat until all the mixture is used up.
• 8 store in the fridge in a jar or tupperware tub.