Today, I’m testing a Condensed Milk Chocolate Truffles Recipe that has gained quite some attention! This super easy two-ingredient recipe for condensed milk chocolate truffles is so easy that you’ll have a hard time NOT making them! And because I like a little extra crunch in mine, we’re adding some toasted almonds, making some fantastic almond chocolate truffles!
Watch how to make condensed milk chocolate truffles
What are condensed milk chocolate truffles?
They’re excatly what’s written on the tin: condensed milk chocolates! These are actually a Brazilian recipe called Brigadeiro. Although, I have a couple of sweets recipes on this site, they’re mainly Asian recipes.
So why do I have a Brazilian sweets recipe here? Well, when I was living in the town of Iga, there was a large Brazilian population. It was so big that there were a few businesses that catered to a mainly Brazilian clientelle. I remember often seeing these brigadeiro sitting on store shelves.
How are condensed milk chocolate truffles made?
I’m using two ingredients: cocoa powder and condensed milk. I measured out about 50 grams of cocoa powder, and about a hundred grams of condensed milk. If you happen to be amazed by my condensed milk in a tube, you’re not the only one. I had a bunch of people over on Reddit asking me where to buy condensed milk. You know, it sounds like a million-dollar idea in the making!
I microwaved the condensed milk for about 30 seconds and then poured it into a large mixing bowl. After that I sifted about a third of the cocoa powder into the condensed milk and I mixed it all together.
Now I should have done this part a lot quicker than it actually took me because by the time I got the final third of the cocoa powder in there, the thing had hardened into some kind of delicious concrete.
I tried to use a plastic glove and mix the whole thing by hand, but that was just a waste of time. I also tried setting the mixing bowl on top of some warm water hoping that it would soften as it warmed up, but it didn’t. It just fought back like some kind of dessert-based sentient life form. Eventually, I was able to get all of it mixed together and scrape it out of the bowl onto some plastic wrap.
Molding and shaping the Condensed Milk Chocolate Truffles
Now after wrapping it and kind of shaping it together,
I put it in the fridge for an hour to set. After taking it out of the fridge, I
thought it would be best to cut this whole thing into six pieces, but it turns
out that six pieces would have been way too big. So I cut them into twelve, and to be honest, I think I could have cut these a little bit smaller, only because the nut-to-chocolate ratio would have been much better balanced.
I shaped each piece into a rounded square by hand and Mrs. Eats jumped in and she helped out too. Now this process was really fun because it brought back childhood memories of mixing dirt and water together and shaping it into random stuff. After making a square, I pressed an almond into the center and rolled the truffle into some cocoa powder. After cranking a few of these out, we’ve made some super simple condensed milk chocolate truffles!
Ingredients for condensed milk chocolate truffles
I don’t even know why I have this section here because you only need 3 ingredients, and you most-likely have them sitting in your pantry right now!
- Condensed milk
- Cocoa powder
- Your preferred nut
Condensed Milk Chocolate Truffles: Simply Sweet!
These simple, tasty little truffles are easy to crank out and are great for when you want to make a quick and simple treat!
If you’re looking for more sweets, we’ve got them right here!
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Condensed Milk Chocolate Truffles Recipe
Ingredients
- Condensed Milk 100g
- Cocoa Powder 50g (plus extra for dusting)
- Almonds
Instructions
- Pour condensed milk into mixing bowl.
- Microwave for 30 seconds.
- Sift 1/3 cocoa powder into condensed milk.
- Whisk well, then sift in another 1/3 and repeat. Sift & whisk in final 1/3 of cocoa powder.
- Mix well using your hands (food-safe gloves are useful here) and wrap with plastic wrap. Refrigerate for one hour.
- Dust work surface with cocoa powder.
- Lay truffle mix onto work surface and divide into 10 even pieces.
- Shape each piece into a square shape.
- Press an almond onto each square, then dust with cocoa powder.
- Shake off excess cocoa powder and serve.