Sweet Cranberry Chocolate Truffle Recipe
- Prep Time: 8 minutes + 3 hour chill
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Total Time: 3 hours 30 minutes
- Yield: 48 candies 1x
- Category: Dessert- Candy
- Method: cook top
- Cuisine: American
Ingredients
Scale
3/4 cup butter
1–14 ounce can sweetened condensed milk
2 cups fresh cranberries
2/3 cup special dark cocoa *Hershey’s
1/4 cup light corn syrup
1/4 cup water
Toppings: cocoa, confectioner’s sugar, chopped pecans, coconut, crushed candy canes
Instructions
- In medium saucepan, place cranberries, water and corn syrup. Heat over medium heat stirring mixture until berries pop and mixture thickens.
- Remove from heat, let cool. Remove mixture to medium sized mixing bowl.
- In same saucepan, over medium heat, melt butter, cocoa and sweetened condensed milk, stir until mixture thickens.
- Add cooled cranberries to cocoa mixture. Mixture will be sticky.
- Refrigerate 3-4 hours up to 12, cover mixture with plastic wrap while chilling.
- Wearing gloves, roll mixture into 1 ” balls, coat with confectioner’s sugar or topping of choice.
- Store in refrigerator up to 5 days.
Notes
Recipe is inspired by Cranberries.org.
Find it online: https://lizbushong.com/sweet-cranberry-chocolate-truffle-recipe/