I've also had chocolate covered bacon and it wasn't as great as I expected. However I've had crumbled bacon on things like cupcakes or ice cream and THAT was awesome. Maybe try crumbled bacon on your chocolate truffles?!
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I've also had chocolate covered bacon and it wasn't as great as I expected. However I've had crumbled bacon on things like cupcakes or ice cream and THAT was awesome. Maybe try crumbled bacon on your chocolate truffles?!
@LacedMetal:
A friend of mine bought some strips of it from Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory a few months back and shared. I don't remember the details, I think it was pretty much just milk chocolate dipped bacon.
Maybe with more spices or whatever, it'd be better, but as it was, it was pretty much just chocolate + bacon.
A friend of mine bought some strips of it from Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory a few months back and shared. I don't remember the details, I think it was pretty much just milk chocolate dipped bacon.
Maybe with more spices or whatever, it'd be better, but as it was, it was pretty much just chocolate + bacon.
@LacedMetal:
A friend of mine bought some strips of it from Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory a few months back and shared. I don't remember the details, I think it was pretty much just milk chocolate dipped bacon.
Maybe with more spices or whatever, it'd be better, but as it was, it was pretty much just chocolate + bacon.
A friend of mine bought some strips of it from Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory a few months back and shared. I don't remember the details, I think it was pretty much just milk chocolate dipped bacon.
Maybe with more spices or whatever, it'd be better, but as it was, it was pretty much just chocolate + bacon.
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I don't really like chocolate+bacon.
Now, chocolate chip pancakes + bacon = topnotch.
I'm biased cause I really love truffles, though. I would probably save the bacon for maple bacon cakes. ^^
Now, chocolate chip pancakes + bacon = topnotch.
I'm biased cause I really love truffles, though. I would probably save the bacon for maple bacon cakes. ^^
I don't really like chocolate+bacon.
Now, chocolate chip pancakes + bacon = topnotch.
I'm biased cause I really love truffles, though. I would probably save the bacon for maple bacon cakes. ^^
Now, chocolate chip pancakes + bacon = topnotch.
I'm biased cause I really love truffles, though. I would probably save the bacon for maple bacon cakes. ^^
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The Truffles are in the fridge cooling. The next time I make a chocolate desert, I'll make chocolate covered bacon, and if it passes the taste test of my picky friends, I'll share the recipe.
So, I made Alton's truffle recipe. Normally this makes about 30. I doubled the ingredients, and separated the batch out into three for separate flavors. I will have around 60, so about 20 of each flavoring below:
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[*] Subbed Brandy measure with Deserrano liqueur. Real Cherries, pitted, puree'd, and juiced.
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[*]Topped with pureed cherries and cherry glaze.
[*]Next time: double the cherry juice and puree, and add 50% more Deserrono.
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[*] Mint Creme. 1/6 cup Cinnabon creamer, 2 teaspoons mint extract.
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[*]Topped with glaze made with cinnabon creamer.
[*]Pure heaven. No changes.
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[*]Expresso Dark. 2 teaspoon Vanilla extract, 1/6 cup expresso shot.
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[*]Half will be topped with Chocolate shavings and coarse sea salt.
[*]Half will be rolled in Cocoa powder.
[*]No changes. Chocolate and expresso *melts*. My favorite when tasting.
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So, next is to prep the chocolate that will become their shells and messy fun drizzle.
More pictures to follow.
Flavors I will try next time:
[LIST]
[*]Maple Pecan.
[*]90% Dark (lets just say, I LOVE dark chocolate)
[*]Oreo Creme
[*]Walnut and Fig (or cranberry!)
[/LIST]
This could be an addiction. <3
The Truffles are in the fridge cooling. The next time I make a chocolate desert, I'll make chocolate covered bacon, and if it passes the taste test of my picky friends, I'll share the recipe.
So, I made Alton's truffle recipe. Normally this makes about 30. I doubled the ingredients, and separated the batch out into three for separate flavors. I will have around 60, so about 20 of each flavoring below:
- Subbed Brandy measure with Deserrano liqueur. Real Cherries, pitted, puree'd, and juiced.
- Topped with pureed cherries and cherry glaze.
- Next time: double the cherry juice and puree, and add 50% more Deserrono.
- Mint Creme. 1/6 cup Cinnabon creamer, 2 teaspoons mint extract.
- Topped with glaze made with cinnabon creamer.
- Pure heaven. No changes.
- Expresso Dark. 2 teaspoon Vanilla extract, 1/6 cup expresso shot.
- Half will be topped with Chocolate shavings and coarse sea salt.
- Half will be rolled in Cocoa powder.
- No changes. Chocolate and expresso *melts*. My favorite when tasting.
So, next is to prep the chocolate that will become their shells and messy fun drizzle.
More pictures to follow.
Flavors I will try next time:
- Maple Pecan.
- 90% Dark (lets just say, I LOVE dark chocolate)
- Oreo Creme
- Walnut and Fig (or cranberry!)
This could be an addiction. <3
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Once hardened, they actually turned out perfectly! I wouldn't even double the cherries, though I would prob swap out the juice for more puree.
By the time I got to the mint ones, I had improved vastly at dipping them in the chocolate. I was worried about the outer shell not hardening properly, but it turned out perfectly as well. :D
In the end, about 60 of them made it home. 30 of them gone. So, success!
By the time I got to the mint ones, I had improved vastly at dipping them in the chocolate. I was worried about the outer shell not hardening properly, but it turned out perfectly as well. :D
In the end, about 60 of them made it home. 30 of them gone. So, success!
Once hardened, they actually turned out perfectly! I wouldn't even double the cherries, though I would prob swap out the juice for more puree.
By the time I got to the mint ones, I had improved vastly at dipping them in the chocolate. I was worried about the outer shell not hardening properly, but it turned out perfectly as well. :D
In the end, about 60 of them made it home. 30 of them gone. So, success!
By the time I got to the mint ones, I had improved vastly at dipping them in the chocolate. I was worried about the outer shell not hardening properly, but it turned out perfectly as well. :D
In the end, about 60 of them made it home. 30 of them gone. So, success!