Wine Filled Truffles

by Nicole Weston, Posted Dec 2nd 2006 @ 7:30PM

If you attend enough holiday parties, you are eventually going to encounter those little chocolate bottles that are filled with a teaspoon or two of various liquors. The most popular bottles seem to be the ones filled with Grand Marnier, Kahlua, Southern Comfort or another fairly sweet spirit, but you'll find chocolates with everything from vodka to tequila, as well. Frankly, while they are fun and a little bit more "adult" than some of the usual holiday candies, they are not exactly the highest quality treats you'll eat this season. Perhaps a better alternative would be a box of wine filled truffles. They are more indulgent, richer and ultimately more satisfying than popping a quarter shot of tequila into your mouth. The truffles are enrobed in smooth dark chocolate and are filled with your choice of either cabernet, chardonnay, port or champagne. A dozen truffles come in each box and, at $25 per box, they would make a nice change of pace from the standard bottle of wine as a holiday hostess gift.

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Filed Under: Spirit of Christmas, Ingredients, Drink Recipes
Tags: candies, candy, chocolate, christmas, dessert, red envelope, RedEnvelope, truffle, truffles, wine, wine filled truffles, wines

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12-02-2006 @9:39PM MJ said... Love truffles.........now if you put some good vodka in there we can talk! This is a good twist to it though!!
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12-03-2006 @1:35AM bdw said... Last December I purchased 154 chocolate bottles on Canal Street in NYC for 19.95. They included Kahlua, Grand Marnier, several types of flavored rum and vodka and might *possibly* have been counterfeit or bootlegged or whatever. They lasted well into March even though we brought them to a couple of family parties. Yes, not exactly the 'best' quality but actually quite good. My wife's family enjoyed them, and I'm sure the Hip Sing Tong made good use of the $1.10 profit they made on my purchase.

Not a big wine fan here.
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12-03-2006 @11:26AM calamari said... There was also a candy maker that produced chocolate bars with a champagne-flavored filling. These were roughly the Frango or Fanny Farmer style of bar: chocolate outside, fairly solid creme filling. Anyone remember these or who made them?
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12-04-2006 @10:46PM mmm said... You can make your own chocolate covered mini bottles.

You make the form by drying corn starch (80C for 12h)
Then fill your powder box, smooth off the top and make imprints.

Make a syrup of 100g water, 250g sugar to firm-ball stage, ie 119C, then swirl it with 75g of your favourite 40%liquor.
Fill the cavities in the heated powder box with the syrup and cover with some more hot starch. Let rest for 6h then turn bottles over to get even crust.

Next day brush of bottles and dip in tempered chocolate.
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