Raspberry Chocolate Truffles & Drunken Cherries {Party Serial 6}

Wow. I intend I could larn out it at that for this post. Just wow. But I won't ... I'll tell yous a footling chip to a greater extent than close these absolutely amazing, delicious, together with gorgeous confections my Mom made.

She made the most amazing Raspberry Chocolate Truffles. And the most sinfully delicious, pack-a-punch Drunken Cherries. Oh, my!

These ii jewels were purpose of Mom's "little bites" dessert card for her wine tasting party. And they were a total hit! Rave reviews all around. Aren't they but beautiful?

The Raspberry Chocolate Truffles convey a soft, creamy chocolate oculus flavored alongside raspberry jam together with raspberry liqueur. Yum!

What could live better?? Well, perchance maraschino cherries soaked inwards Southern Comfort for days-on-end together with and thus dipped inwards nighttime chocolate??? Hard to tell which i gets my vote ... they're both scrumptious. Make these. Make them soon. You'll live thus glad yous did!

"Little bites" dessert display

Raspberry Chocolate Truffles

Source: My Mom

(Printable recipe)

For the filling:

2 c. (12 oz. package) semi-sweet chocolate chips

2 (8 oz.) packages cream cheese, softened

1 c. seedless raspberry jam

2 T. raspberry liqueur (such every bit Chambord or Razzmatazz)

1 1/2 c. vanilla wafer crumbs

For dipping:

1 (1 lb.) bundle nighttime chocolate candy melts

2 T. shortening, divided

three (1 oz.) white chocolate squares

Microwave chocolate chips inwards a drinking glass bowl on high power, 1 1/2 to 2 minutes or until melted, stirring every xxx seconds. In a separate bowl, musical rhythm out softened cream cheese until smooth. Add melted chocolate chips, jam, together with raspberry liqueur, beating until blended. Stir inwards crumbs. Cover together with chill for 2 hours.

Shape chocolate-raspberry filling into 1" balls; encompass together with freeze 1 hr or until firm.

Melt nighttime chocolate candy melts together with 1 T. shortening together, according to the candy melt bundle directions (typically inwards the microwave at xxx 2nd intervals until melted). Dip balls inwards the chocolate coating; house on wax paper.

Once all balls convey been coated, house white chocolate together with 1 T. shortening inwards a zip-top plastic bag; seal. Submerge inwards hot H2O until the chocolate melts, kneading until smoothen (or, microwave inwards xx 2nd intervals until melted, kneading subsequently each interval). Snip a tiny hole inwards i corner of the pocketbook together with drizzle the white chocolate over the truffles. Let stand upward until coating is firm. Store inwards the fridge or freezer. Makes close half-dozen dozen.

Drunken Cherries

Source: Adapted from Southern Living / Feb 2011

(Printable recipe)

1 (10 oz.) jounce maraschino cherries alongside stems

1/2 c. Southern Comfort (or brandy)

1 1/2 c. semi-sweet chocolate chips (or some nighttime chocolate candy melts)

1 T. shortening

Drain the juice from the jounce of maraschino cherries. Pour Southern Comfort over cherries inwards the jar, filling the jar. Refrigerate for 2 days, or for upward to 1 month.

Drain cherries together with pat them dry alongside roughly newspaper towels (you may desire to reserve the cherry-infused Southern Comfort to drizzle over vanilla H2O ice cream or to usage inwards mixed drinks!). Melt the chocolate chips (or candy melts) together alongside the shortening inwards a bowl past times microwaving for 1 to 1 1/2 minutes until melted together with smooth, stirring every xxx seconds. Dip cherries speedily into melted chocolate, coating the entire cherry; allow excess chocolate drip dorsum into the bowl. Place cherries, stalk sides up, on wax paper. Let stand upward until chocolate is firm. Store inwards an airtight container inwards the fridge or freezer.

* H5N1 pocket-size world service announcement: The soaked cherries produce comport a chip of a seize alongside teeth from the Southern Comfort they absorb. Just don't desire yous to live shocked when yous seize alongside teeth into one!