These chocolate truffles are quick and easy to make with leftover cream cheese frosting
These chocolate truffles are absurdly easy to make, and are idea for using up any leftover cream cheese frosting that you may have lurking in your firdge fridge.
If, like me, you are an occasional baker it can be hard to get the quantities right. I nearly always make too much frosting, as I am never sure l how much I need to cover, top or fill different sizes of cakes, so I tend to err on the side of caution and make too much. Invariably it would sit a bowl in the fridge and I’d dive in with a teaspoon from time to time, or I’d put in the freezer for another day and forget all about it until I needed the space for something else.
These truffles are everything a truffle should be, soft, moreish and thanks to being rolled in cocoa powder they are not too sweet. Infinitely better than eating leftover frosting by the spoonful and a great way to prevent food waste. In fact they are so good that you will now deliberately make extra frosting next time you make a cake.
You don’t actually need a recipe for these – simply weigh the frosting, melt half the amount of dark chocolate, stir it in, adding some dried fruit, roll into balls, dust with cocoa powder, chill and enjoy. What could be easier?
Cream Cheese Frosting Truffles
Ingredients
- 200 g Cream cheese frosting
- 100 g Dark chocolate
- 1 tbs cocoa powder
- 1 tbs dried cranberries ((optional))
Instructions
- Place the leftover frosting in a bowl and all it to come to room temperature
- Melt the chocolate in a bowl over a pan of simmering water. Make sure that the bottom of the bowl is above the water. If the chocolate starts to seize add a teaspoon of the frosting and stir it through.
- Once melted stir the chocolate into the frosting, add the cranberries if using.
- Use your fingers to roll into walnut sized balls, then roll in the cocoa powder. Place in an air tight container in the fridge to firm up.
Notes
Laura@howtocookgoodfood
I am always left with surplus frosting, which is in pots in my freezer and never gets used. Now this is exactly what I’m doing with it, loving this clever idea Helen!
Helen
hope you enjoy them Laura.
Becca @ Amuse Your Bouche
Love how easy these are – and somehow it seems much more acceptable to eat these than just to eat the frosting with a spoon straight out of the bowl :D Perfect for Christmas!
Helen
Well exactly! Frosting is also rather good frozen straight from the tub.
Kavey
Lovely, I bet these are gorgeous! I confess, leftover frosting gets eaten straight from the bowl but this is a much better idea!
Helen
I also eat it from the bowl, but I had so much that I started to feel a bit queasy.
Claudia | Gourmet Project
Great idea! And I have every ingredient here, so I will try the recipe this weekend. Thanks!
Helen
Hope you enjoy then Claudia.
David Crowley
what a delicious way to repurpose leftovers! I’d like several of these, please.
Helen
they all vanished fairly fast!
Bintu - Recipes From A Pantry
What a great use of left over frosting. Love the addition of cranberries too
Helen
You know me, waste not want not.
Agata
Quick and easy. I love recipes like this, totally foolproof and they use leftovers… perfect.
Helen
hopefully completely foolproof, and importantly scalable.
Emily
Mmm I just know these are going to be delicious! It’s such a great way of using leftover frosting too, I’ve never thought of using it for truffles.
Helen
I love tricks and tips that use stuff up
Corina
Yum! I love the idea of adding cranberries to these too!
Helen
they do cut through the sweetness somewhat.
Talya
Wow I think I have just died and gone to heaven – I’ve never thought of making truffles and this makes it look so easy!
Helen
so easy!
Rachel @ Coffee, Cake, Kids
What a good idea – I love recipes that use up leftovers! These look lush!
Helen
I cannot stand food waste so am all for using things up
five little doves
I’m not sure how I feel about these! I’m not a fan of cream cheese frosting but then I love chocolate, so while part of me thinks no, the other part is saying yes!!
Helen
it might not be one for you then. The idea was to use those leftovers.
Mellissa Williams
These look so moorish I could eat a pile now with a cup of coffee.
Helen
they are so good with coffee!
Fashion and Style Police
I like the sound of this. A fab way to make use of leftovers.
Helen
I’m making extra frosting to make more of these.
Jayne @ Sticky Mud and Belly Laughs
Fab idea to save waste! And a perfect treat over the festive season :)
Helen
Absolutely, so much better than eat the frosting with a spoon.
clairejustine
What a great idea. They look and sound delicious :) I could just eat a few now!!
Helen
i need to make some frosting just so I can make these.
Newcastle Family Life
These look amazing, I would never have thought to make something like this x
Helen
I now make extra frosting for these!
Kerry Norris
Fab flavours. My hubby makes chocolate truffles so I’ll show him this x
Helen
Hopefully he will make you some!
Cathy Glynn
What a fabulous idea, such a useful recipe which means there will be far less waste :)
Helen
I’m making extra frosting so I can make these!
Anna
I love chocolate truffles, but i never made them, I thought it was pretty hard to make, but you made it easy. I will try it on Sunday. x
Helen
Thy are so easy. Its just getting the ratios right.
Carrie
I had some leftover overly sweet store bought cream cheese frosting to use up. I went digging through my chocolate stash and found some 85% dark chocolate (not my favorite) and thought this was a great way to use up both. They are better together than apart, for sure!. Thanks!
Rachel
They were so delicious! (As soon as I tried tasting the cream cheese frosting with the chocolate mixed in, I was like, “YES.” I did leave out the cranberries though.) The only issue I ran into is that it was impossible to “roll” the very wet, sticky batter into balls, so they’re more like clumps. But still delicious!
Helen Best-Shaw
It depends how thick your cream cheese frosting is. If it gets sticky pop it all in the freezer for a while.