Chocolate truffle

Chocolate truffle
Type	Confection
Place of origin	France
Main ingredients	Chocolate ganache, chocolate or cocoa powder
	Cookbook: Chocolate truffle; Media: Chocolate truffle;

A chocolate truffle is a French chocolate confectionery^[1] traditionally made with a chocolate ganache center and coated in cocoa powder, coconut, or chopped nuts. A chocolate truffle is handrolled into a spherical or ball shape.^[2] The name derives from the chocolate truffle's similarity in appearance to truffles, a tuber fungus.^[2]

^ Chrystal, Paul (June 30, 2021). The History of Sweets. Pen and Sword History. ISBN 978-1-5267-7886-4.
^ ^a ^b "Truffle". chocolateglossary.com. Retrieved July 16, 2023.

[1] Chrystal, Paul (June 30, 2021). The History of Sweets. Pen and Sword History. ISBN 978-1-5267-7886-4.

[auto-2] "Truffle". chocolateglossary.com. Retrieved July 16, 2023.

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