Are you looking for that perfect present
for that special someone?
You're a bit strapped for cash but you really want to put in the effort.
Then why not try our melt in the mouth chocolate truffles?
A winner every time.
They'll always impress, you reckon?
Well let's give it a go
Chocolate truffles' key ingredient is chocolate.
You could go ahead and break that up into the bowl
Uhm, we're just using a good quality dark chocolate
And the key to any truffle you make is twice as much chocolate
As cream
So we've got 100 grams of chocolate in there
And 50 mil of double cream
And that really is
as simple as our truffle mix goes
At this point you could add a shot of alcohol if you prefer
Amaretto, or some rum or some brandy if you want alcohol infused
Or a different flavor all together
But we're going to stick it in absolutely plain
Because our flavor's going to come from what we roll them in
So into the microwave for a couple of minutes
Just to melt that chocolate
Mike could you just grab a spoon
From behind you
Doesn't look much at the moment
but already that chocolate's just starting to melt
So do you have to use dark chocolate?
Or could you use milk?
No, the whole point of this is rather than buying truffles you can make them exactly how you want
Or how your loved one wants
So if you know someone in particular likes white chocolate
Yea my sister is allergic to cocoa, I think.
So she can't eat milk or dark?
Yea
Exactly the same, twice the ratio of chocolate to cream
Perfect
Just get a nice smooth mixture
Beautiful
There, that needs to go into the fridge to set up
And we'll swap it for one we've already got there
And what you end up with
Is that
Which is our truffle mix
So this is the one that's been in the fridge for a couple of hours
And the next step is to actually roll the truffles
It's so simple
Even you can do it, Mike
You say that now
Just kind of pull back on the chocolate
It should just sort of scrape along
And then take what you've got and put it
between your hands
And roll it
So
Very stingy with your truffles
I've got a lot here, and I'm hungry
And then we've got some little toppings here
Pop it in there
That's a very small one
It is a very small one
I'm diabetic you see
Oh
I should have explained that really
Best not to put your soggy fingers in there
Cause then it will stick to it
I'll show you again
Pop them down there
Perfect
That is a very small truffle
Go again, just grab the chocolate
Reminds me of a joke
Why did the baker have brown hands?
I don't know, Mike
He kneaded a poo
Love it
Bad joke
That's kind of what we're looking for our truffles
Now actually if you put the truffle in and just roll it like that
You don't ever need to get sticky
Then you've got a truffle, okay?
So, hand in
We need to make a few with different toppings
Beautiful
And as you can imagine
At this point you can roll them in your favorite topping
Yea so what are these here?
That's pistachio nuts
That have been ground up
There's some toasted hazelnuts
Some sugared candy
Got some cocoa powder
Our sherbert
Honeycomb
Sugar strands
Absolutely anything you want, really
Desiccated coconut
Put some Malibu in with the chocolate mix
What would happen if I dumped hundreds and thousands in there
Well the important thing is they've got to be your favorite and they've got to be the favorite of the person you're making them for
Not much point in doing it otherwise
If it's not truffles what else have you made to impress?
I've only ever bought one present for a girl
And it was a tub of Play-doh
So uh
This isn't far off
The whole molding process
Was she impressed with Play-Doh?
She loved it
She genuinely loved it
How old was she?
This was a while back
We were at school
Okay
So I'll let you off
I don't think this is quite as easy as you made out, Ben
I mean
Lot's of rolling
Not too much pressure
I wasn't aware, as well, that there'd be so much wasted chocolate on my hands
You can lick those off later
You probably should have taken that ring off actually first
Because jewelry is...
I hope you did wash your hands
Of course
All looking pretty good
You can tell the difference between Ben's and ours
There we go, and doesn't that look cool
So, if you are looking for a thoughtful present for that special loved one
Then I think that's it
Our homemade melt in the mouth chocolate truffles
Sorted
Oh no!
Something on my face?
You're a pain