Creamy white chocolate lemon truffles are the perfect balance of citrus and rich, buttery cream filling all rolled in sweet powdered sugar.
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Easy Lemon Truffles!
These Lemon Cream Truffles are the perfect little sweet treat! They’re extremely easy to make, and a perfect recipe for beginners. You only need a few ingredients, a microwave, and a bowl! The richness of the white chocolate and butter paired with the bright citrus from the lemon os a match made in heaven!
These Lemon Cream Truffles are:
- Easy
- Adorable
- Rich, buttery, and sweet!
- Perfect for gifting. Place them in little candy cups and they’re the perfect sweet gift!
- Adorable on a holiday platter!
- Perfect for Springtime and Easter!
Ingredients You’ll Need:
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- Chopped white chocolate. You can also use white chocolate chips, but I have found that chopped white chocolate melts much smoother than chips!
- Lemon flavor extract. This is easy to find at most local supermarkets or superstores. I tested this recipe using fresh lemon juice, and found that to really taste the lemon you needed to add at least 1 tablespoon of juice, which caused the white chocolate mixture to curdle slightly and stay too thin. The extract works perfectly since you don’t have to add too much!
- Yellow food coloring. You can use food coloring gel or liquid drops.
- Butter, but into cubes. You can use either cold butter or room temperature!
- Heavy whipping cream. Don’t substitute milk for this. The heavy cream gives the truffles the texture and the richness they need!
- Powdered sugar. Rolling the truffles in sugar gives them a sweet, melty exterior.
How To Make Lemon Truffles:
- In a large, microwave-safe bowl combine the white chocolate, lemon extract, yellow food coloring, butter, and heavy cream. Microwave in 30- second intervals, stirring after each, until mixture is smooth.
- Cover the bowl and refrigerate for 2 – 3 hours, until completely chilled and firm.
- Assemble: Line a large plate with parchment or wax paper. Set aside.
- Scoop mixture out by heaping tablespoons, which is a small cookie scoop or even a melon baller, roll into smooth balls, then roll into powdered sugar. Place the truffles on to the prepared plate, cover and chill for at least 1 hour, until firm.
Do Truffles Need To Be Refrigerated?
I do recommend that you store them in the refrigerator in an airtight container. They are fine at room temperature for a while, but they will soften as they come up to room temperature. You can even freeze these truffles and they will be great!
Variations:
- Make these into Orange Cream Truffles or Lime Cream Truffles easily. Just sub out the citrus extract and the food color drops!
- Roll these in coarse or sparkling sugar for a pretty crunch, or even dip them in milk or semi-sweet chocolate.
- Add a little fresh lemon zest into the mixture when you melt everything together if you want a little extra citrus flavor. Just 1/2 tablespoon or so. If you add too much it can give your truffle a more bitter taste.
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