Bonsoir!

Well, I am headed to bed, but before I go, I just had to share... I finally made some yummy, scrumptious, homemade chocolate truffles!

Boy was that an adventure.  My kitchen was a mess by the time I was done, namely because the recipe called for boiling heavy cream (which I have never boiled before) and it heated up so quickly the saucepan went on overload and it all boiled over, making a mess on my stove (and giving me a long-awaited excuse to take my stove apart and just, erm, clean it...thank God for SOS pads!).

Heavy cream boiling-over disaster aside, the rest was really easy - so easy, in fact, that I was super surprised.  No double boiler, no special instructions on blending the chocolate with the cream, no tricks to master... what more could I ask for?  I made the truffles with my bare hands, too, so needless to say that I thoroughly enjoyed constantly licking them between trays.  (Followed by a thorough anti-bacterial soap-washing, of course!)

I ended up with about 60 truffles, and they are all going to my students (am I just the best teacher ever, or what?!).  Ain't no way I can keep those around here ... they'll just disappear, much to the detriment of my waistline.  They taste great, but next time I'd like to better perfect the synergy between semi-sweet and dark chocolate... the balance isn't quite right, but oh well, it's still a friggin' chocolate truffle, I say!

Ok I really am heading to bed now.  Pic below of the fruits of my labor. :)