I’ve been so busy making truffles and trying to catch up on other work that I completely forgot to post the obligatory pictures! Here’s the pre-truffle photo, with several of the truffle ingredients shown. Looks like the fun’s about to commence, no?
Each of those big blocks is ten pounds of chocolate. The smaller packs of chocolate, still in their wrappers, are the milk chocolate. Yes, this is the luscious dark milk chocolate I’ve been raving about for a couple of years now—it’s Omanhene chocolate and they do make candy-bar type chocolate and other products. One may browse and buy their goodies online.
Now, what does all this stuff look like when I’m done with it? Peek behind the curtain to see how I decorated each flavor ...
This is the best photo I took, but some crucial details are missing, so below the photo is a text guide, so that those who’ve ordered truffles can tell what each flavor looks like.
Sadly, the prettiest truffles look the most unremarkable in this picture. I used green cocoa “paint” on both the mint julep and key lime truffles, but it’s barely discernible above. Oh well. The center truffle, the only white chocolate one, is piña colada. The rest of the flavors are as follows, beginning at the top of the circle and proceeding clockwise:
Green-painted heart: mint julep
Green-topped swirl: key lime
Undecorated heart: Inca gold
White-topped swirl: white Russian
Red-dusted heart: raspberry cordial
White-dusted swirl: tortuga
I will be accepting orders for caramels and truffles (but will be replacing the tortuga flavor with another one—either lemon–ginger or pineapple–macadamia) through March 16. As always, the ordering page has all the information you need; and as always, you can also get to it by clicking on the “Sunni’s caramels” snake at the top of the right sidebar.
I only got a little and I gotta make it last
The first shot looks like "one heck of a weekend". ;)
Nice looking treats.
Oh, it was!
It certainly was! The snolfs wanted to help a lot. This year they learned how to fill the truffles with the ganache centers, and did a pretty good job of it, in addition to other responsibilities they had last year. I have some good pictures of them in their hair nets, making truffles. They also helped with some of the decorating, which didn’t go quite as smoothly overall, but they enjoyed it. The entire enterprise gives them a better appreciation for cultivating patience and attentiveness.
Wow! They're gorgeous!
...And the flavors sound yummy, too!
I vote for pineapple-macadamia. :-)
lovely, lovely, lovely
The white russian is divine! Smooth, just the right amount of kahlua and creaminess. I adored the dressed dirty girls I ordered, but my all time favorites are boy caramels. Buttery, a bit salty, all around yum!
Tusen takk!
Thanks, lewlew and everyone else. Unfortunately, the pineapple–macadamia experiment may have to wait for next season; I really should be preparing for my move ... but playing with chocolate is so much fun. :-D