Salted Carmel and Dark Chocolate Truffles

It is Smart Cookie time! When Valentine’s Day is on its way, I of course think of chocolates so I thought instead of a cookies, it might be fun to make a chocolate candy treat. A few weekends ago, I had a salted carmel chocolate cake for dessert at a restaurant, and the combination of salted carmel and rich dark chocolate was so awesome that it inspired this recipe. Also, as my friend, Mary, pointed out dark chocolate is heart healthy. This is perfect for American Heart Association’s Heart Health Month.

This recipe seemed a little intimidating at first, but I found this great recipe as a base, and made a few small changes. They are a hit, as in they are gone.

Salted Carmel and Dark Chocolate Truffles

12 oz semisweet or dark baking chocolate chopped
1/2 cup heavy cream
12 carmel candies cut in half
1-2 Tbs Fine Sea Salt

Place chopped chocolate in a large heat safe bowl, and place on top of a sauce pan filled with and inch or two of water to act as a double boiler. Turn on the heat to medium low. Next, in a second sauce pan over low heat add the cream. When the cream is heated through or when there are small bubbles around the edge of the pan, add the cream to the melting chocolate and gently whisk together. When the chocolate is thoroughly melted and incorporated with cream, add the mixture to a shallow baking dish. Cover with plastic wrap and put in the refrigerator for one hour.

While the chocolate is cooling, dredge carmel pieces in sea salt.

Remove chocolate from refrigerator.

Using a small cookie scoop (1 Tbs size) and scoop chocolate and insert salted carmel piece into the center of chocolate. Then gently roll into a ball and place on a refrigerator safe dish.

When all the truffles are made, sprinkle with the tiniest bit of sea salt. Refrigerate until ready to serve.

I have to make more to mail out. I think these are my new favorite chocolate treat.

For more information about Smart Cookies click here. You can also see past Smart Cookie recipes below: Oatmeal Dark Chocolate and Dried Cherry Cookies, Lucy Cookies, White Chocolate and Cranberry Blondies, Chocolate Dipped Vanilla Biscotti, and Italian Butter Cookies with Lemon Glaze.