Alton Brown's To Die For Truffles

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 10 ounces chocolate (chopped finely. i like to use morsels because chopping takes forever)
• 3 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
• 1 tablespoon light corn syrup
• 1 tablespoon cognac (if desired and available)
• 5 -10 ounces chocolate (enough melted chocolate to coat truffles)
• coconut (shredded and toasted) (optional) or sliced almonds (shredded and toasted) (optional) or cocoa powder (shredded and toasted) (optional) or confectioners' sugar (shredded and toasted) (optional)

Recipe

• 1 combine cream and corn syrup into a medium sized pot and bring to a simmer.
• 2 while cream and syrup mixture cooks, add chocolate and butter to microwave for 30 seconds on high
• 3 take out and stir.
• 4 repeat # 2.
• 5 take cream concoction and pour over chocolate (this is also where you will add cognac) wait ten minutes before you stir together.
• 6 after stirring all ingredients, pour into a flat baking pan and let cool in fridge for 1 hour.
• 7 take out the mixture and scoop to form balls of chocolate.
• 8 dip chocolate into melted chocolate desired and then coat with various coating.
• 9 let shells air dry for about 4 minutes.
• 10 serve immediately or.
• 11 store in air tight container in fridge.