Sunday, May 2, 2010

SMS Peanut Butter Truffles

Truffles just sound decadent and therefore complicated, right? But they are truly one of the easiest candies to make and once you have the basic recipe, are infinitely adaptable. I loved the hazelnut truffles the SMS group made last year, but unfortunately did not care for this week's Peanut Butter Truffles.

When I read that Peanut Butter Truffles were on the lineup, I immediately had visions of a fancy Reese's Cup type creation or something along the lines of the Newman's Own PB cups I have fallen for. I had a terrible day at work earlier in the week and called my husband at home to read me the ingredients for this recipe so that stop by the store to pick up anything I didn't have on hand and them make them that evening. A little cooking therapy to help me unwind and decompress. Upon hearing that the recipe called for bittersweet chocolate, that voice within todl me that I should use semi-sweet chocolate instead. Ignoring her, I bought the bittersweet and ended up with a recipe that was too rich for my liking. I also found the peanut butter flavor wasn't strong enough and didn't balance well with the dark chocolate. I did enjoy the saltiness of the peanuts and think this recipe would be fantastic with milk chocolate and double the peanut butter.

Thanks to Mara of Love Your Mother for hosting this week! You can find the recipe on her beautiful blog!
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20 comments:

  1. Your look great with the nuts. I tried a variety and the bottom line is for looks, peants win.

    Needs loads more peanut butter. I used to make it all peanut butter and then coat it with melted chocolate. That was a great blend.

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  2. I did listen to that inner voice and made 1/2 with milk chocolate. Definitely more peanut buttery than the bittersweet variety. Yours look delicious!

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  3. aw, sorry you didn't love these. they definitely need more peanut butter, i agree!

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  4. I used semi sweet chocolate. You do end up with more peanut butter flavor with semi sweet. Sorry you didn't care for these!!!

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  5. Even if you didn't like them, they sure look great. I hate bittersweet chocolate. I used semi sweet. It was messy but they were tasty!

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  6. I agree, I much preferred the hazelnut truffles too!

    Katie xox

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  7. Oh, I so agree...milk chocolate and MORE peanut butter!! Bittersweet is really rich for me, I used semi-sweet with nice results. Milk chocolate would take it one more step, yum!!! Yours looks great!!

    Thanks for baking this week!

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  8. peanut butter truffles....sigh....it must be heaven....I think I might agree with everyone milk chocolate with peanut butter is sooooo good...but I'm sure these were still very good!

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  9. The truffles look great! I pictured exactly what you had in mind and was disappointed with the results. It makes me want to try making my own peanut butter cups, though.

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  10. Beautiful truffles! I used semisweet (after botching the first batch of these with bittersweet) and doubled the peanut butter. They turned out great. I think I will try coating these in milk chocolate shavings next time.

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  11. I'm so sorry that you were disappointed- but thanks for the tips and I know what to look out for if and when I make them.

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  12. I used semisweet and 4x the peanut butter. I only tasted some of the chocolate that was on my hands while rolling them..and it tasted like it was very peanut-butter-y.

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  13. I agree with you completely on the truffles! I don't like bittersweet chocolate but I used it so I wouldn't be tempted to eat too many of these. Sometime I think I'll make them with milk chocolate and double the peanut butter. Yours look fantastic - I could not get the peanuts to stick so I don't know how you did it!

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  14. These look great! Sorry they didn't hit all the right flavor notes.

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  15. These look great!! I, too, didn't listen to my inner being about using semi-sweet chocolate. The bittersweet was just too rich and it totally masked the peanut butter. I liked the salty peanuts as well, though.

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  16. I too longed for milk chocolate; I'm not the biggest fan of the more "chocolatey" types of chocolate. Sorry about your bad day at work. Hopefully this week started out better!

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  17. They look gorgeous, but I know what you mean about bittersweet chocolate. I prefer semi-sweet or milk chocolate best. Hope you had a great weekend!

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  18. Sorry these weren,t the best for you. They sure look pretty!

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  19. I'm not a bittersweet chocolate girl either. They look scrumptious.

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  20. Oh my!!! I could eat a plate of these:)

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