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Ingredients
- 6 ounces white chocolate
- 1 teaspoon green-tinted cocoa butter
- 1 teaspoon red-tinted cocoa butter
- 6 ounces dark chocolate
- 6 ounces milk chocolate
- 10 ounces heavy cream
- 1 teaspoon dark espresso syrup
Method
- Temper the white chocolate and green and red cocoa butter separately.
- With a small paint brush, paint the green and red tempered cocoa butter into small rounds in chocolate molds to resemble an eyeball.
- Pour the tempered white chocolate into the chocolate molds.
- Invert and let the white chocolate pour out to 1/8 thickness.
- Let set for 20 minutes.
- For the truffle filling: Place the dark and milk chocolate in a 1-quart mixing bowl.
- In a small saucepot, bring the heavy cream to a simmer, and then pour over the chocolate.
- Add the espresso syrup, stir until smooth and let cool for 20 minutes.
- Place the cooled chocolate-espresso filling into a small pastry bag and fill each of the lined chocolate molds.
- Place the filled truffle eyeballs into the freezer for 10 minutes.
- Remove the filled truffle eyeballs from the freezer, remove from the chocolate molds and serve.