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Chocolate Cherry Goat Cheese Truffles (Gluten-Free)

February 1, 2016 6 Comments

Let’s hear it for Galentine’s Day! ? ? ?

Chocolate Cherry Goat Cheese Truffles

When I was in high school, every year around Valentine’s Day there was a carnation sale for local charities. The flowers were $1 each, and you bought them in advance and “sent” them to other students–your boyfriend or girlfriend, your crush, your best friend. They came in three colors: red (love), pink (like), and white (friendship).

I always dreaded that day, because it was such a blaringly obvious popularity contest. Every year, the same pretty girls got truckloads of red and pink carnations from boys. I remember sitting in Spanish class and there was a knock on the door: “Carnation delivery!” It was not for me.

The red and pink carnations were never for me. But I always ended up with a modest bouquet of white ones sent to me by my girlfriends, and I always made sure to send one to each of them, too.

Chocolate Cherry Goat Cheese Truffles

I was thinking about the carnation sale the other day, because I talked to my best friend from high school on the phone and it was so nice. Now that I’m married, and a mom, I feel disconnected from the female friendships that once held a central place in my life, and in my heart. And, oh, how I miss them!

So this recipe is my white carnation: a chocolate confection for all of your BFFs. Because let’s be honest: what dude is going to be excited about a goat cheese truffle? No, these are for devouring with pink wine, preferably on the couch, in sweatpants, while binge-watching “Inside Amy Schumer.”

Chocolate Cherry Goat Cheese Truffles

This recipe is adapted from my cookbook, Edible DIY. I remember that when I tested it, I had a little trouble calculating the yield because I ate so much of the truffle mixture as I was forming it into balls. Seriously, these chocolate cherry goat cheese truffles are that good. One batch is enough for at least three lucky Valentines. 

Chocolate Cherry Goat Cheese Truffles
2016-02-01 00:32:50
Serves 32
You can use any jam you like in place of the cherry. Strawberry, raspberry, fig, or orange marmalade would all be delicious. Goat cheese is usually sold in smaller 3.5-ounce logs or larger 8-ounce logs. You can use either two small or one large. These truffles will keep for at least a week in the fridge, buy you will probably eat them all before that happens. If you use chocolate wafer cookies to dust your truffles, note they will no longer be gluten-free.
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Ingredients
  1. 1 (12-once) package semi-sweet chocolate chips
  2. 2 (3.5-ounce) or 1 (8-ounce) package goat cheese, softened
  3. 1/4 cup confectioners' sugar
  4. 3 tablespoons cherry jam
  5. Unsweetened cocoa powder or crushed chocolate wafer cookies, for dusting
Instructions
  1. Put the chocolate in a heat-proof bowl and microwave in 30 second bursts until almost completely melted. Remove from the microwave and stir until completely melted and smooth. Set aside to cool for 20 to 30 minutes.
  2. In the bowl of a stand mixer (or using a handheld mixer) beat the goat cheese, confectioners' sugar, and jam until smooth. Beat in the cooled chocolate. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and chill for at least 1 hour. (Mixture can be made up to this point several days ahead. If it's very cold, let it soften slightly before forming into balls.)
  3. Line a baking sheet with parchment or wax paper. Pour some cocoa or cookie crumbs into a small bowl. With clean, slightly moist hands, roll scant tablespoons of the mixture into balls. Roll them in the cocoa or cookie crumbs to coat, and then transfer to the baking sheet. Chill the truffles until firm, about 1 hour. Truffles will keep, in an airtight container in the refrigerator, for at least 1 week.
By Turnip the Oven
Turnip the Oven http://turniptheoven.com/
These luscious truffles have only four simple ingredients! Gluten-free and only 60 calories each. Go ahead, treat yourself!

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Comments

  1. Rachel @ Simple Seasonal says

    February 1, 2016 at 9:26 am

    Lucy! These look so yummy!

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  2. Vicky and Ruth says

    February 1, 2016 at 3:00 pm

    This recipe looks so delicious, I love how you shaped the traditional cream for goat cheese. Everything is better with goat cheese if you ask me! Definitely a recipe to share with a girlfriend. Happy that you don’t have to worry about carnations any more :-).

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  3. Choclette says

    February 1, 2016 at 4:01 pm

    Oh how I used to hate Valentine’s Day at school! But I seriously love goat’s cheese truffles and now you’ve reminded me how good they are I might have to go off and make some. Your addition of cherry jam sounds quite intriguing.

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  4. Farida says

    February 1, 2016 at 5:31 pm

    Oh sorry about not getting red flowers, but I’m sure you were a good friend 🙂
    I never think of goat cheese in sweets, this sounds really fancy! And on another note, I saw so many of your recipes on buzzfeed posts, glad I now visited your blog, your photos are gorgeous and your creations too 🙂

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  5. Meghan | Fox and Briar says

    February 1, 2016 at 5:56 pm

    I was right there with you in high school – no pink or red carnations for me! But girl friends are actually the ones who get us through all the rough times, including the rough times caused by the boys. I am all about Galentine’s day! These goat cheese truffles are making me drool, I absolutely LOVE goat cheese, and these look amazing! Pinning!

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  6. Mark, CompassandFork says

    February 2, 2016 at 5:37 pm

    It’s great that these are gluten-free. I wasn’t aware that so many people are sensitive to it and now I am on the look out for good recipes. Your truffles look great.

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