Dotty’s Dessert of the Day: Chocolate Therapy Truffles

 

Dotty's Dessert of the DayOkay, so this week has been rough, to say the least. It’s like a supervillain has moved into the Oval Office. I was prepared for a dire first week, but this has been epically heartbreaking.

I think we all need a little sweetness after so much brutality.

There are about five foods that my body can digest without distress. One of those is chocolate. (Another is asparagus. March is a very good month for me, digestively speaking.)

I eat a lot of chocolate. I believe that chocolate has magical properties. Chocolate Therapy Truffles

We could certainly use some of that magic right now, so I wanted to share my favorite dairy-free chocolate truffle recipe. (Yes, unfortunately I’m highly lactose-intolerant. Just thinking about milk gives me gas.)

You can’t mess this recipe up unless you leave the pot on the stove and go on vacation for a week. Seriously.

So go make yourself some truffles and cheer up. We’ve got a long road ahead of us.

 

Chocolate Therapy Truffles (Dairy-free)

Simple, divine, dark chocolate truffles made dairy-free with coconut milk. Better than any therapy session I've had. And you can buy all the ingredients at Trader Joe's! Yes, Trader Joe's! The great equalizer!

Course Dessert
Prep Time 45 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 1 hour
Servings 24 truffles
Author Dotty

Ingredients

Truffle Base

  • 1 cup full fat canned coconut milk
  • 1/2 bar Trader Joe's Pound Plus (72%) Dark Chocolate (approx. 8.5 oz)
  • 2 tbsp coconut oil

Toppings

  • 1/4 cup shredded coconut
  • 1/4 cup crushed freeze-dried raspberries (pulverize them)
  • 3 tbsp cocoa or cacao powder

Flavorings

  • 1-2 tbsp vanilla, flavored extract, flavored liqueur, etc.

Instructions

  1. Prep Your Chocolate

    Chop 1/2 of your TJ's Pound Plus bar into small chunks.

  2. Make a Bath for Your Chocolate

    Heat the coconut oil and coconut milk in a medium sauce pan over medium-low heat until it just comes to a boil. Remove from heat. (Note: if your canned coconut milk has separated, give it a good stir before measuring it and adding it to the pan.)

  3. Transform Your Chocolate

    Add the chocolate pieces to the heated coconut milk mixture and stir until the chocolate is completely melted.

    Keep stirring until the chocolate mixture thickens a bit, and add your flavoring of choice.

    That's it. That's all a ganache is. You will never be afraid of making a ganache again now, will you?

  4. Let Your Ganache Chill Out

    I'm so lazy that once the pan cools I throw the whole thing in the fridge for a few hours or overnight. 

  5. Roll Those Truffles

    Using a spoon, scoop a hunk of chocolate from your chilled ganache into your palm and roll it into a ball. Whatever size you want, but for practical reasons, I suggest keeping it smaller than a golf ball. 

    (It's going to be messy. You are going to get covered in chocolate. But I promise, if you do it this way, it's almost as therapeutic and delightful as actually eating your truffles. You must become an artist and embrace your chocolate clay.)

    Now, roll that chocolate ball into your one of your toppings. 

    Congratulate yourself for a job well done and enjoy one, two, or seven of these these babies. 

 

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100 Days Action: Doodling for Democracy

Dotty
Dotty doodling for democracy.

Dotty’s Doodles has joined forces with the arts activism initiative 100 Days Action: a community of artists and activists dedicated to fostering an inclusive and expansive society, and committed to sustained engagement and action during Donald Trump’s first 100 days.

What does that mean for Dotty’s Doodles? Today begins the DOODLING FOR DEMOCRACY campaign. Dotty’s Doodles is committed to posting 100 doodles that inform, incite, educate, and inspire during Trump’s first (and hopefully last) 100 days.

Would YOU like to doodle for democracy? Send a scan or a photo of your doodle to dottysdoodles@gmail.com!

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Let’s Look on the Bright Side

Looking on the Bright Side

Dotty
Dotty so sad because Stephen Colbert is married and she loves him.

I’ve been having a lot of apocalyptic dreams lately (floods, tidal waves, volcanic eruptions…I know, lovely, right?), so I thought this doodle was apropos.

At least Stephen Colbert still makes me laugh. Even in the Trump Era.

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Proud to be a Woman

Proud to be a Woman

Dotty
Dotty looking for answers.

Being a woman is hard.

Granted, I’ve never been a man, and I assume it has its challenges, but being a woman is really hard.

I believe I speak for many when I say that we really needed Saturday’s events to lift us out of Friday’s gloom and to think about how we are going to move forward.

So how do we move forward?  What are we fighting for? How do we get beyond “us winning” and “them failing” and start to restore some balance and justice to a world that’s really never had any to begin with?

I don’t have the answers, but I’ll be looking for them. I hope you will too.

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