Hazelnut and Chocolate Truffles
A luxurious mix of chocolate and homemade hazelnut butter makes for the most heavenly bites! Ā Made out of a homemade hazelnut butter. aka Nutella these are just the ultimate bite! Ā Covered in chocolate, nuts or cocoa these are the perfect treat for any day!
Every year at around this time, I sit at my laptop and ponder what I am going to bring to my holiday parties to blow everyone away.Ā Each year I come up with some complicated, over the moon recipe and I spend days perfecting it.Ā Only to have it be served to some rather inebriated guests who at this point would consider anĀ Oreo a delicacy.
So this year I somehow stumbled upon my recipe of choice completely on accident.Ā A few years ago, I brought over some homemade chocolate truffles to a New Year’s Eve party along with 2 cakes, some moon pies and a few cupcakes.Ā Needless to say, those truffles were never eaten and therefore wasted.Ā So this yearĀ I decided to recreate these delicious truffles, except with one simple addition: vegan hazelnut Nutella.
Basically itĀ is my version of homemade vegan Nutella.Ā Except, if you can imagine, it tastes even better than Nutella.Ā This creation actuallyĀ was born out of laziness and necessity.Ā I had just come back from the store in the middle of a very snowyĀ day, whenĀ I realized IĀ had no more nutella left.Ā It was an impossibility for me to run out to the store, because my exhausted 1 year old had already been 30 minutes intoĀ her well deserved nap.Ā So I managed to find someĀ hazelnuts in myĀ pantry and decided to give this whole nut butter thing a shot. Ā My Ā vegan nutella is a simple blend of roasted hazelnuts, some sugar, almond milkĀ and vegan cocoa powder.Ā It is then whizzedĀ away in my trusty Vitamix and a few spins of the sharp blade later, I had creamy and velvety hazelnut butter.Ā One taste and I knew my laziness was actually a blessing in disguise.Ā The roasted hazelnuts gave a much deeper and richer flavor to the butter. Ā 
The best part about this recipe is that it is truly simple.Ā The vegan nutella is combined with meltedĀ bittersweet chocolate and cream cheese.Ā Ā A fewĀ tossesĀ in someĀ toppings in the end – truffles are done.Ā And you canĀ bet that these truffles will not be left sittingĀ alone atĀ some sadĀ buffet table.
See notes on how to make this vegan!
Her we go…
Melt your chocolate. Ā Once chocolate has melted, add hazelnut butter to the chocolate and melt for about 30 seconds more so everything is nicely combined.
In the meantime start beating your cream cheese with a stand or hand mixer so it gets nice and fluffy. Ā Add the chocolate mixture to the cream cheese and beat just until combined. Ā Feel free to lick the paddle…I did.
Lay mixture out on a sheet pan and refrigerate for two hours. Ā Any less and it will be too soft. Ā Any more and it will be too hard.
Use a spoon or a melon baller to get tablespoon size pieces of the chocolate mixture. Ā Roll them into balls. Ā Feel free to dip into Ā your favorite toppings like cocoa.
Or nuts.
Or dip them into some chocolate. Ā I happened to have some chocolate melts laying around so I decided to dip them. Ā The process does not look pretty…But I learned my lesson. Ā You gotta work fast with hot chocolate melts…
Or you can make fun looking swirls on your truffles by taking your candy melts or your ganache and making a make shift pastry bag out of a zip lock bag. Just snip the tip in one of the edges and you are good!Ā 
Weeeee look how cute they are!
Now you can use little mini muffin papers to place them in and make them look all fancy.
Or you can use some old wrappers from chocolate bars laying around.
Either way…they are pretty fabulous aren’t they?
Chocolate and Hazelnut Truffles
Ingredients
- 8 oz bittersweet chocolate
- 8 oz cream cheese
- 1 cup of my vegan Nutella or Nutella
Instructions
- Melt chocolate in the microwave or double broiler. If using the microwave, melt the chocolate in 30 second increments, ensuring to mix the chocolate every 30 seconds to prevent it from burning.
- In the meantime, whip cream cheese on high in a mixer so it is nice and fluffy.
- Add melted chocolate and hazlenut butter to cream cheese and mix until well combined.
- Spread onto a baking sheet and refridgerate for two hours.
- Using a spoon or small ice cream scoop, gather the chocolate mix and roll in your hands to create a small ball.
- Dip in crushed nuts, cocoa powder, melted chocolate or sprinkles.
- Place into freezer and remove an hour before service.
Notes
To make this vegan, simply opt out the cream cheese for Kite Hill’s vegan cream cheese. They have my favorite!
- Category: Dessert
- Cuisine: American
Love your blog! Great recipe. Popping by via SITS, now following! Pintrest too!!
Thank you!!! Love to have you!
I love truffles and I love to give them as gifts, these are so pretty.
Thank you!!!!!!
These look amazing! Super festive for a holiday party!!!
Thank you Amanda!!!!!! Have a great weekend!
Mila Great minds think alike, because I made Rum Truffles!! I need to make yours now! I love Hazelnut and Chocolate together and adding cream cheese into it is such a great idea! š
Well I need to make run truffles š Hope you have a wonderful holiday!
Oh Mila! These look incredible – chocolate and hazelnuts are a match made in heaven and then you go and make them this beautiful!
Thank you darling!!! I love reading your comments honey! Have a happy and healthy New Year!!!
Hazelnuts and chocolates are one of my favourite combination! Your truffles look lie a perfect gift for someone.
Thank you Julia! You know I bring them over to friend’s houses all the time!!! And they love it!
Beautiful truffles!! I have actually never made truffles before, I will try this recipe and it is good to know that I can make nutella myself. Thank you for sharing. Pinned too <3
Thank you so much for the kind words!!! It really is way easier than people make it out to be! I guarantee you will love them!
Hold me back sister – these are OFF THE HOOK! I’m definitely giving my Vitamix your hazelbutter butter love this weekend!
Thanks for this one and Happy Holidays to you and you family Mila. It’s been great getting to know you better this year! š
Thank you Kevin! Much love to you and have a VERY happy New Year!!! XOXO
YUM! These sound delicious and love that there are only 3 ingredients. Also have always wanted to make my own “nutella” so have got to check out your recipe for that too! Happy Holidays!
It’s so easy! I promise once you make it at home you will never go back!
I am saving this for next year — it is already pinned and I’m sharing. YUM!!
Thank you so much Marisa!
I bet these are popular at any parties. They make a great gift too.
These look absolutely fabulous…. I can so relate to the born on the verge of necessity… I had to make honey peanut butter because of a similar reason. I can;t believe I haven’t tried nutella at home…. Thank you for sharing! Have a vey happy new year Mila!!
Hahaha! Well I have not tried peanut butter at home! So I guess I will have to try that. Have a Happy New Year doll!
These look like they came straight from the chocolate shop! Great idea with the hazelnut butter. Will have to earmark for when I get that next chocolate craving (which is pretty much guaranteed at least a few times a week;)
Thank you honey!!!! That hazelnut butter is the BOMB!!!
Great flavor combo in these – homemade truffles are so yummy!! Your photos are beautiful!
Thank you!!!! I love meeting fellow Chicago bloggers! Thanks for stopping by!!!
Oh wow they look so good. I don’t think they’d even survive long enough for me to share them with anyone.
These truffles are so beautifully decorated and photographed! Thanks for the awesome recipe!!!!
Thank you Levan!!!! The great thing is that they are so much easier than everyone thinks.
I love that you did these with your own hazelnut butter. They look delicious!
Awww thank you honey!!! I guess laziness really does make the best results sometimes š