Ooooh, Irish Cream Coffee Truffles. Using only 5 ingredients, you can be popping these little bites of chocolate and coffee-loving heaven, spiked with Irish cream, in no time!
I’m back!! Did you miss me?! Did you even know I was missing?
Even if you didn’t, I made you chocolate truffles!
(For two reasons:) Because they’re my favorite candy, and I knew you’d appreciate them. They’re all things chocolate and coffee and Irish cream and they’re covered in the best sprinkles ever!
You know, candy making is an art.
I was recently asked to be a judge of cakes and confections at our county fair, and immediately jumped at the chance. I figured it would be a nice little bite to add to my résumé, and an overall good experience in case I’m ever asked to do so again somewhere else.
The candy-making skills of the entries…let’s just say they ran the gamut. I saw some adorable and delicious looking sweets, for sure, but nothing quite like these Irish Cream Coffee Truffles.
JUST TAKE ME TO THE IRISH CREAM COFFEE TRUFFLES ALREADY!
If you’d rather skip my (pretty darn helpful) tips and tricks, essential cooking info, and similar recipe ideas – and get straight to this deliciously easy chocolate truffles recipe, just scroll right on down to the bottom of the page where you can find the printable recipe card!
Tempering chocolate and cracking molds aside, the fears I had about making truffles were ridiculous.
They’re literally the easiest candy you could possibly want to make.
I make ganache both at work and at home on a regular basis…and yet I never realized what a great truffle base it is.
Butter, cream, chocolate: boom, candy.
But how do you take so few simple ingredients from this…
…and this…
…To this?
Patience.
And a high tolerance for having chocolate on your hands that you can’t lick off.
With the holidays coming up on us insanely fast, I highly recommend you give these a shot if you’re like me, and like to gift people baked goods and sweets from your own kitchen.
Sure, I could go out and buy you something that you might use. But why do that when I could just leave a couple of pounds on your hips to remind you just how much I care instead?
Nothin’ says lovin’ like winter weight gained from a good batch of sweets!
Trust me, with foodie friends like me, you don’t need enemies. Just ask my husband!
LOOKING FOR MORE CANDY RECIPES?
HELPFUL KITCHEN TOOLS FOR MAKING COFFEE TRUFFLES:
If you love this recipe, please consider leaving a 5 STAR RATING! If you really love it, leave us a comment and let us know – we appreciate all forms of feedback!
LET’S CONNECT!
Join in on the fun in our Facebook group! Feel free to share YOUR favorite recipes, ask questions, help out your fellow home cooks, and see what’s new with The Crumby Kitchen (so that you never miss a new recipe)! If you’d like to check it out, you can request to join HERE.
ORDER OUR #1 BEST SELLER COOKBOOK!
Also, don’t forget to follow us on Instagram and tag #crumbykitchen so we can see all the wonderful recipes YOU recreate from this site!
You can also enjoy exclusive content before anyone else by subscribing to our weekly newsletter – and you’ll never miss a delicious recipe again!
Irish Cream Coffee Truffles
Ingredients
- 10 ounces dark chocolate chopped
- ⅔ cup heavy cream
- 5 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 4 teaspoons espresso powder
- ¼ cup Irish Cream liqueur Bailey’s
- Chocolate sprinkles or cocoa powder for garnish
Instructions
- Chop the dark chocolate fairly small and place in a large, heat-proof bowl. Set aside.
- Combine cream, butter, and espresso powder in a small saucepan over medium heat. Stir occasionally to help blend the ingredients and dissolve the espresso powder, and bring to a gentle simmer.
- Remove from heat and pour over the chopped chocolate. Allow to sit for 4-5 minutes, then whisk until chocolate is melted and mixture is smooth. Gently whisk in the Irish cream.
- Pour ganache into a shallow baking dish, then refrigerate for at least 2 hours.
- When ganache has firmed up, using a melon baller or small cookie scoop, create 1-inch balls and place on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Return pan to refrigerator for 45-60 minutes.
- When ready to garnish, place sprinkles or cocoa powder in shallow dishes at your work space. Remove truffles from refrigerator, roll each one between the palms of your hands to tighten the ball shape, then roll in sprinkles or cocoa.
- Place coated truffles back on parchment, on a serving plate, in an airtight container, or in your mouth.
Amber @ Slim Pickin's Kitchen says
Ooooooh! I’m soooo making these for Christmas this year! The photos are awesome! Love, love, love the red and gold (?) tissue paper!
Angela Maciel says
Wow… these Truffles are delicious gonna try this out soon
Anna says
Should I use instant coffee powder?
Erica says
That would work, also, just use about 50% more (so 6 teaspoons.) Espresso powder is essentially just espresso grounds that have been used and redried – you end up with a super concentrated coffee flavor, but in chocolate recipes, it’s really there to enhance the cocoa flavors.
Suzanne Kiser says
These are delicious! I’m storing them in the freezer as that helps them keep their shape better. I even froze them overnight before rolling into balls. Everyone I’ve shared them with has loved them.
Liz says
I do not have Irish cream , so can it be left out ? Thanks!
Erica says
Sure thing – just use the same amount in heavy cream instead.
Kevin Redman says
Wish you guys in the U.S. would do metric.
Great recipes, but doing larger batches with 8 tablespoons of butter ect, ect
Erica says
Kevin, I want to thank you so much for saying this. It motivated me to deep dive into my recipe card plugin to find that I can easily convert the ingredients within the program, and it adds a link to the recipe card that brings up the metric measurements! It will be a slow process to update the whole website, since I need to adjust every recipe individually, but it’s something I will work on!
Chris says
I was the same way, terrified of trying to make truffles. Oh, my God, so many wasted years, lol! Could not stop eating them! And I absolutely feel you are not being able to lick it off your hands, you physically, can’t, ROFL!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣