Cranberry Pistachio White Chocolate Truffles

Cranberry Pistachio White Chocolate Truffles are super cute and festive no-bake dessert! They look like little snowballs and when you take a bite, you’ll realize it’s seriously tasty stuff!!! This is the tastiest Christmas dessert recipe ever!!!

And white chocolate speckled with pieces of bright red cranberries and green pistachio make these yummy little balls really cheerful. Moreover, these Cranberry Pistachio White Chocolate Truffles are rolled into powdered sugar what makes them look super festive, like cute snowballs. What could you want more of a Christmas dessert?!

But Cranberry Pistachio White Chocolate Truffles are not just pretty looking treat, they are incredibly tasty! Tart cranberries cut out the sweetness of white chocolate and pistachio makes them really decadent and rich. And that is perfect combination of flavors! finally, white, red and green colors simply scream Christmas

Ingredients

• 11 oz. white chocolate – chopped into small pieces
• 5 Tablespoons unsalted butter
• 3 Tablespoons heavy cream

pinch of salt

• 1 teaspoon orange or vanilla extract (optional)
• 1/3 cup finely chopped dried cranberries
• 1/3 cup finely chopped toasted pistachio
• 1/2 cup powdered sugar

Instructions

1. First, in a small sauce pan over low-medium heat melt butter, add heavy cream and stir just to combine.
2. Then stir in salt (and orange or vanilla extract if desired) and set aside.
3. Over a double boiler melt finely chopped white chocolate, stirring casually until smooth and completely melted. But DO NOT over heat the chocolate!!! Although, it takes some time to melt completely, but do not heat above 105 F or the chocolate will separate and be unusable (if touched with finger, it will feel about the same temperature as your body)
4. Remove from heat and using a rubber spatula gently stir in lukewarm mixture of butter and heavy cream into melted chocolate. NOTES!!!Butter and heavy cream mixture should be approximately the same temperature as melted chocolate when you combine them.
5. finally, stir in chopped cranberries and pistachio and let it sit at room temperature for an hour, cover with a plastic wrap pressed on the top of the mixture so a film does not form. Then refrigerate for 2-3 hours (until firm).
6. When the mixture is firmed, using a small spoon or a melon baler scoop out the mixture and roll into an inch balls. It might stick to your hands so clean your hands with a paper towel after rolling each ball.
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