Life is Like A Box of Chocolates - Truffle Class

I had to name this after the Forest Gump because that is all I could think about while taking the class!

My best friend got me a gift card for my birthday to my favorite baking shop, Dawn's Candy and Cake in Bothell. They offer a wide variety of classes you can take and if there is something that you want to learn how to do but is not on the schedule you can request it! This is also where I took my cake pop class!!

They also have an AWESOME supply of just about anything you need related to baking and I am talking about all the weird little stuff too that maybe you haven't heard of. And all of the prices are really reasonable compared to Michael's.

I am always looking for baking enthusiasts friends to join me when I do classes. I was at a bridal shower when I discovered a friend lived by me and liked to bake so I invited her to come along! This is Erin - say (hi Erin!)

My Partner in Crime!

In this class we learned how to temper chocolate which is a process of heating and cooling high quality chocolate into truffles, candy bars, you name it. This is a technique that is taught in culinary school. Dawn the owner and instructor, told me that she had culinary students come to her class and said she made it so much easier than in their school lessons.

Filling the Chocolate Shells with Flavored Ganache 

I have melted and shaped chocolate for years so I was up for a challenge! I am not going to describe in detail the whole process because honestly, I only understood bits and pieces myself. But the end result was great AND the best part was we HAD to eat chocolate all night.

In Deep Concentration

Filling Bottles of Tasty Ganache

Now Thats A Big Candy Bar!

Here is a picture above of the chocolate that we were tempering! I secretly wanted to get a picture of me holding it and trying to take a bite.!

Erin Filling Her Truffles

Cheesecake Truffles

Baileys and Rum Truffles

Peanut Butter Truffles

Peppermint Mocha Truffles with Disco Dust! 

Coconut Truffles

English Toffee Truffles

Pumpkin Spice Truffles

Coffee Truffles

The End Result - Truffle Box

Here are my beautiful creations! At this point in time I had been in the class for 4 hours and it was pushing after 10pm. I was tried and was just trying to finish them as fast as I could! I forgot I also made salted caramel flavor which is my favorite!