Chocolate Chai Truffles

Name: Chocolate Chai Truffles
Yield: Makes 64 truffles
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 12 ounces (340 grams), bittersweet chocolate, finely chopped; 1/2 cup plus 3 tablespoons, heavy cream; 2 chai, tea bags; 2 tablespoons, light corn syrup; 1/2 teaspoon, vanilla extract; Pinch, salt; 1 1/2 tablespoons, unsalted butter, cut into 8 pieces and softened; 1 cup, Dutch-processed cocoa powder; 1/4 cup, confectioners' sugar; 1 teaspoon, ground cinnamon

Desserts or Baked Goods
French
Chocolate
Make Ahead
Candy
Holiday

Appears in Cook's Illustrated January/February 2012

Turning out dense, creamy, professional-quality chocolate truffles at home was easy—once we found a cure for the grainy texture.

SERVES Makes 64 truffles

TIME 1 hour, plus 2 hours resting and 4 hours chilling

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