Scottish recipes - High School Truffles

High School Truffles

Scottish Truffles

I call these High School Truffles because, for me, that's exactly what they are

These cute little sweet treats are something I have been making since I first stepped foot in my High School Home Economics class, this was part of the recipe collection that we were given and probably the only one I still follow to this day.

Do you remember I declared myself a bit of a hoarder? Well I still have every single original High School recipe we were ever given in the class

Truffles have become a Christmas tradition in our home

I have been making these every year in December for a long time

They require the very British Digestive Biscuit, but I am thinking maybe you can use Graham Crackers as a substitute, although Digestives are getting easier to lay your hands on here in Texas, they are even in the cookie section in Walmart, yay for Walmart. What you will also need is dessicated coconut, a more popular coconut in Scotland, but I used Sweetened Coconut for this recipe, Its a little bigger than dessicated but still works fine

This is a great kid friendly recipe too, lots of fun for little hands

You will need

22 Digestive biscuits
1  Tin Condensed Milk
4oz/125g Butter
2 tbsp Drinking Chocolate/Cocoa Powder
125g/4oz sweetened Coconut

Ingredients

For topping
chocolate sprinkles
Coconut
Cocoa powder

• Put the Digestive Biscuits into a large Zip lock bag and crush with a rolling pin until finely crumbled

Digestive Biscuits

Crush the Biscuits

Crushed Digestive Biscuits

• Melt butter in a saucepan, set aside to cool slightly

Melted Butter

• In a large bowl, add the digestive crumbs, coconut and cocoa powder

Dry ingredients

• Now add the butter and the condensed milk, mix well

Add the condensed milk

truffle mixture

• Pour the toppings onto 3 separate plates ready to roll the truffles in

toppings

• Take a large spoonful and roll into a ball with wet hands

• Roll the truffle around until evenly covered in the desired topping

Roll truffle in topping

• Repeat, using more truffle mixture and a different topping, wetting hands between to stop sticking

Digestive biscuit Truffles

• Place in refrigerator to set 

Scottish Truffle

• Enjoy

High School Truffles

These can be stored for up to a week in the fridge

Another great topping is to cover in melted white or milk chocolate 

Hope you enjoy this blast from the past recipe any time of the year, but for me these little treats remind me so much of Christmas

Angela

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