chocolate truffle

Thân thiện

A chef carefully arranges chocolate truffles on a silver platter.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A creamy chocolate candy: A small, round confection made primarily from chocolate and cream, often with a soft, ganache center and coated in cocoa powder, nuts, or a hard chocolate shell.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • She received a box of exquisite chocolate truffles for her birthday.
  • The chef is famous for his handmade chocolate truffles filled with raspberry ganache.

Advanced Usage

• As a term of endearment: Sometimes used informally to describe something or someone considered sweet or delightful.
  • Look at that puppy; he's a little chocolate truffle!

Variants and Related Words

• Truffle (noun): Can also refer to a type of expensive, underground fungus. The confection is named for its visual resemblance to this fungus.
• Ganache (noun): A creamy mixture of chocolate and cream, which forms the center of many chocolate truffles.

Synonyms

• Chocolate confection: A general term for a sweet food item made with chocolate.
• Bonbon: A small candy, often but not always chocolate-coated.

Related Phrases

• Truffle making: The process or activity of creating chocolate truffles.
  • We took a class in truffle making.

Related Idioms

Học thuật

Noun

1. creamy chocolate candy

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