chocolate truffle
Definition
- 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
Noun
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creamy chocolate candy
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