I’d like to think of these truffles as bed time happy pills. You know how they say that if you have trouble sleeping you should put a little lavender essential oil on your pillow? Forget that daaahlings. Dr Housewife says pop two of these and call me in the morning. Included in these little babies are everything I need to ensure sweet dreams.
You know what else makes me happy about these truffles? I got to make them with some of my favorite blog dollies. A big hug and kiss to Steve from Wierd Combinations for coming up with the idea, and more kisses to my other readers who decided to join in on the fun. We all worked with the fabulous Ina Garten’s chocolate truffle recipe to get us started. Just looking at their beautiful confections makes me feel like a proud mama (a very young and beautiful mama, mind you). Please check out all of their fabulous creations:
Ros, The More than the Occasional Baker
Shelly over at Franish Nonspeaker
Erika Beth, the Messy Chef at Life’s Too Short to Skip Dessert
And now for some useless but interesting lavender facts:
Once upon a time, girls would wear little lavender bags in their cleavage to lure suitors. I don’t know about this one, it sounds a bit scratchy to me.
The scent of lavender has been used to attract men for generations. There was a study done by a Chicago research foundation that found that the combined scent of lavender and pumpkin was the most arousing of all the scents to male subjects. Note to self: must bake lavender pumpkin cake… Housewife needs a new pair of (ridiculously expensive) shoes.
Alpine girls would tuck lavender under their lover’s pillow so their thoughts would turn to romance. Once married they would put some lavender under the mattress to ensure marital passion.
So tell me daaaaahlings, how will you use lavender? Do you plan on using it for good or evil?
Fresh Lavender Infused Chocolate Truffles
Ingredients:
- 1/2 pound of bittersweet chocolate
- 1/2 pound semisweet chocolate
- 1 cup heavy (double) cream
- 4 tablespoons of lavender buds
- cocoa powder
Directions:
Chop the chocolates finely with a sharp knife. Place them in a heat-proof mixing bowl.
Heat the cream and the lavender buds in a small saucepan until it just boils. Turn off the heat and allow the cream to sit for 20 seconds. Pour the cream through a fine-meshed sieve into the bowl with chocolate and discard the lavender. With a wire whisk, slowly stir the cream and chocolates together until the chocolate is completely melted. Set aside at room temperature for 1 hour.
With 2 teaspoons, spoon round balls of the chocolate mixture onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Refrigerate for 30 minutes, until firm. Roll each dollop of chocolate in your hands to roughly make a round ball. Roll in cocoa powder, and decorate with lavender garnish if you wish. These will keep refrigerated for weeks, but serve at room temperature.
Good of course….hmmm
I just had lavender scones on the weekend, quite interesting, these sound and look better I have to say!
Hope all is good sweetheart, goodluck getting your mitts on those shoes!!!
hugs and xxxxx
I liked the interesting facts
Your truffles look just perfect… and delicious
Very well done!
Hey Lady, you’re making me crazy! Oh gosh, thanks for all those wonderful links. Have to check with them soon. Btw, your truffle sounds incredible. Thank you and hope you’re having a great day ahead.
Blessings, Kristy
I already saw Joumana’s lovelies, so I had to rush over and see what you would be making. You will certainly get those expensiver shoes if you feed hubby one of these.
I’m in!
I have been wanting to try truffles I saw on Ina’s show for some time. Love the lavender infusion here!
Very pretty truffles. Love it!
Wow, these look fabulous!!! Very seductive. Thanks for hosting this great event together with Stevie – I enjoyed getting my hands dirty with ganache and cocoa powder.
Lavender in cleavage? Was that before the invention of perfume?
Your truffles look marvelous. And perfect. Mine turned out all irregular and asymmetric. Did your recipe have the desired effect on the hubbs? I hope so for the sake of your aching feet.
I really liked this cooking challenge, too. Can’t wait till we do another one soon.
Those confections sound so good. I love the floral addition. I bet they were amazing.
They are beautiful, and you are such a tease…I want to grab one right off the screen. Talk about heavenly, and just before bedtime…this is what they mean by “sweet” dreams?
Pa loves lavender…we have yardleys soap by all the sinks…i planted some last year too…ill have to put a sprig behind my ear…happy Memorial Day!
Lavender & pumpkin??? – Mmmmmm, you’ve given me ideas HH
Especially bloggie friends with truffles on their minds.
Your truffles look perfect too & thanks for sharing all your buddies links too., always fun to check out some new bloggie friends
Wow these look amazing. I love the sound of lavender infused chocolate truffles. Thanks again for inviting me to trufflemania, I had a fantastic time making truffles
they look so pretty, but I’m not a fan of flower scents in my food. so I’d just leave that out. Don’t think I’ve ever made truffles.
Oh these look so heavenly, and I’m sure they taste just as good! I love using lavender in cooking too. I recently made some lavender and honey madeleines and the flavour was divine!
Lovely lavender truffles. Great combination! Thanks to you and Stevie both for organizing this fun challenge.
I suddenly feel the need to stock up on lavender…do you think it would get my husband to put his dish in the dishwasher? Or get my car washed?
I thought of you today when my MIL showed me Jimmy Choo Uggs…I have no idea if you’d like them but I could just imagine you saying, “how fabulous!”
Beautiful truffles…just gorgeous.
Lavender scented chocolate truffles…oh..boy…writing that title has already made my mouth water…fantastic combination!
Daaahling! Love your site and plan to visit often. Wandered over here following a truffle trail of food blogs that began at one of my favorite sites, taste of beirut. I wanted to see what food blogs the fabulous Joumana looks at, and wound up here stitched up looking at bedtime happy pills. Your photos are lovely to look at, too!
I hope you have a great Tuesday!
Ha ha ha ha ha, I thought lavender was supposed to put people to sleep. Not sure about tucking it under the marital bed
The truffes though, look absolutely droolworthy
Sounds like lavender is a good little trick for any girl to have up her sleeve (or down her blouse, lol!). Love these truffles — they’re gorgeous, daaahling!
This sounds heavenly!! Perhaps one before bed with a glass of milk would make me fall fast asleep and dream of warm sunny days and walking with my honey through fields of lavender. Total contentment these truffles must be!
These look so beautiful! I am always intrigued to try lavender in different recipes and this is no exception. They sound so scrumptious!
I’ve just started growing lavender and my wife loves truffles so I will try this recipe out. Thanks!
Can’t complain about popping two lavender truffles to help me sleep. I love this idea.
Just beautiful! Ina’s truffle recipe is yummy and the lavendar must have sent them over the moon!
I like the edible aromatherpy!! Look amazing.I m still to try lavender in desserts ,cant wait after seeing these!
I still have pounds of lavender sitting idly in a muslin bag; never thought of using them with chocolate, what a grand idea. Your photo and truffles look exquisite and very pro!
AMAZING! Your shot of the truffles is sinfully sensual.
lol!
I don’t use lavender, but I think popping one of these babies down my cleavage instead of a sachet will definitely attract my fiance
Your truffles looks wonderful marvelous and too romantic! Thanks for sharing the seductive truth of lavender ….. from shoes to diamond anything is now in reach dear!
Just darling HH! I love lavender flavoured food! It just sings with happiness
A couple of these truffles sounds like the perfect bedtime snack. Interesting facts about lavender. I, of course, will use it for evil!
I like truffles and I am sure that the lavender adds a nice flavor/aroma to the truffles…love how you decorated them…so elegant. Nice picture! Hope you are having a great week HH
Loveee truffles! This sounds so delicious…I wonder how it tastes like
Love it! So jealous that yours look so lovely and not heat/humidity stricken!
I worked with lavender for the first time last year. Of course I used it for good. I used it in a dessert!
Simply lurve lavende,r dahliiiiing HH!
btw wonder if Laduree do lavender macarons? If not, I’ll maybe suggest it to them next time I’m in Paris!!
Hope you’re having a fabuloussss week dahling!
Kisses
XOXO Lola:)
I’m going to use it for evil! Just the way you did with these evil little tempting truffles! I would love nothing more than to have them lure me to sleep so I can dream of nothing but truffles all night long. xoxo
Lovely. I could use one of those at bedtime tonight.
These truffles sound absolutely heavenly with the lavender infusion, a must try for sure!
Oh my goodness, HH! That shot of those truffles sitting on a bed of gorgeous purple lavender buds is stunning! I’m definitely with you on eating one (or two) of these before bedtime. Inspiring!
Absolutely stunning truffles. I have about a pound of lavender sitting in one of my cupboards right now, made a recipe with lavender a year ago and could only buy it in bulk. I think I know what to use it for next
But I came here for chocolate mania and I can’t eat them. That’s torture!!!!
I love lavender..i have a small tin and i cherish every little bud!! chocolate and lavender..how divine!! stunning pic of the purple buds
sweetlife
You are the BEST! Are you heading to NY this summer? Would love to get together. Otherwise, I’ll have to hop a plane and head your way in the fall. That would not be a twist of the arm!
Ooh HH, these are bedtime happy pills – they look amazing!
they look fabulous..wonderfully tasty..!
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HH…who doesn’t love a truffle? They look gorgeous, but..I have this weird thing about lavender – tastes like grandma’s handkerchief :>/
I had never seen this..I will try it now that the lavender in my pots are in full bloom…
thanks for the idea!!