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    Penuche Truffles are a Decadent Treat

    Published: Oct 19, 2017 Β· Modified: Feb 14, 2024 by Audrey Β· This post may contain affiliate links.

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    Penuche Truffles are a delicious and easy combination of chocolate cake and brown sugar fudge icing coated in dark chocolate.

    These Penuche Truffles are amazingly decadent little bites of love.

    They would be marvelous for parties or gifts or that little stash of goodies we hide in the back of the veggie bin in the fridge hoping that no one finds them so we don't have to share.

    Uh, not that I would hide anything there, but you know some people might.

    Penuche Truffles in a bowl with text overlay "easy homemade penuche truffles"

    At first glance these seem like just the same old same old cake balls that everyone makes: cake, frosting and chocolate candy melts.

    But, I made them with my favorite chocolate cake recipe and mixed it with an easy to make penuche (brown sugar) frosting. 

    Oh my! so delicious.

    If you live in Sees Candy territory you probably know what their Bourdeaux candies taste like: the ones with the brown sugar / caramel like center.

    These are a make-at-home version, no candy thermometer needed.

    Penuche Truffles Ingredients

    The ingredients are pretty basic kitchen ingredients. I started with a boxed cake mix, but if you want to make it from scratch this is my favorite chocolate cake recipe.

    • box chocolate cake and ingredients to make it (egg and oil)
    • butter
    • brown sugar
    • milk
    • vanilla
    • powdered sugar
    • dark chocolate melts
    • chocolate sprinkles (optional

    Penuche Truffles in a bowl

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    Ingredients
     

    • 1 box chocolate cake and ingredients to make it
    • Β½ cup butter
    • 1 cup brown sugar
    • ΒΌ cup hot milk
    • 1 teaspoon vanilla
    • 3 cups powdered sugar (more or less)
    • 1-2 cup dark chocolate melts

    Instructions
     

    • Prepare the cake according to the recipe and let cool.
    • Melt butter in a saucepan. Add brown sugar and bring to a boil. Cook for 1 minute. Pour into a large mixing bowl and let cool about 15 minutes.
    • Stir in milk and vanilla. Beat in the powdered sugar until desired consistency. Thin with additional milk, a teaspoon at a time, if needed.
    • Crumble cake into frosting and mix until combined. Roll by tablespoonfuls into balls and freeze for about 10 minutes.
    • Melt dark chocolate coating according to package directions. Coat balls in chocolate and chill until firm.

    Notes

    Here's my favorite
    from scratch chocolate cake recipe
    if you don't have a cake mix or prefer not to use them.

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    Reader Interactions

    Comments

    1. Kelly @ Kelly Lynns Sweets and Treats

      October 19, 2017 at 9:41 pm

      These sound incredible! I am loving this week of everything chocolate! XOXO πŸ™‚

      Reply
    2. Liz @ Books n' Cooks

      October 20, 2017 at 3:20 am

      Def trying this with your brown sugar frosting! Yum!

      Reply
      • Audrey

        October 21, 2017 at 10:16 am

        I love that frosting, probably a little too much.

    3. Wendy Klik

      October 21, 2017 at 10:25 am

      Hmmmm.. I have some leftover cake in the freezer. I think they are meant to be truffles.

      Reply

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