These Disco Truffles are simple but eye-catching and add a bit of glitz to a New Year’s party or other celebration! They start with a brownie truffle, stuffed with a smaller chocolate truffle, and decorated with sparkly disco dust.
It’s almost New Year’s Eve, y’all! Time to do what Prince says and party like it’s 1999. So switch out those smart phones for brick-sized cell phones, blast the Ricky Martin tunes, and let’s all invest in some dot-coms or something. Yesss!
It’s a little funny that I’m sharing a New Year’s Eve party recipe, because I am so not the NYE partying type. My “biggest” NYE experience was probably the time I spent New Year’s in Trafalgar Square in London. Picture huge crowds pressing in on each other, everyone drunk and boisterous and yelling, DJs playing music, people dancing and singing, and every single person taking turns blowing their smoke in my face. [True story. I think there was a sign-up sheet being passed around.]
Despite my secondhand emphysema, it wasn’t all bad. I went with a group of friends and we ended up having a fun time, but it did reinforce my anti-social tendencies, and since then I’ve kept my New Year’s Eve activities a lot more low-key.
So with that being said, you should totally make these Disco Truffles for the blow-out, raging party you’ll be hosting this year! Or for your quiet, intimate gathering of classy people drinking wine and discussing foreign films! Or for you and your cats and your knitting! I don’t judge.
If you’re looking for more chocolate decadence, check out my celebratory Champagne White Chocolate Truffles, fresh Rosemary Raspberry Truffles, or my creamy Caramelized White Chocolate Truffles.
So let’s talk Disco Truffles. These gorgeous truffles have all the glitz and glamour of disco, without the flared pants and John Travolta dance moves. And lest you think I’m weirdly obsessed with an outdated musical genre, they actually get their name from the “disco dust” that decorates the chocolate shell (more on disco dust, and where to find it, down below).
They’re simple but eye-catching, and the silver and gold add the perfect amount of holiday sparkle to any party!
Since the disco dust decoration is the New Years-ish part of the recipe, the filling can actually be anything you’d like! Make regular truffles, cake truffles, or do what I did…combine the two! For my Disco Truffles, I made brownie truffles and stuffed them with small chocolate truffles. The whole thing is dipped in chocolate coating, so they’re extra chocolatey and very rich, which seems really appropriate for a glitzy party food. I like the surprise of the chocolate truffle inside the brownie layer, but you can always simplify things and use just one element of the filling instead.
This is my favorite kind of recipe—one that looks amazing, tastes legit, but is actually pretty easy to throw together. (It’s nice when the showstopping factor can be purchased in a small jar!) Of course these would also be great for any birthday party or other special occasion, so keep these in mind even if your NYE plans don’t require any extra sparkle this year.
Happy 2014, friends! I’m sending you all virtual disco truffles and air kisses. See you on the other side!
Recipe Notes: Disco Dust can be found at many cake or candy supply stores, or on many online retailers, like Amazon. (Buy gold disco dust
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Ingredients
- 7 oz semi-sweet chocolate, finely chopped
- 2/3 cup heavy cream
- 2 tsp light corn syrup
- 1 tbsp unsalted butter
- 19 x 13 pan brownies, baked and cooled, (cakey brownies are recommended–from a mix is fine)
- 1/4-1/2 cup chocolate frosting, prepared
- 28 oz chocolate candy coating melts
- gold disco dust, for decoration, optional
- silver disco dust, for decoration, optional
Instructions
- Place the chopped semi-sweet chocolate in a medium bowl. Pour the cream into a small saucepan and add the light corn syrup and a pinch of salt. Place the pan over medium-high heat and bring it to a simmer, heating it until bubbles appear along the sides of the pan, but don’t bring it to a boil.
- Pour the hot cream over the chopped chocolate and let it sit for one minute to soften the chocolate. Gently whisk together the chocolate and cream until melted, shiny, and smooth. Add the butter and whisk it in until combined.
- Press a layer of cling wrap on top of the chocolate ganache. Refrigerate the bowl for 1-2 hours, checking the texture every 30 minutes, until it’s firm enough to roll but not rock-hard. Roll the truffles into 32 small balls, about 1/2-inch to 3/4-inch wide. If they get sticky, dust your palms with cocoa powder and roll the balls between your palms to make them round. Place the truffles on a baking sheet lined with parchment or waxed paper. Refrigerate the tray of truffles.
- Crumble the brownies into a large bowl. Add 1/4 cup of chocolate frosting, and stir them together. Depending on how moist your brownies are, you may need to add additional frosting to get the brownie mixture to be a soft, moist consistency. When you squeeze it between your hands, it should easily hold a ball shape, but not be too wet or greasy.
- Scoop a spoonful of brownie mixture and press it around a chocolate truffle. Roll it between your palms, and place it back on the baking sheet. Repeat until all of the truffles are covered with a brownie layer. Refrigerate the tray the brownie truffles are firm.
- Melt the chocolate candy coating in a microwave-safe bowl in 30-second intervals, stirring after every 30 seconds until melted and smooth. Use dipping tools or forks to dip a truffle into the chocolate, then remove it from the bowl and let excess drip back into the bowl. Place the truffle on the prepared baking sheet, and while the chocolate is still wet, sprinkle the top with a pinch of disco dust. Repeat until all of the truffles have been dipped and decorated.
- Store Disco Truffles in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to a week. For the best taste and texture, bring them to room temperature before serving.
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These are gorgeous!!! I love that you made these brownies with truffle filling!! These would be great to make for that special someone for V-day.
Thanks Jackie! You’re right, these would be an awesome V-day dessert. And I’ve also made similar truffles with cake instead of brownies, and it also works nicely…just in case you want to stuff your truffles into something different. 🙂 Enjoy!
So glad I stumbled across these on foodgawker, and no surprise they are yours! I missed the boat on making them for NYE but now I can add Disco Dust to my proverbial kitchen tool belt. Thank you for always upping the ante. Best Wishes for 2014!
Thanks Meggan! YES get yourself some disco dust, then try not to sprinkle it on everything…it’s hard to resist! Thanks for the kind words, and happy 2014 to you as well!
Happy New Year, Elizabeth!!! I’m so not a NYE party person either…we have a tradition of spending it at my mother-in-law’s, eating homemade cheese fondue, and trying to stay away to watch the ball drop (party animals!!). I’m so happy I found your blog in 2013 (or i suppose you found mine) and I can’t wait to see what tasty treats you create this year. These truffles are so sparkly! What a perfect New Year’s treat.
One of the first recipes I saw this new year were these truffles. When I saw them everything in me went *aww, that would’ve been such an amazing idea* But then I scrolled down and saw the recipe and *I NEED THIS!* I mean.. chocolate, covered in brownies, covered in chocolate? This is going to be made as soon as possible… Thank you for sharing yet another creative and inspiring recipe! 🙂
I do oreos for friends/family…
I have recently been asked to do oreos for a shower with a “glitter” theme so I googled “glitter on chocolate” and found this image.
Is it difficult to use in any way? I’m seeing on some sites that the glitter “melts in” to the chocolate thus making it undetectable??
Thoughts? advice?
Hi Tara! No, I don’t think the disco dust is difficult at all. You can see another example of it in these Caramel Shortbread Squares–I just sprinkled a pinch of dust over the wet chocolate, like I imagine you’d be doing with the oreos:
https://www.sugarhero.com/2012/12/caramel-shortbread-squares/
As you can see the dust didn’t really melt into the chocolate too much and it’s still very visible. Maybe some people were using a different kind of dust and had trouble? Hope this helps!
Disco Dust is actually non toxic and not edible glitter. Big difference in those amounts. Try a 100% edible glitter such as Wiltons brands.
Thanks for the info!
I am planning to make these for my 40th birthday, Studio 54 Theme.
Can I ask which Brownie recipe you use for the recipe Elizabeth?
Hi! That sounds like so much fun! Honestly, it’s been a few years and I don’t remember which recipe I use. However, this is one of my favorite brownie recipes, which would totally work for these truffles! https://www.sugarhero.com/ultimate-fudgy-chocolate-brownies/ Let me know how it goes! 🙂
Ingredients list specifies 19×13 pan of brownies; is that correct, or should that be 9×13? Thank you!
Hi Elaine! You’ll need a full pan of baked and cooled brownies for these truffles, and by “full pan,” I mean a typical 9×13-inch rectangular pan. Hope that makes sense — let me know if not!