Sooooo I declare this week Ben & Jerry’s Week.
It’s what you do when you become increasingly obsessed with those damn delicious flavors of ice cream and when you kind of wish you lived inside of Ben and/or Jerry’s head(s).
I have always had a special soft spot for Ben & Jerry’s ice cream. I don’t remember the first flavor I’ve ever had, but I do remember as a kid I would BEEEEEGGGGGG my mom to buy me my own little pint of heavenly churned ice cream and she’d be like “BLAH BLAH IT’S TOO EXPENSIVE BLAAAH” and I wouldn’t understand because I was like, 5, and five year olds are incapable of understanding the concept of money, or at least I was, which was why I always asked my mom for million dollar sheets.
Anyways, sometimes she’d cave and we’d get our own little pint of joy. I tried to savor each bite of melty, sweet ice cream, but knowing me, I am incapable of savoring anything as I’m too frenetic to stop and smell the flowers and also because melty ice cream is gross. Like soggy cereal. Who actually eats soggy things? So weird.
As I grew older, I started to appreciate their flavors more because I’m an unconventional kinda cat and I don’t like plain-anything. Immediately, I fell in looooove with Chunky Monkey. Hello, banana ice cream? Totally amazeballs. I’m obsessed with anything banana.
(Sidenote: as a kid, and okay, teen, and OKAY FINE ADULT, I have always been OBSESSED with Gerber’s banana baby food. WHYYY, I do not know, but every excuse I had to purchase it, I did. Wisdom teeth out? Asked for banana baby food. Broke up with a boyfriend? BBF, man. My mom thinks I am disgusting for being 22 and still eating baby food, but she obviously doesn’t understand the special magic that Gerber bottles and sells.)
So for Ben & Jerry’s week, I HAAAD to make something to pay homage to the chunkiest of all monkeys. Even though I hate monkeys — but that’s another story.
These truffles are WAY tasty! They taste JUST like banana, are soft and sweet, and are the perfect little treat. They also cause me to rhyme, which is a common side effect of awesome food.
Chunky Monkey Truffles *truffle base slightly adapted from Brunette Baker’s Peanut Butter Eggs recipe
- 1 pkg. banana instant pudding mix
- ¼ cup butter, softened
- ¼ cup water
- 1 & ⅓ cup powdered sugar
- ½ pkg chocolate almond bark or Candiquik
- About 15 halved walnut pieces
- Line a baking sheet with foil and set aside. In a medium bowl, beat together the pudding mix and the softened butter with a handheld electric mixer until it begins to come together. Slowly add in the water, and continue beating the pudding mix until it resembles pudding.
- Gradually add the powdered sugar, about ⅓ cup at a time, until the mixture stiffens. Using a cookie dough scoop, roll out balls of the pudding mixture and gently roll them in your hands to round them. Place the truffles onto the baking sheet.
- Freeze the truffles for about an hour or until firm. Once frozen, melt the candy bark according to package directions. Drop a truffle into the chocolate bark, covering completely. Allow excess to drip off and return to the baking sheet. Place a walnut piece on top of each coated truffle. Allow the chocolate to set before serving. Makes about 14-16 truffles.
I was SO surprised at the strong banana flavor in these petite truffles. It really packs the same flavor punch as the ice cream does! The insides are soft, with a texture very comparable to a truffle — not wet like pudding, but moist. And the crunchy chocolate outer shell with the salty walnut on top really exaggerates the Chunky Monkey flavor. These are SO fun to eat and make!
Stay tuned for some more B&J’s yumminess coming tomorrow!!
xo, Hayley
Succre says
yummy!!!
Kelly @ Hidden Fruits and Veggies says
Eating baby food as an adult is totally not weird! I love the custard ones and I use fruity ones in baking all the time. So long as you’re not eating the weird hot dogs or pureed turkey and carrots, I think you’re doing fine as an adult 😉 Especially when youre making tasty truffles like these, YUM!
The Domestic Rebel says
Ewwww yeah the meat/stew ones are SO weird. I can’t even stand to look at them when I’m buying my baby food. Hoooooow does one eat pureed meat?! Even if you are like, 6 weeks old or whatever. BABIES HAVE TASTE BUDS TOO YA KNOW.
noyomoco says
Oh geez. I haven’t had Ben & Jerry’s in forever. I think I need to buy some today. For real. And make these sweet truffles too! 🙂
The Domestic Rebel says
Do it!!
miss messy says
Eek ben and jerrys week.. this is awesome!!!
snookiescakes says
Those look good!
Ben and Jerry’s Week! I can’t wait to see what you post the rest of this week.
The Domestic Rebel says
There’s some good stuff in store! Thanks for your comment 🙂 xo.
Jessica@AKitchenAddiction says
Can’t wait to see what you come up with for the rest of the week! Love chunky monkey!
Tanya Schroeder says
What a fun week Hayley!! Love chunky monkey, I can only imagine how good these taste!
Aimee @ ShugarySweets says
Looks like we both had truffles on the mind. YUM.
Sally says
Ben & Jerry’s week. Oh Hayley, how I love you. And Ben. And Jerry.
spiffycookie says
What a fun truffle! I’m excited for the rest of the recipes this week
Leah Thomas says
What size box of banana pudding do you use?
The Domestic Rebel says
Hi Leah! I used the 1.34 oz box of pudding mix for this 🙂
Nicole @ Young, Broke and Hungry says
I think every week should be Ben and Jerry’s week! These truffles look like little bites of chocolate covered banana goodness. Yumo!
Meagan @ Scarletta Bakes says
Uh, can I just pitch a pup tent and camp out on your blog this week? Pretty please?? These truffles sound all kind of chunky AMAZING.
atasteofmadess says
I would love a ben and jerry’s week! This looks like heaven in bite sized pieces, I love it!
crazyforcrust says
These are awesome! I love Ben and Jerry’s week. I want to live at your house okay?
Caley says
I hate monkeys too! But these look great. And I’m thinking of all the flavor possibilities, since you used a pudding mix…cheesecake pudding?!? Also, I don’t like baby food, but I like Gerber toddler food! 😉 Gerber Graduates actually makes REALLY good macaroni and cheese and oatmeal. So whatever. If you like it, eat it! 🙂
Laura (Tutti Dolci) says
Love the idea of Ben & Jerry’s week! These truffles sound fab!
lizwaterson says
Um why are we on the same wave length!? Last night I made a Coffee Heath Bar Crunch cake inspired by b&j heath bar crunch-if you are doing that flavor later this week we should post the same day! And by the way these truffles are fan-freaking-tabulous! I would devour them all- maybe even scoop some ice cream on top.DROOOOOOL
bakerbynature says
Ben and Jerry’s week sounds like the best week EVER!!!! And lord have mercy… these truffles?!! Gah.
cookingactress says
Could I love this week more??!! I don’t think so!!!
OMG and these truffles are to diiiiieee
I laughed really hard also because I forgot about the banana baby food. You’re funny 😛
Heather @ Sugar Dish Me says
I mean… a whole Ben & Jerry’s week?!!! Are you making something with Chubby Hubby peanut butter & chocolate & pretzels?!!! Omahgaaahhhh I die just thinking about it. You’re killing me. But in a good way.
My mom would never buy me Ben & Jerry’s either! And so I blame my parents thrifty-ness for my dessert-hoarding tendencies.
Stephanie @ Eat. Drink. Love. says
Ben and Jerry’s week?! This is going to be the best week ever!! These truffles look heavenly!
Corina Lombardi says
OMG I thought I was the only adult who liked banana baby food, *bounces* which of course is why I never mention it haha. But I now feel validated knowing someone else is obsessed with it too.
Sidenote: It’s one of the only flavors I would ever eat…I was not big on baby food as a kid. Definitely going to try this recipe! 🙂
The Domestic Rebel says
Corina, it tastes amazing! You’re not alone!!! 🙂
Mercedes Porter says
What a fun inspiration for the week Hayley and these truffles look fantastic!
Jocelyn says
Truffles from pudding mix? That’s so cool!!! I can’t wait for all the fun B&J inspired desserts!!!
Arielle says
Love this recipe! We just linked out to you in our newest blog post here: http://www.recipechatter.com/truffle-season
Sarah @ Miss CandiQuik says
These are over the top! Who doesn’t love this & Ben & Jerry’s!? We hardly ever bought this as a kid. We usually got the $5 gallon of cheap ice cream, haha. Being an adult is nice. 😉
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