If you love those golden orbs known as Ferrero Rocher, you’ll FLIP for these Easy Homemade Ferrero Rocher Truffles! Packed with flavor and only a few ingredients, they taste even BETTER than the real deal!
It should be no surprise that holiday baking is my all-time fave.
There’s something so magical and fun about holiday flavors and making bite-size candies and treats to hand out to neighbors and friends.
But every year I have a *minor meltdown* about what treats I want to make for my cookie baskets to give to friends. I have about a MILLION ideas for cookies, treats, candies, and more but narrowing the list down is hard work, people. I want to bake EVERYTHING!
However, after making these Homemade Ferrero Rocher Truffles, I realized these had to be in the baskets. 100%. Never been more sure of anything in MY LIFE. They’re that good.
When I was tinkering around with this recipe, I could not believe how EASY these were to make. They take some time to mix together (so I recommend digging in with your hands which makes it infinitely easier) and they take some time to chill and firm up, but once they’re dunked in rich chocolate and chopped hazelnuts, you’ll realize they’re more than worth the wait!
The base of the truffles are crushed hazelnut wafer cookies. I actually found some at Trader Joe’s – they’re a crisp wafer-like cookie flavored with chocolate and hazelnut, but I believe they’re seasonal. If you cannot find hazelnut wafer cookies, feel free to use graham cracker crumbs – chocolate or regular. Not only do the crushed cookies provide the base of the truffle, but they give that great texture, too.
And of course, you cannot make homemade Ferrero Rocher without hazelnuts! This recipe uses a whopping 4 cups (!!) of hazelnuts – three cups in the actual truffle, and one cup finely chopped for the outer coating so it looks authentic. There’s so much hazelnut flavor happening in these bad boys!
Lastly, there’s nothing with hazelnuts more famous than Nutella, so the Nutella is the “glue” that keeps these truffles together. And there’s quite a bit of Nutella in here, so the flavor is outstanding!
To gift these, place a truffle in a miniature cupcake liner and place them all in a gift box for a pretty presentation!
Or just become my neighbor and wait for me to deliver goodies to your front door. 🙂
- 3 cups finely crushed hazelnut wafer cookies (if you cannot find these, simply substitute with 3 cups finely crushed chocolate or honey graham cracker crumbs)
- 3 cups finely chopped hazelnuts
- 1 & ¾ cups Nutella (about 1 & ½ (13 oz) jars)
- FOR COATING:
- 1 (16 oz) pkg chocolate candy coating or almond bark
- 1 cup finely chopped hazelnuts
- Line a large baking sheet with foil and set aside. In a large bowl, combine the hazelnut cookie crumbs, finely chopped hazelnuts, and the Nutella. Using a spoon or your hands, stir the mixture together until completely moistened and sticky, making sure you grab the dry bits that tend to collect in the bottom of the bowl.
- Using a Tablespoon-size cookie dough scoop, scoop out truffles and roll gently into balls. Place on the baking sheet about ½" apart. Repeat with remaining truffles. Once all truffles are formed, freeze the truffles for at least 30 minutes to 1 hour or until firm.
- Once truffles have firmed up, melt the candy coating according to package directions or until smooth. Stir in the chopped hazelnuts. Using a fork, lower each truffle one at a time into the chocolate candy coating and coat completely. Use the fork to lift the truffle out of the chocolate mixture and tap excess chocolate off. Return the truffles to the baking sheet and let chocolate set before serving.
Crunchy and chocolaty with a wonderful toasted nuttiness, these truffles are so easy and super impressive, too!
Have a super sweet day!
xo, Hayley
cakespy says
These warrant a big “YES PLEASE RIGHT NOW PLEASE” from me! Perfect.