Today I want to surprise and pamper you with a super easy, very quick, no-bake, and colorful dessert! Let’s prepare the Harlequin truffles with Nutella together!
Since Carnival is just around the corner and since I love truffles, I decided to prepare them in this very colorful way!
It’s a really easy-peasy dessert! In 10 minutes, the Harlequin truffles are ready, and it will be really hard to resist the temptation!
They are perfect not only for Carnival but for any occasion. Whether it’s a buffet, a brunch, an aperitif with friends, a birthday party, or for holidays and occasions. These colorful truffles will be a hit!
And if you like truffles, try the lemon and coconut version or the chocolate ones filled with an irresistible ganache, or the Rum ones. For true lovers of this easy and quick sweet, I even created a collection with 10 delicious truffle recipes all to try!
But now let’s see the ingredients to prepare the Harlequin truffles together!
But first, I take this opportunity to leave you with some other delicious recipes to try!
- Cost: Medium
- Preparation time: 10 Minutes
- Portions: about 16-20 pieces
- Cooking methods: No-Bake
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: All Seasons, Carnival
Ingredients
- 7 oz cream cheese (or mascarpone or ricotta)
- 5 oz pavesini (or ladyfingers or dry biscuits as desired)
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 3 1/2 tbsp Nutella®
- 3 tbsp hazelnuts (peeled and toasted)
- 1 tsp milk (or plant-based beverage)
- 1 tsp unsweetened cocoa powder
- to taste colored sprinkles (about 1/4 cup)
- 1 vial rum flavor (optional)
- to taste orange zest (preferably organic)
Tools
- 16 Baking Cups (paper)
- 1 Bowl
- Spatula
Preparation
Crumble the pavesini. For convenience, I put them in a food bag and crushed them with a rolling pin.
You can replace the pavesini with ladyfingers or any biscuit as you like. In case of intolerance, we can use egg-free, lactose-free, yeast-free, or gluten-free biscuits.
Put the crumbled pavesini in a bowl. Add the cream cheese and Nutella.
If you want, you can replace cream cheese (robiola or philadelphia) with mascarpone or ricotta.
If you use ricotta, it must be absolutely dry. For optimal results, put it in a sieve for at least 4-5 hours.
Also, add sugar, toasted and knife-chopped hazelnuts to the bowl, and mix with a fork.
Lactose intolerant individuals can opt for lactose-free cheese and plant-based drink.
Finally, add unsweetened cocoa powder, some orange zest, and a vial of rum flavor.
Those who do not like the taste of rum can omit it, but I assure you that the combination of chocolate, rum, and orange zest is amazing!
At this point, mix everything with your hands until you get a soft and compact mixture.
Take small portions from the mixture and form the truffles by rotating them in the palms of your hands.
As you form the truffles, roll them in colored sprinkles. You’ll easily find them in all supermarkets.
Place the decorated truffles in paper baking cups, and once the mixture is finished, let them firm up in the fridge for about 30 minutes.
And voilà, your beautiful, colorful, and super delicious Harlequin truffles are ready!
They will be perfect not only to celebrate Carnival but whenever you want to impress someone with zero effort!
I hope you enjoyed this super easy recipe, come back soon to see me!
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As for the number of truffles you can get, it varies based on the size of each piece.
I made them quite large and got 16, but if you make them smaller, you could get more than 20.
How do you store cookie truffles?
We can store the truffles in the fridge for 3-4 days, covered with food film or placed in a container to prevent them from absorbing other odors. I’ve never tried freezing them, but we could also put them in the freezer and enjoy them as ice cream bonbons.
What can I use instead of cream cheese?
This is one of those cases where, fortunately, substituting one of the main ingredients doesn’t affect the taste or even the result.
I’ve personally already experimented with other truffle versions, for example, the one with mascarpone, ricotta, robiola, or indeed cream cheese.
You can choose, therefore, from those just listed. No yogurt because it wouldn’t have the same consistency. You might use half ricotta and half mascarpone, or half cream cheese and half robiola, etc.
Regarding ricotta, better to use it only if it is dry, otherwise sieve it well.I don’t like Rum, what can I use instead?
You can flavor the truffles with cinnamon powder, orange or tangerine zest, vanilla, almond flavor, orange flavor.
What biscuits are best to use for making truffles?
I use whatever I find in the pantry! Whether they are ladyfingers, Pavesini, dry biscuits, Digestives, etc.
