Salted Caramel Chocolate Truffles
Salted caramel truffles are the easiest chocolate truffles ever, and can be made with only 3 ingredients! They’re impressive, delicious, and a fraction of the price of store-bought chocolates!
These amazingly delicious salted caramel truffles are a combination of two of my favorite things in life. To say these were easy is an understatement.
You can practically make them with your eyes closed, and people are still going to flip over them. When doesn’t a truffle get somebody excited?
I got the idea for these chocolate truffle balls from one of my very favorite cookbooks, “The Secrets of Baking” by Sherry Yard. I’d been wanting to try them forever, and since I had some homemade salted caramel sauce leftover, I thought why not?
I heated it up, mixed it into a combination of semi-sweet chocolate and bittersweet chocolate, and let it cool until it was “roll-able”. I chilled them a bit, rolled them in some garnishes, and boom! They were magnificent.
These sea salt caramel chocolate truffles are sinfully delicious, and they’re your ace in the hole when you want to give someone a homemade gift the quick and easy way.
These will do the trick every time. 🙂
Why you’ll love this recipe:
- It’s one thing to get a box of truffles or chocolate from a candy store, but it’s another thing entirely to get homemade, hand rolled truffles. Homemade gifts are from the heart, and the recipient is going to feel really special.
- You can prepare the truffles days in advance and keep them in the fridge until you’re ready to gift them.
- People will think you spent a lot of time on this easy truffle recipe…and you can go ahead and keep that your little secret.
Recipe ingredients
If you don’t have leftover caramel sauce hanging around and you don’t want to make any, just buy some. If you go this route you only have 3 ingredients — caramel sauce, chocolate, and sea salt.
Ingredient notes
- Salted caramel sauce. If you make your own caramel sauce, you’ll have a few more ingredients, but these truffles are still terribly easy!
- Chocolate. I used Guittard brand chocolate chips for the ganache, but you can also use your favorite good quality chocolate.
- Garnishes. Flaky sea salt, chopped nuts, and cocoa powder are all great garnish options.
How to make this recipe
These truly are the best chocolate truffles, and they require very little effort to make.
- If using store-bought caramel sauce, heat 1/3 cup in the microwave until nice and hot.
- Place the chocolate into a medium bowl. Pour the hot caramel sauce over the chocolate, rap on the counter once, and let stand 1 minute.
- Using a rubber scraper, stir slowly in a circular motion until the chocolate has melted and the mixture has emulsified, about 2 minutes.
- Let stand at room temperature until it’s firm enough to roll.
- Line a baking sheet with parchment or waxed paper. Using a teaspoon or small melon baller, scoop out the dough in rounded teaspoonfuls and roll until smooth in your hands.
- Place the truffles on the baking sheet and chill in the refrigerator until ready for rolling.
- Sprinkle the truffles with the flaky sea salt, or roll in sprinkles, chopped nuts, or cocoa powder if desired.
FAQ’s
If stored in the fridge, these salted caramel chocolate truffle balls will last up to two weeks.
I’ve never tried freezing the caramel truffles, so I can’t say for sure. However, my gut says they wouldn’t freeze well.
Yes, I’ve given my go-to salted caramel sauce recipe in the recipe card below.
Recipe notes
- I didn’t need to chop the chocolate chips, but you can certainly do that to speed the process along, depending on how hot your caramel sauce is.
- If you’re having issues rolling the ganache into balls, it likely hasn’t had enough time to set up properly.
- You can easily double this recipe to make more truffles.
More homemade candy recipes:
- Almond dragees
- Chocolate peanut butter fudge
- Rocky road candy
- Chocolate almond bark
- Homemade caramels by Tastes Better From Scratch
- Homemade peanut butter cups
- English toffee
- Marshmallows
- Peppermint bark
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Salted Caramel Chocolate Truffles
Ingredients
Truffles:
- 1/3 cup salted caramel sauce homemade or store bought (recipe below)
- 2 ounces semi sweet chocolate*
- 2 ounces bittersweet chocolate*
- optional garnishes: flaky sea salt chopped nuts, cocoa powder
Salted Caramel Sauce:
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 2 tablespoons water
- 2 drops fresh lemon juice*
- 1/4 cup heavy cream
- 2 tablespoons butter cut into small cubes
- 1/2 teaspoon fleur de sel or finishing salt I used Maldon
Instructions
Prepare the truffles:
- If using store bought caramel sauce, heat 1/3 cup in the microwave until nice and hot.
- Place the chocolate into a medium bowl. Pour the hot caramel sauce over the chocolate, rap on the counter once, and let stand 1 minute.
- Using a rubber scraper, stir slowly in a circular motion until the chocolate has melted and the mixture has emulsified, about 2 minutes.
- Let stand at room temperature until it's firm enough to roll — about 70 degrees F.
- Line a baking sheet with parchment or waxed paper. Using a teaspoon or small melon baller, scoop out the dough in rounded teaspoonfuls and roll until smooth in your hands. Place the truffles on the baking sheet and chill in the refrigerator until ready for rolling.
- Sprinkle the truffles with the flaky sea salt, or roll in sprinkles, chopped nuts, or cocoa powder if desired.
- Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator, but for results serve at room temperature. Enjoy!
Prepare the salted caramel sauce:
- Place the sugar, water, and lemon juice in a small saucepan and cook over medium heat until the sugar has melted, stirring just a bit to combine the ingredients.
- Once the sugar has melted, increase the heat to high and do not stir. The mixture will bubble rapidly, then the bubbles will become bigger and slower, and it will begin to color. The edges will normally color first, and you can swirl the pan ever so gently to distribute the color so the mixture doesn't burn.
- When the caramel is a golden amber color, remove it from heat. Slowly whisk in the cream a bit at a time, as the mixture will bubble over if you add too much, then whisk in the butter and finishing salt.
- If the caramel has hardened, place it back over medium low heat and whisk until it's smooth. Remove from heat and allow to cool.
Notes
- The prep time and cooking time includes making your own salted caramel sauce, so if you buy store bought, things will go even more quickly!
- *I used Guittard brand chocolate chips for this ganache, but you can also use your favorite good quality chocolate. I didn’t need to chop the chocolate chips, but you can certainly do that to speed the process along, depending on how hot your caramel sauce is.
- *Lemon juice is used in the caramel sauce to help prevent crystallization.
- The caramel ganache can be made ahead of time and stored in an air tight container until ready to use.
- This recipe can easily be doubled for more truffles!
- Recipe inspiration from "The Secrets of Baking" by Sherry Yard. Caramel sauce recipe adapted from Tante Marie Cooking School, San Francisco, CA. Truffle recipe by Flavor the Moments.
Nutrition
Nutrition is estimated using a food database and is only intended to be used as a guideline for informational purposes.
55 Comments on “Salted Caramel Chocolate Truffles”
I am loving these because salted caramel is one of my favorite things! That aqua bowl is just gorgeous!
You’ve had a great week of chocolate, Marcie! I’m loving each and everything that you’ve created. And these truffles are no exception! I’ve never had a caramel kind before, this sounds fantastic! Love the simplicity of these, too. Pinned!
Salted caramel truffles?? Sign me up please! Love this idea, Marcie! They look irresistibly creamy and delicious! I wish I was getting a box of these for Valentine’s Day, they’re absolutely perfect!
You totally won my heart with the salted caramel. These look like morsels of perfection.
I missed chocolate week? Nooooo! Defo need to read back and catch up!
I love this kind of homemade chocolate truffle … adding salted caramel is genius!
I just love truffles! Perfect creamy bite of delicious. This is a great last minute Valentine treat!
That’s why I posted these last this week — they can be whipped up at the last minute so easily! I think I should do that. 🙂
These truffles look so, so good! I love how easy they are too. 🙂 Pinning!
Thank you for the pin, Katie, and they were the easiest things ever! 🙂
Craving a couple of these salted caramel chocolate truffles right now – they look amazing (and moorish) Marcie!
Thank you, Thalia! 🙂
I’ve loved seeing all of your chocolate week recipes! These are a perfect end to it too! I can’t get enough salted caramel, these sound to die for too!
Thank you, Danielle! I had to get salted caramel into chocolate week some how! haha
I love truffles! And there’s something about them that seems fancy but they are so not that bad to make! These sound absolutely delicious – I mean salted caramel … you just can’t go wrong with that!
Thanks, Ashley, and truffles do seem fancy, and these were so easy it was borderline ridiculous! 🙂
Salted chocolate is so good. I just love the flavor in these truffles Marcie. these are a perfect treat year round.
Thanks, Kathy! 🙂
It’s impossible to stop at one isn’t it? I’m glad you’re with me on that, Dannii! 🙂
They would be eaten in a heart beat. Deliciousness Marcie. Your chocolate recipes are amazing. Way to go my dear.
These sure didn’t last very long around here! Thank you, Ash, and hope you’re having a lovely weekend. 🙂
I love your chocolate recipes Marcie! And these truffles look fantastic! Can’t wait to try them! Pinned 🙂
Thank you, Mira! 🙂
Oh man, this really IS the best week ever! I love these truffles, Marcie. It’s been a while since I’ve made homemade truffles (food blogger problems!). Thanks for reminding me!
Thanks, Liz! Chocolate week was fun, but boy, it’s time for healthier food. 🙂
Oh my do these look good! And they are so adorable… such a perfect V-Day gift!
I did gift some of these — there was way too much chocolate floating around my house! 🙂
Salted caramel is my weakness! These look amazing 🙂
My weakness too, Medha! 🙂
Truffles are my weakness, and these look like they’ll hinder my impulse control for desserts. So so so beautiful, Marcie!
Thank you, Connie! These were fun, but I definitely had to give some away or I’d be way too tempted! 🙂
Chocolate is my favorite! Love that these only have 3 ingredients!
They were too easy to make and eat! 🙂
These chocolate truffles look so decadent and divine! Love the salted caramel flavour x
Thank you, Jess! 🙂
I’m sorry to see all of the chocolaty-ness end too! These truffles…I’m scared that I’d eat an entire batch in one sitting! Yum!
It’s definitely time for the chocolate goodies to end as fun as it was! haha And I did have to give some of these away because they were way too tempting to have around. 🙂
Why can’t chocolate week go on forever!! I love these truffles of course…salted caramel is the way to my heart lol!
Chocolate week was fun! If you were nearby, I would definitely share! 🙂
Thank you, Mary Frances! This was a wickedly good truffle combination! 🙂
There really isn’t, Matty! 🙂
The weekend’s going great, but it would be better with one of your chocolate covered cherry hot chocolates! haha Hope you enjoyed your Valentine’s Day, Stacie! 🙂
These sound so so good! And with salted caramel especially…too yummy!
Thank you, Rachel! These truffles are 2 of my favorite things in one! 🙂
Oh my gosh. Is there anything better than a truffle stuffed with all the caramel and chocolate? I don’t think so. 😉 These look absolutely amazing, Marcie!
Thank you, Sarah! 🙂
I’ve been loving chocolate week over here! And this recipe is the perfect way to end, in my opinion, because these truffles look killer! 🙂 Love!
Thank you, Michelle! I couldn’t think of a better way to end things. 🙂
Can you freeze these for Christmas ?
Hi Linda! I’ve never tried freezing these so I definitely can’t tell you for sure. I honestly don’t think that they would freeze well however.
Just made these for a “cookie” exchange. They are SOOOO tasty. Thank you!
I’m so glad you enjoyed them Lisa — thank you for the feedback! 🙂
My caramels are not holding shape but taste great! Any suggestions on how to fix that? Thanks!
Hi Danielle! Chill them longer…that should do the trick! I’m assuming that you didn’t make any substitutions? Thank you!
Do you have any tips for rolling the balls? They will roll into a ball but really stick to my hands. Help 🙂
Did you chill the chocolate long enough? That makes a huge difference!