Copycat Lindt Truffles (Amish Recipe)

This Amish recipe for copycat Lindt truffles delivers the smooth, creamy texture you expect from a Lindt Lindor truffle. Each bite melts on your tongue, creating a blissful chocolate experience, making them my all-time favorite chocolates.

I've had homemade truffles, and even other brands, that have been disappointing. When I bite into a truffle, I expect a smooth creamy filling inside a chocolate shell, not a dry crumbly chocolate ball.

Homemade Lindt truffles are easy to make. They might be a little messy, but it's well worth every bit of it!

Creamy Homemade Truffles

Even though I don't take the time to make homemade candy very often, chocolate truffles are one of those specialties that I make every year at Christmas time.

This Amish copycat Lindt truffles recipe is simply made with three ingredients. Melting chocolate, cream cheese, and flavoring. And if you want plain chocolate truffles, then all you need is chocolate and cream cheese.

How to Make Truffles

To make homemade copycat Lindt truffles, place softened cream cheese into a bowl. (Soften the cream cheese at room temperature for a couple of hours or place it into a microwave-safe bowl and heat for approximately 30 seconds.)

In another bowl, melt the chocolate in the microwave in 30-second intervals. Or melt it in a saucepan over low heat, stirring often.

(The cream cheese is what makes these truffles nice and creamy. Adding too much chocolate can create a dry truffle. So make sure you don't go heavy on the chocolate.)

Pour the melted chocolate over the softened cream cheese and stir to combine and create a smooth filling. Then add some flavoring, if desired.

Cover the truffle mixture and set it in the refrigerator for about 30 minutes.

Using a cookie scoop, or a spoon, create about 1" balls and place them onto a sheet lined with parchment or wax paper. Chill until firm to coat.

Flavored Truffles - Raspberry Truffles, Mint Truffles, Etc.

When making homemade truffles, you can create any flavor that you desire. (Raspberry truffles are some of my favorites.) All you need is several drops of flavoring to add to the creamy chocolate.

And when it comes to adding liquid flavoring to homemade truffles, LorAnn oils are the best. A little goes a long way! LorAnn's super-strength flavors are three to four times the strength of typical baking extracts.

And while you can use other extracts, you'll need to add a lot more to create the same depth of flavor. And this may slightly affect the outcome of your truffles. So, I highly recommend using LorAnn oils.

Many Amish and Mennonite bulk food stores carry these little bottles of oils. But if you can't find any locally, you can always order them at Amazon.

Mocha Truffles

Mocha Truffles are another one of my favorite flavors. I'm a sucker for the combination of chocolate and espresso.

To create mocha truffles, you'll need espresso powder or instant coffee. I add about 4 teaspoons of espresso powder to a batch of truffles. But you can add more or less according to your taste.

You can also use instant coffee if you don't have any espresso powder. Dissolve 3 - 4 Tbsp. of instant coffee in about 2 tsp. of hot water. Then add this to the creamy chocolate mixture.

Dipping in Chocolate

Melt the chocolate in a double boiler or the microwave in 30-second intervals. I like using a double boiler because the hot water in the bottom helps to keep the chocolate soft longer. And I often dip lots of homemade candies while I'm working with melted chocolate anyway.

Tips: Make sure to use dry clean utensils. You don't want any water coming in contact with the chocolate. If the chocolate seems too thick, add a teaspoon of Crisco shortening.

Dipping tools are great to use for coating chocolates. But you can easily use two forks (or a fork and a toothpick) as well.

Dip the balls (only a few at a time) into the smooth melted chocolate and tap the fork against the side of the bowl to remove excess chocolate. Place the chocolate-covered truffles on a parchment-lined tray and refrigerate until set.

(See this article for more tips on dipping truffles.)

Recipe for Chocolate-Covered Truffle Balls

I hope you enjoy this Amish recipe for copycat Lindt truffles. In my opinion, they're the best homemade Christmas truffles.

Not only are they great for Christmas (or any occasion), but they would be a perfect treat to make for Valentine's Day as well. And while you're dipping truffles in chocolate, you may as well go ahead and dip some pretzels as well.

If you try this truffle recipe, I'd love to hear from you in the comments below. Thank you!

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