A Partridge in a Chocolate Truffle Tree!

Description

This is such a wonderful way of serving your chocolate truffles at Christmas or New Year - or indeed any special winter festival! I do make my own truffles for this, but you can buy ready-made truffles for ease and speed of course! I love to see my family and friend's faces when I bring the coffee and "chocolates" out with this Truffle Tree! Allow yourself plenty of time to assemble this, the plant pot and the tree "trunk" can be prepared beforehand; once the chocolate truffle tree has been assembled, it will be fine for up to 2 days before you need to serve it, stored in a very cool and dry place - NOT a fridge however. I have made this with a well-known gold wrapped chocolate nut truffle before, as well as the white chocolate and coconut version by the same company! The truffles shown in my photos are local hand-made truffles, but any "firm" high chocolate truffle is fine. I have my own truffle recipe posted on zaar, A Symphony of French Chocolate Truffles which also works very well with this tree! Have fun - and just watch your guest's faces when you bring this out!! NB: You can also make this with marshmallows and other suitable sweets or candy, especially for children.

Ingredients

• 1 (10 -12 inch) length wood branches
• 1 (15 inch) foam balls
• 1 kg good quality chocolate truffles or 1 kg marshmallow
• 1 plant pot
• 15 -20 small white foam balls
• aluminum foil
• cocktail stick
• florist's foam
• length ribbon

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• Prep Time
• 4 hours 0 minutes
• Cook Time
• 1 hour 0 minutes
• Yield
• Serves: 12-18