Irish Cream Truffles & Irish Cream Toffee Coffee Ice Cream

I have two treats perfect for your Saint Patrick's Day celebration or anytime.  First, I've got some decadently rich, smooth as silk truffles  guaranteed to melt in your mouth...

and secondly, a rich Irish Cream Coffee Toffee Ice Cream that is nothing short of creamy and crunchy heaven for your mouth!

 Both of these recipes are easy to prepare, and both are made with the homemade Irish Cream I shared a few days ago.  

The truffles are lovely set out on a plate, served with coffee and other desserts.  They are great as gifts for the hostess or at Christmas, packed in airtight containers.  

Nancy's Irish Cream Truffles

12 oz chopped chocolate.  (You can use semi sweet or milk chocolate or a 1/2 and 1/2 mixture.  I like milk chocolate best but used semi sweet here because that's what I had on hand.)

1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa

1/2 Cup Shawn's Homemade Irish Cream (recipe HERE) 

1/2 cup heavy whipping cream

1/2 cup powdered sugar

3 tablespoons butter

Combine chocolate and cocoa in food processor.

Process until coarse and set aside.

Place butter, Irish cream and cream in a saucepan.  Heat on medium heat, stirring frequently,  until hot.  

Pour hot cream mixture in chocolate mixture and process until smooth and shiny 

Allow the chocolate truffle mixture to cool to room temperature, stirring occasionally, which takes about an hour.  Cover and put in the refrigerator for at least 8 hours or overnight.  

Remove from the fridge and scoop up a spoonful at a time and roll into balls.  I roll mine a little less than an inch but make whatever size you want.  I then roll in powdered sugar or cocoa powder.  I think chopped toffee or chopped, roasted almonds would be yummy to.  

Store in the refrigerator or freeze if you won't be eating these in the next few days. 

For the ice cream  I decided to keep this as simple as possible I'd use store bought Coffee Ice Cream.  I like Blue Bell brand and think it's about the best store bought you can get.  It's more expensive than others but well worth it if you want the best quality.

Coffee Toffee Irish Cream Ice Cream


1/2 gallon Coffee Ice Cream
4 Heath Candy Bars, chopped
2 cups Shawn's homemade Irish Cream


Stir or Mix the ice cream, candy bars and Irish Cream until blended  and return to freezer until ready to serve.  Top with additional chopped Heath bars, a bit of Irish Cream and whipped cream if desired.
note: 


I usually soften the ice cream in the microwave for about 20-30 seconds so that it is easier to mix.

OR DO THIS:


Simply scoop about 1 cup of the ice cream into individual serving dishes and pour about 1/4 - 1/3 cup of the Irish Cream over the top.  Top with chopped Heath Bars and whipped cream.   We do this most of the time.  

We cannot get enough of this ice cream at my house!

Another Irish Poem

The limbs that move, the eyes that see,
these are not entirely me;

Dead men and women helped to shape,

the mold that I do not escape;

The words I speak, the written line,

these are not uniquely mine.

For in my heart and in my will,

old ancestors are warring still,

Celt, Roman, Saxon and all the dead, 

from whose rich blood my veins are fed,

In aspect, gesture, voices, tone,

flesh of my flesh, bone of my bone;

In fields they tilled, I plow the sod,

I walk the mountain paths they trod;

Around my daily steps arise -
the good, the bad - those I comprise.

~ Richard Rolle c 1300 - 1349 ~

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