I hope you don't mind Karen, but I made a few changes to your truffle recipe.......I wanted to lower the carbs that come into the recipe when using splenda.....(I also doubled the recipe)

Hope everyone enjoys this! It is REALLY good----a rich, not too sweet flavor. I have learned that I react to the sugar alcohols in commercial low carb chocolates (My uncooperative body treats them as "real" carbs ), but really like having a chocolate "sweet" so I decided I just had to make my own that don't have sugar alcohols.....


4 oz. unsweetened chocolate (I used Ghiradelli)
8 Tbsp. butter, room temperature
6 Tbsp. cream, room temperature
4 tsp vanilla
5 Tbsp. Davinci Hazelnut syrup (I use Tovini brand-same thing)
3 Oz. Macadamias, chopped finely

As Karen said, the success of the recipe depends on the melted chocolate and butter beign at the same temperature....the chocolate and butter will separate if they aren't the same temp.

Melt chocolate in either the microwave (gently---it burns FAST!), or in a bowl over a pot of simmmering water. Cool to room temperature. Combine the chocolate and butter til smooth. Stir in cream and vanilla, then stir in the Hazelnut syrup til completely blended. Stir in nuts. After chilling, cut into squares. Keep refrigerated.

Total calories: 2310
Total fat: 245 gr.
Total carb: 24 gr.

Cut into 64 peices= each: 36 cal, 3.8 gr fat, 0.38 gr carb

Hi Louisa,
I like the idea of the sf hazelnut syrup. With your nuts included, did your total take out the net carbs?

So if I cut into 64 pieces my net carbs would be .38 of a carb?

amazin77

I love Karen's recipe, has to be my favorite chocolate treat, and it got me through the holidays cheat free (I had brought it to parties, to keep me away from the "bad" chocolates LOL).

I might have to give your twist on it a try ... the one thing I changed for myself is instead of macadamias, I add 1 oz chopped pecans which also lowered the carbs a bit. Plus pecans are gooooooood

Not at all! That's the good thing about having recipes "out there". Other folks can play with them and I think that's flattering.

And, thanks to you too Kharma.

Karen