Truffles: A Bite-Sized History of Chocolate Treasures
The history of chocolate truffles begins with a story, or maybe a myth, that takes us back to 19th-century France. A clumsy apprentice (bless their butterfingers!) in a celebrated Parisian chocolaterie tripped, sending a pot of molten chocolate ganache tumbling into a bowl of cocoa powder. The resulting mess? The very first truffle, a humble concoction destined for greatness.
In 1895, French confectioner Louis Dufour refined the truffle recipe as he shaped the ganache mixture by hand rolling it into small balls, then rolling them in cocoa powder, and voila, the chocolate truffle as we know it was born. From modest beginnings, the truffle rapidly ascended the 19th century Parisian foodie scene, and quickly swept across the globe, captivating chocolatiers, each creating their own signature on this decadent chocolate marvel.
