Hop on your bike and ride down Main to the corner candy store. In the window, you’ll see Pop Birnn standing over the copper kettle making a fresh batch of caramel.
This time-proven classic will make you feel like a kid again with its milk chocolate shell and soft, buttery center. Go ahead, eat two...Mom will never know.
A European confectioner mixed chocolate and heavy cream together to form ganache - a thick, creamy mass that was the center of a truffle. The ganache or center was then shaped into small spheres, dipped in chocolate and then rolled in cocoa powder on a wire rack. These chocolates looked much like the fungus. Because of their similar appearance, rarity, and the status they share as delicacies, these confections became known as truffles.
