Truffles went wrong!

[cardi88]

i made some truffles the other day with galaxy and baileys and they didnt set until i used twice the amount of chocolate needed, and they still didnt set properly - do you think using galaxy was a mistake? does anyone have a failproof recipie - preferably using just chocolate, cream and baileys, not keen on adding butter and sugar like some other recipies ive seen.
thanks

[diddlydo]

Using Galaxy for anything is a mistake. You need proper high proportion cocoa bean chocolate for truffles, not the apology for chocolate that is Galaxy.

[vodkancoke]

To make truffles you need good quality dark chocolate, butter and cream. If you don't want to use the butter, make a ganache which is just the dark chocolate, melted, mixed with warmed double cream. Pour into a tin and leave to set in the fridge and use that for the truffles.

[pastafreak]

Galaxy isn't chocolate.

[rowanwitch]

Baileys is a bad choice as well for a beginner far better to use clear spirits and liquers rather than cream ones

I have made truffles with galaxy but its really difficult but I've also done them with ordinary cadburys and other cheap choc they work best when you are adding a soaked solid like rum soaked raisins rather than blending the alcohol directly into the mix and its a completely different proportion to the proper choc ones