Clark Girls

Finally, I get it. There are two kinds of truffles! ok! I feel better now! My whole life this has confused me!
Love,~Silly Tally

A chocolate truffle is a type of chocolate confectionery, traditionally made with a chocolate ganache center coated in chocolate or cocoa powder, usually in a spherical, conical or curved shape. Other fillings may replace the ganache: cream, melted chocolate, caramel, nuts, almonds, berries or other assorted sweet fruits, nougat, fudge or toffee, mint, chocolate chips, marshmallow and popularly liquor.

They are named for their resemblance to the truffle fungus.

A truffle (IPA: /ˈtrʌfl̩/) is the valuable and highly sought-after edible fruiting body of a group of subterranean ascomycete fungi of the genus Tuber. All truffles are ectomycorrhizal and are therefore found in close association with trees. These are the only "true" truffles, however, the term has been applied to several other genera of underground fungi around the world.

The ascoma (fruiting body) of truffles is highly prized as a food. Brillat-Savarin called the truffle "the diamond of the kitchen". Truffles are held in high esteem in French, northern Italian and Istrian cooking, as well as in international haute cuisine.