chocolate truffle

noun

A confection having a center of ganache and an outer coating of powdered cocoa or chocolate.

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Meanings

nounchocolate truffle (plural chocolate truffles)

plural chocolate truffles

  1. A confection having a center of ganache and an outer coating of powdered cocoa or chocolate.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouncreamy chocolate candy

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Origin

From chocolate + truffle, so called because it resembles a black truffle, but is composed of chocolate.

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Translations

Bulgarian шокола́дов трю́фел
  • шокола́дов трю́фел (šokoládov trjúfel)type of confection
Catalan trufa
  • trufatype of confection
Chinese Mandarin 松露巧克力
  • 松露巧克力 (sōnglù qiǎokèlì)type of confection
Finnish tryffeli, suklaatryffeli
  • tryffelitype of confection
  • suklaatryffelitype of confection
French truffe en chocolat
  • truffe en chocolattype of confection
German Trüffel, Trüffelpraline
  • Trüffeltype of confection
  • Trüffelpralinetype of confection
Greek τρούφα
  • τρούφα (troúfa)type of confection
Hungarian trüffel
  • trüffeltype of confection
Italian tartufo, tartufo al cioccolato
  • tartufotype of confection
  • tartufo al cioccolatotype of confection
Polish trufla, trufel
  • truflatype of confection
  • trufeltype of confection
Portuguese trufa
  • trufatype of confection
Russian трю́фель, шокола́дный трю́фель
  • трю́фель (trjúfelʹ)type of confection
  • шокола́дный трю́фель (šokoládnyj trjúfelʹ)type of confection
Spanish trufa
  • trufatype of confection
Swedish chokladtryffel
  • chokladtryffeltype of confection
Yiddish טרופֿליע, שאָקאָלאַד־טרופֿליע
  • טרופֿליע (truflye)type of confection
  • שאָקאָלאַד־טרופֿליע (shokolad-truflye)type of confection
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APA

chocolate truffle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chocolate%20truffle

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“chocolate truffle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chocolate%20truffle. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chocolate truffle,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chocolate%20truffle.

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