It’s just chocolate, butter and cream, rolled up in a ball — what’s not to love? The truffle is the simplest and chicest of confections, a bite-sized flavor bomb with just a touch of rustic charm.

The season for sharing chocolate is upon us and this year look for dark chocolate truffles made at the source in Africa, Macallan-infused truffles, or chocolates that give back to children’s charities ...

Over the next few days, the cake's flavors only intensified, growing more sweet, moist and chocolaty as time passed. So when I told my father-in-law, who would be visiting my home on his 70th birthday ...