Gourmet chocolate truffles are usually handmade of chocolate mass, cream and some butter. Shaped into round balls or piped into peaks, their soft chocolate texture is set into bite sized truffles. They are undisputed kings of all chocolates.

Gourmet chocolate truffles tantalize taste buds even as you lick the tasty tops of the truffles to get a hint of what is to come. Truffles actually tease the tongue. Dry to touch the insides are rich, delicate, luxurious and highly seductive.

Master chocolatiers mix in their own flavors to take taste sensations to new levels.

Liqueurs, nuts, pure extracts, coffee, fruit and much more goes into the making of truffles. In fact recipes are zealously guarded and passed down the generations.

There is quite a variety of truffles. Champagne truffles are made with real, fresh cream, premium chocolate and champagne to make soft, oozing centers. Then you have timeless masterpieces like rum, cointreau, advocaat, calvados and modern classics like mellow tiramisu, latte macchiato and the superb- smooth cream and chocolate.

Truffles to die for, are the pink champagne truffles. These gourmet truffles have crisp outer shells and lickably soft fillings made with fresh cream, premium chocolate and real alcohol. Some truffles may have a light dusting, to their crisp outer shell and their velvety smooth fillings are scrumptious.