What's the difference between cake pops and truffles?

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asked Oct 3, 2020 in Other-Food Drink by MrArizona (470 points)
What's the difference between cake pops and truffles?

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answered Oct 6, 2020 by Christeen (70,120 points)
The main difference between cake pops and truffles is that the truffles are chocolate truffles and made with chocolate and a cake pop is a form of cake styled as a lollipop.

To make cake pops cake crumbs are mixed with icing or chocolate, and formed into small spheres or cubes in the same way as cake balls, before being given a coating of icing, chocolate or other decorations and attached to lollipop sticks.

A chocolate truffle is a type of chocolate confectionery, traditionally made with a chocolate ganache centre coated in chocolate, cocoa powder or chopped toasted nuts, usually in a spherical, conical, or curved shape.

Their name truffle derives from their resemblance to truffles, edible fungi of the genus Tuber.

Chocolate Truffles are usually confused with cake balls, cookie balls and all sorts of chocolate dipped or rolled balls. The difference between chocolate truffles and the other types of chocolate ‘balls’ is that chocolate truffles are made out of chocolate.

Chocolate is the main ingredient in chocolate truffles, from the filling to the coating. Other ingredients such as nuts, brittles, pralines…etc. are added to the chocolate to enhance the flavour or texture, but they do not make the main ingredients. In other balls, the opposite is true.

Chocolate is the complimenting ingredient in cake or cookie balls. It is either used in a way in the filling, or as a coating.

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