If you happen to be browsing around your local Costco this November and December, keep an eye out for Truffettes de France, Chocolate French Truffles dusted with cocoa powder. Costco brings these in by the pallet full every holiday season, but if you try and find it online good luck, it’s not there. This is an in store special only. And it is special, for $9.99 a 2lb box, good luck beating that. But just because it’s low cost, is it low taste?
At first, it doesn’t look like much, in fact it looks pretty gross.
Actual size: inch across, inch tall and inch wide.
Inside, they look pretty much the same:
With a little light and with no light, you can see just how dark this truffles are.
But how do they taste?
The first ingredient is vegetable oil and that’s pretty prevalent from the texture as soon as you start chewing. Not to say that it’s bad, it’s certainly smooth, but it’s not the milky smoothness you expect from a truffle. It is most certainly a very dense piece of chocolate.
It’s sweet and very chocolatey tasting with a faint crunchiness of sugar in the background (that or my sample piece rolled in sand) and while it’s good, I know I couldn’t possibly eat more than a couple of pieces. After that, sugar coma will set in and I’ll start to feel sick from the overload.
The verdict: buy them and set them out at your next holiday gathering. They’ll be sure to disappear but you won’t be tempted into eating the whole box in one sitting and then fall victim to early onset sugar comas.
December 7th, 2009 at 9:00 pm
I have tried the chocolates, and they are soooo great!! I have spent two years looking for the chocolates and finally found them. mmm yummy!!
December 10th, 2009 at 3:52 pm
These chocolates are disgusting they have a fake taste, probably because they use ingredients never called for. These not Truffels. using not real butter. Disgusting I am giving mine away to someone who will eat them.
December 15th, 2009 at 9:26 pm
These truffles are AMAZING. They completely melt in your mouth and don’t have that typical sugary sweet chocolate taste. The cocoa dusting gives an immediate almost bitter taste which is quickly followed by melt in your mouth heaven. Extremely moreish.
December 22nd, 2009 at 7:59 am
I was given these as a gift. I opened them and did not expect the powdery outside. Once I popped one in my mouth I was hooked for life. I have compared these with the truffles from World Market ($16 a pound). The Costco version is SO much better ($5/lb). If you love dark chocolate, you will love these! And you will NOT be tempted to eat them endlessly. They are satisfying sweets!
December 22nd, 2009 at 10:46 am
Agreed! You most definitely get the bang for your buck with these.
December 23rd, 2009 at 9:58 pm
Someone gave a box to my husband as a gift, and it was love at first bite! To keep it from melting, I refrigerate it. We’ll definitely buy our own box at Costco next year. It is one of the best chocolates we’ve ever had.
December 28th, 2009 at 4:15 pm
I received 4 lbs. of these truffles as a gift. See the Pepperidge Farm website for “chocolate ravioli” using their puff pastry. My plan is to use them as the filling for these mini-chocolate croissants and take them to work. Hey, I just can’t eat 4 lbs. of chocolate all by myself!!!
December 28th, 2009 at 7:05 pm
Um, wow. That is the best idea I have ever heard! I need to run down to Costco before they’re gone for the season!
January 6th, 2010 at 3:42 pm
[...] wouldn’t be my first choice for a tasty treat, but I was pleasantly surprised. Just like the Truffettes de France, the cocoa power dusted over each French truffle leaves a brown mess on your fingers (I recommend [...]
March 3rd, 2010 at 12:11 pm
When I think chocolate truffles, I think Lindt or See’s Candy. Something like that. But when my sister in-law brought these chocolates over and I tried one. OMG! I love these chocolates sooo much, they’re the richest form of chocolate candy I’ve tasted. THE best!!!
May 12th, 2010 at 2:28 am
This cholocate is so fantastic, my two kids can’t resist to have it… so yummy and ooooohhh…. so thin and melts on the tongue and can’t resist to have more bites.
Fantastic can’t have any other chocolates than TRUFFETTES… LOVE IT..
October 15th, 2010 at 6:26 am
When I think chocolate truffles, I think Lindt or See’s Candy. Something like that. But when my sister in-law brought these chocolates over and I tried one. OMG! I love these chocolates sooo much, they’re the richest form of chocolate candy I’ve tasted. THE best!!!
October 15th, 2010 at 12:37 pm
[...] super bitter and that actually works with this bar quite well. It reminded me a LOT of the Truffettes de France that Costco sells around the holidays. Buttery, sweet and bitter at the same time. If I ate half [...]
October 17th, 2010 at 7:01 pm
these are SOOOOOO DISGUSTING, taste like CRISCO blended with COCOA – almost like eating cheap cake frosting, but more dense. NOT ANY TRUFFLE is listed in the ingredients…they’re made mostly of VEGETABLE OIL! ~~~~~~~NASTY~~~~~~~~
November 17th, 2010 at 8:48 pm
Are these chocolates in all Costco locations or just in Canada.. I didn’t think Costco import its products
December 10th, 2010 at 12:17 am
You get what you pay for. These are not very good at all. If you’ve had good truffles, you will find these very disappointing.
December 16th, 2010 at 2:46 pm
Ok, so i got these as a gift for christmas and they are ok. . . Deff. NOT the best chocolate ever but they are WAY too chocolaty! maybe if the pieces were smaller but they are very smooth and run down your throut very smoothe. As a matterafact im eating one right now . Hmmm i would much rather suggest HERSHYS pot of gold pecan caramel clusters they are SOO good! it has light chocolate on the outside and when you bite down you crunch into pecan and caramel MMMMMM way better than truffles but ya soo try both and ENJOY!
December 16th, 2010 at 2:48 pm
THEY ARE SOOOOO GROSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! DONT BUY THEM BBBUUUAHHHH NO NO NO NO
December 19th, 2010 at 10:02 pm
All i can say is AMAZING!!!!!! Got them as a gift from a client at work, and im hooked! Dangerous little addiction forming
February 19th, 2011 at 5:44 pm
hey maybe these truffles are one of those things that you either love, or you hate. Personally, I like them a lot, but they are a bit different from “the normal” truffle, which might be why some people dislike them. oh well, more for me!
February 24th, 2011 at 7:41 am
Truffles make the world go around!
They are the most delicious things covered in cocoa ever made by the human hand!
Nothing compares to their taste
April 6th, 2011 at 8:47 pm
Hey, if there are better tasting ones out there, don’t tell me…I can’t stop eating these and wouldn’t you know, my wife only got me 2 boxes this year! ! ! Next year I’m going to “back up the wagon” and mortgage the farm……
May 21st, 2011 at 3:27 am
These Truffettes are a sorry excuse for chocolate. They’re made from palm oil and use no actual cocoa butter. They do not have the consistency of chocolate. In the ingredients, “low-fat cocoa” is listed. An extremely deceptive way of saying they lack cocoa butter, aka they can’t legitimately be called truffles. As one other commenter put it, its like eating chocolate flavored crisco. Gross.
May 23rd, 2011 at 6:02 pm
@Erik, I agree, the texture is questionable at best.
September 27th, 2011 at 9:12 am
I agree with this review. I like them, but can’t eat but a couple at most in one sitting. I first tasted them at a holiday event and like them. However, I am left with the entire bag for myself after trying to share them at a family event. To each his own.
October 12th, 2011 at 12:33 pm
These “Truffettes de France: A Costco Special” have been a seasonal favorite of mine for years. They just arrived this year and I bought two boxes. I must admit, that while they look the same, there seems to be something different about them–not as good as in past years. I wonder if I just got a bad box or maybe they have changed the ingredient. I noticed a slight after taste that was not present in previous years.
They are not the same as the varieties made with butter, but for the price they are were compelling. However, this is likely my last purchase, which is sad, because I usually purchase 8-10 boxes each year. I bet they let some bean-counter purchase the ingredients.
October 12th, 2011 at 4:23 pm
WOW. That is really disappointing to hear. I just saw the giant pallets of them the other day and was thinking about getting some.
December 15th, 2011 at 9:43 am
these r the best choc. I ve had in years
January 2nd, 2012 at 5:22 pm
Blue Frog Chocolates in New Orleans carry these year round. Fantastic!
January 7th, 2012 at 7:19 pm
where can i buy them i cant find them in costco
January 10th, 2012 at 10:29 pm
Costo does not have them anymore. I went back after Christmas and they were out. Buy the way I didn’t pay $9 for a 2.2lb box . I paid only 5.79 a box . Could not believe it so I bought 4 boxes. If i had know they would be a closeout I would have purchased much much more.
January 11th, 2012 at 7:16 pm
That’s too bad! I heard they were slightly different this year as well too. They’ll be back next year.
January 17th, 2012 at 9:53 am
The best I have ever had! Costco is sold out- where can I buy locally? I reside in Washington, DC.