A truffle is a rare mushroom that costs a fortune. They actually do hunt them with specially trained pigs in France.
A chocolate truffle doesn't contain truffles. (But they taste wonderful!)
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[/FONT][/TD][/TR][/TBODY][/TABLE][/TD][/TR] [TR] [TD bgColor=#cc0000][img height=1 src="vny!://busycooks.about.com/library/glossary/bldeftruffle_files/dot_clea.gif" width=1][/TD][/TR] [TR] [TD][FONT face="verdana, geneva, helvetica" size=1] [/FONT][/TD][/TR][/TBODY][/TABLE][/TD][/TR][/TBODY][/TABLE][!-- END RELATED TERMS TABLE--][!-- BEGIN DEFINITION CONTENT --]Definition: [!-- Fill in Definition --]There are two different types of truffles, but you are much more likely to eat one than the other! Chocolate truffles are made of chilled ganache, rolled into balls and then coated in candy coating, powdered sugar, nuts or cocoa. The other truffle is a fungus, or mushroom, which grows at the base of oak trees and is extremely expensive. These truffles are also extremely pungent, and can flavor raw eggs when simply stored in the same container! Real truffles can cost up to $2,000 a pound. .