Chocolate Orange Truffles
Learn how to make chocolate orange truffles the easy way with simple ingredients. Make this recipe with dark chocolate, milk chocolate, or white chocolate.
Equipment
- 1 Number 100 mini scooper optional
- 1 Medium-sized heavy gauge saucepan
- 1 Cookie sheet
- 1 Heat resistant mixing bowl or double boiler
- 1 small saucepan optional, depending upon the size of the heat resistant mixing bowl if you decide to melt the dipping chocolate that way
- Plastic wrap
- Aluminum foil
Ingredients
- 1½ cups chocolate chips semi-sweet, milk chocolate or white chocolate
- 2 tablespoons heavy cream
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 2 tablespoons orange marmalade or orange rhubarb jam
- ¼ teaspoon orange extract optional
Outside Coating
- 1 cup chocolate chips or chocolate bars broken into small chunks semi-sweet, milk chocolate or white chocolate
- 2 teaspoons shortening I use butter flavored Crisco
Instructions
- In heavy-gauge saucepan, combine chocolate chips, heavy cream, and butter. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until smooth.
- Stir in orange marmalade and extract, if using. Cover with plastic wrap and freeze for 20 minutes.
- Line a baking sheet with foil. Using the 100-sized scooper, drop scoops of the mixture onto the foil-lined baking sheet. If the mixture is too soft, stick the pan back in the freezer for 5 more minutes.
- Freeze until firm, at least an hour.
- While truffles are freezing, heat water in a saucepan. Place a mixing bowl over the hot (not boiling) water. Melt the chocolate chips and shortening, stirring until smooth.
- Drop frozen truffles, one at a time, into the melted coating. Stir quickly to coat. Remove with a fork or spoon, shaking off excess coating.
- Place coated truffles on the cookie sheet. Decorate with an optional topping like grated orange zest, finely chopped nuts, or a contrasting color of chocolate drizzle.
- Chill coated chocolate truffles in the refrigerator until set. Store the chocolate orange truffles in the refrigerator.