Name: Dark Chocolate Orange Truffles
Prep time: 20 min
Total time: 50 min
Ingredients: 1 ¼ cup dark chocolate (chopped finely); ½ cup heavy cream; Small pinch of salt; ½ teaspoon pure orange extract; 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder

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I remember as child my mom loved to stop at See’s Candy and get a free sample. Sometimes she would let me pick one chocolate—I always chose one of their dark chocolate truffles. I never realized how easy it was to make truffles myself!

These truffles are silky smooth and rich! A fine chocolate bar, like Ghirardelli, will give you a smoother, richer truffle than chocolate chips. That said, I have used chocolate chips in this recipe before and the truffles still turn out wonderful. If you do use chocolate chips you may need to heat them a little longer. Remember: chocolate chips are designed to maintain their shape—that’s why we use them things like cookies!

Enjoy!

Alyssa

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Dark Chocolate Orange Truffles

These easy homemade dark chocolate orange truffles are silky smooth and only use a few ingredients!

5 from 1 vote

Print Rate

Course: All Desserts

Cuisine: American

Prep Time: 20 minutes

Inactive Time: 30 minutes

Total Time: 50 minutes

Servings: 24

Calories: 86kcal

Author: Alyssa--In Fine Taste

Ingredients

▢ 1 ¼ cup dark chocolate chopped finely
▢ ½ cup heavy cream
▢ Small pinch of salt
▢ ½ teaspoon pure orange extract
▢ ⅓ cup unsweetened cocoa powder

Instructions

In a microwave safe bowl, microwave cream for 1-2 minutes until cream is hot. Pour finely chopped chocolate into bowl with cream. Make sure the cream is completely covering the chocolate and let sit together for 3-5 minutes.
Stir chocolate and cream until completely smooth. If there are still small chunks of chocolate microwave in 20 second increments, stirring after each segment until smooth.
Stir in salt and orange extract (see notes). Chill in fridge until solid. Once solid, use a tablespoon or small cookie scoop to scoop out truffle mixture. Roll truffles in hands to shape into a small ball then roll in unsweetened cocoa powder.

Notes

Make sure you are using pure orange extract and not imitation—imitation will leave a bad aftertaste.

Best stored in the fridge when not eating.

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