Chocolate-Orange Truffles
Yield: 12 truffles
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time:20 minutes
- Cooling Time: 40 minutes
- Total Time: 1 hour 20 minutes
Ingredients: For Dipping and Garnish:
- 1 ½ cups Bake Believe ® Dark Chocolate Baking Chips
- 1 whole orange
- ½ teaspoon unflavored coconut oil
For the Filling:
- ½ cup Bake Believe ® Dark Chocolate Baking Chips
- ½ cup heavy cream
- 1 orange, finely zested
- ½ teaspoon Confectioners Swerve
Instructions:
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
- Cut the peel from the whole orange into 1-inch strips. Trim any white pith from the zest.
- Finely slice the orange peel into thin strips.
- Place on the cookie sheet and put in the preheated oven.
- Turn off the oven and allow the orange peel to dry while you prepare the truffles.
- Place the heavy cream, fine zest from the other orange, and Confectioners Swerve in a small saucepan over medium heat and cook just until bubbles begin to form around the edges.
- Place the ½ cup dark baking chips in a medium bowl.
- Pour the hot cream mixture over the chips and stir until melted.
- Place the orange-chocolate mixture in the refrigerator until firm, about 30 minutes.
- Remove the dried orange zest from the oven and transfer to a small bowl.
- Divide the chilled orange-chocolate mixture into 12 portions, then roll into balls.
- Place balls on the cookie sheet and chill in the freezer while you melt the chocolate.
- Place the 1 ½ cups dark chips and coconut oil in a large heatproof bowl and microwave in 30-second intervals, stirring in between, until melted.
- Drop the chocolate balls, one at a time, into the melted chips, then remove with a fork.
- Tap the ball firmly to remove the excess melted white chips, then return to the cookie sheet.
- Repeat with the remaining truffles.
- Transfer the remaining chocolate to a piping bag and cut off the tip.
- Pipe a zig-zag pattern onto one of the truffles, then top with a piece of the dried orange zest.
- Repeat with the remaining truffles.
- Place in the refrigerator to harden, about 10 minutes.
- Serve immediately or store in the refrigerator in an airtight container.
