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    Boozy Orange Marmalade Truffles with Dark Chocolate

    Published: Nov 14, 2022 · Modified: Jun 19, 2023 by Nora · This post may contain affiliate links · 4 Comments

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    Orange Marmalade Truffles with Dark Chocolate rolled in minced almonds on white tablecloth. Christmas decoration in the back.
    Orange Marmalade Truffles with Dark Chocolate rolled in minced almonds on white tablecloth. Christmas decoration in the back.
    Orange Marmalade Truffles with Dark Chocolate rolled in minced almonds on white tablecloth. Christmas decoration in the back.
    Orange Marmalade Truffles with Dark Chocolate rolled in minced almonds on white tablecloth. Christmas decoration in the back.

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    Decadent and delicious chocolate candy that impresses with a rich orange flavor, which is caressed by dark chocolate and rum. The minced almond slivers enchant with their crunchiness!

    Orange Marmalade Truffles with Dark Chocolate rolled in minced almonds on white tablecloth. Christmas decoration in the back.
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    These truffles are filled with delicious dark chocolate, and orange marmalade, enriched with rum, and rolled in tiny almond slivers! Decadent, delicious, and certainly something out of the ordinary.

    The orange truffles are an eye-catcher for guests, are perfect as a small gift, and are equally wonderful to enjoy in a relaxing hour spent together as a couple! 

    These dark chocolate truffles are easy to make, vegan, lactose-free, and gluten-free. They are perfect for the cold season and can be made without alcohol if desired. 

    Find more recipes in the chocolates and truffles category, and check out our mini chocolate course! This course will teach you how to work properly with chocolate in a jiffy. Your homemade chocolates will be equally remarkable, and you will have much satisfaction!

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    • 🥘 Ingredients
    • 🔪 Instructions
    • 🍽️ Equipment
    • 🌡️ Storage
    • 💭 Top tip
    • 🥜 Substitution
    • 🙋🏻 FAQ
    • 📖 Recipe
    • 🤎 You might also like
    • ⛑️ Food safety
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    🥘 Ingredients

    • Dark chocolate
    • Orange marmalade - pure or mixed with tangerine is the best one!
    • Rum - can be substituted with water or natural orange juice
    • Glucose
    • Dark hollow spheres
    • Dark chocolate - to seal the chocolates
    • Minced almond slivers for rolling - store-bought or homemade with a food processor

    See the recipe card for quantities.

    At PrimeChocolate, you can buy these pre-made chocolate hollow spheres and save 10 % with the coupon code ThankYouNora

    🔪 Instructions

    Orange Marmalade Truffles with Dark Chocolate rolled in minced almonds on white tablecloth. Christmas decoration in the back.

    Step 1

    We start our chocolaty venture with glucose first. Weigh the glucose into a bowl suitable for the microwave, and strain the orange marmalade directly into it. 

    Now heat this mixture in the microwave to 89.6 °F // 32 °C. The heating liquefies the glucose to combine it with the marmalade easily. 

    Then stir in the rum. If you want non-alcoholic chocolates, use water or natural orange juice instead of rum in this step. 

    Step 2

    Heat the dark chocolate in the microwave or a water bath to a maximum of 89.6 °F // 32 °Cand stir in the fruit mixture. 

    Now place your chocolate hollow spheres on the kitchen table, ready to be filled in the next step. 

    Step 3

    Now fill the chocolate-orange marmalade mixture into a piping bag. The easiest way to do this is to put the piping bag in a tall container. This way, it will stay in place, and you will have both hands free to fill the mixture into the piping bag without spilling too much. 

    Once the piping bag is filled, twist the wide end together to build up good pressure. 

    If you want to make it even easier, you can also close the end with a clip.

    Carefully cut the top of the piping bag open and begin filling the hollow spheres with the orange ganache to just below the rim. 

    I recommend doing this slowly and gently, so there are no air spaces.

    Step 4

    Place the filled hollow spheres in the refrigerator for 12-24 hours to crystallize. You can learn more about this process in my mini chocolate course. 

    Step 5

    After the cooling time, start tempering the chocolate. You can do this in a water bath or a tempering device. 

    Water bath: If you use a water bath for melting, you need two pots of different sizes. Fill one pot 3-4 finger-widths with water and place the second, smaller pot in it. The second pot should not touch the water! Now put the chocolate to be melted into the upper, smaller pot and melt it over moderate heat while stirring over the rising steam.

    Tempering unit: Add the chocolate to be melted to the tempering unit and set it to the appropriate melting temperature. White and milk chocolate: 40 °C // 104 °F, dark chocolate 50 °C // 122 °F. 

    Step 6

    First, you need to seal the chocolates. To do this, pour a small amount of the melted chocolate into a squeeze bottle and seal the opening with the chocolate with a small dot. 

    Place the sealed chocolates in the refrigerator for 10 minutes to allow the chocolate to set. 

    Remove the remains of the chocolate in the squeeze bottle easily by placing the bottle itself, including its contents, in the refrigerator. 

    Once it is solid, squeeze the bottle to release the chocolate and add it to the rest of the melted chocolate. 

    Step 7

    Prepare the minced almond slivers in a bowl. It is best to place them next to your melted chocolate. This way, you can easily and quickly coat the chocolates and roll them in the almond slivers. 

    Ideally, you also prepare the chocolate paper cups or a sandwich paper to place the truffles after rolling right there. 

    Now take your sealed chocolates out of the refrigerator and take 1-4 chocolates in one hand. Dip the fingers of the other hand into the melted couverture and coat and roll the 1-4 chocolates.

    Once you have them nicely coated with couverture, place them in the prepared bowl of almond slivers.

    I highly recommend wearing disposable gloves for this endeavor. 

    Now move the bowl back and forth to roll the chocolates in the almond flakes evenly. Place them on a piece of greaseproof paper or directly in the cups afterward.

    Orange Marmalade Truffles with Dark Chocolate rolled in minced almonds on white tablecloth. Christmas decoration in the back.

    Keep doing so until all the pralines are coated and decorated with almond slivers. 

    Wonderful! Your delicious orange marmalade truffles are ready! Now place them in the chocolate paper molds and store them in an air-tight container.  

    If you want to give these little delicacies as a gift, I recommend wrapping them in little praline bags. 

    Orange Marmalade Truffles with Dark Chocolate rolled in minced almonds on white tablecloth. Christmas decoration in the back.

    🍽️ Equipment

    • Water bath (double boiler) or tempering device for melting the chocolate
    • Small pot
    • Kitchen scale
    • Candy thermometer - for tempering the chocolate
    • Squeeze bottle - for sealing the hollow balls
    • Piping bag - for filling the hollow spheres
    • Small sieve - for straining the orange marmalade
    • Microwave-safe mixing bowl
    • Bowl - for rolling the truffles
    • Chocolate paper molds - for the finished truffles
    • Air-tight container - for storing the finished chocolates
    • Parchment paper - for placing the almond sliver covered truffles

    🌡️ Storage

    The chocolates keep up to three months in an airtight container at a maximum of 62.6 °F // 17 °C. Although not with me, because I always already snack all up in advance, theoretically, they last that long. 😀

    Truffles like it cold, but they don't like it damp. If you have no place, to store them below 62.6 °F // 17 °C, you are forced to store them in the fridge to keep them in shape. Just make sure here that the airtight container, also really seals well. 

    💭 Top tip

    Glucose is always present when making praline fillings, leading to a better and more stable result of the orange chocolate ganache. It is not wrong to always have a small pot of glucose at home. 

    Glucose has a long shelf life, so you can use it for an extended period. But this is the pro version, and it also works without glucose. 


    Our eggnog praline and salted caramel praline recipe have been prepared without glucose and any visible and tangible disadvantage. 


    To intensify the orange flavor, use organ liqueur (Cointreau) instead of rum.


    To add another wonderful flavor to chocolates is to add a drop of rose water. In the recipe from moonandspoonandyum.com you will learn how.

    🥜 Substitution

    Glucose can be replaced by honey. But do not use organic honey in this case. You have to use industrial honey since organic honey quickly becomes musty inside chocolate hollow spheres.

    🙋🏻 FAQ

    Can truffles be frozen?

    Yes, truffles can be frozen!

    What type of chocolate should you use?

    I recommend high quality chocolate couverture to get the best results, especially for the coating. I like to use the following brands: Felchlin is my favorite, and Callebaut is also very popular.

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    📖 Recipe

    Orange Marmalade Truffles with Dark Chocolate rolled in minced almonds on white tablecloth. Christmas decoration in the back.

    Boozy Orange Marmalade Truffles with Dark Chocolate

    Nora
    Decadent and delicious chocolate candy that impresses with a rich orange flavor, which is caressed by dark chocolate and rum. The minced almond slivers enchant with their crunchiness!
    5 from 36 votes
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    Prep Time 1 hour hr
    Cooling 12 hours hrs
    Total Time 13 hours hrs
    Course Candy, Dessert, Snack
    Cuisine Austrian
    Servings 21 Truffles
    Calories 45 kcal

    Equipment

    • Water bath or tempering device for melting the chocolate
    • Small pot
    • Kitchen scale
    • Candy thermometer for tempering the chocolate
    • Squeeze Bottle for sealing the hollow balls
    • Piping bag for filling the hollow spheres
    • Small Sieve for straining the orange marmalade
    • Mixing bowl microwave-safe
    • Bowl for rolling the truffles
    • Chocolate paper molds for the finished truffles
    • Air-tight container For storing the finished chocolates
    • Parchment Paper for placing the almond sliver covered truffles

    Ingredients
     
     

    • ⅓ cup Dark chocolate
    • ⅓ cup Orange marmalade
    • 1¼ tablespoon Rum can be substituted with water or natural orange juice
    • 1 teaspoon Glucose
    • 21 Dark hollow spheres
    • ⅓ cup Dark chocolate to seal the chocolates
    • Minced almond slivers for rolling store bought or homemade with a food processor

    Instructions
     

    • Weigh the glucose into a bowl suitable for the microwave and strain the orange marmalade directly into it.
      1 teaspoon Glucose, ⅓ cup Orange marmalade
    • Now heat this mixture in the microwave to 32 °C // 89.6 °F.
    • Then stir in the rum. If you want non-alcoholic chocolates, use water or natural orange juice instead of rum in this step.
      1¼ tablespoon Rum
    • Heat the dark chocolate in the microwave or a water bath to a maximum of 32 °C // 89.6 °F and stir in the fruit mixture.
      ⅓ cup Dark chocolate
    • Now place your chocolate hollow spheres on the kitchen table, ready to be filled in the next step.
      21 Dark hollow spheres
    • Fill the chocolate-orange marmalade mixture into a piping bag.
    • Once the piping bag is filled, twist the wide end together to build up good pressure.
    • Fill up the hollow spheres with the orange ganache to just below the rim.
    • I recommend doing this slowly and gently, so there are no air spaces.
    • Place the filled hollow spheres in the refrigerator for 12-24 hours to crystallize.
    • After the cooling time, start tempering the chocolate. You can do this in a water bath or a tempering device.
    • First, you need to seal the chocolates. To do this, pour a small amount of the melted chocolate into a squeeze bottle and seal the opening with the chocolate with a small dot.
      ⅓ cup Dark chocolate
    • Place the sealed chocolates in the refrigerator for 10 minutes to allow the chocolate to set.
    • Prepare the minced almond slivers in a bowl next to your melted chocolate.
      Minced almond slivers for rolling
    • Prepare the chocolate paper cups or a sandwich paper to place the truffles after rolling.
    • Now take your sealed chocolates out of the refrigerator and take 1-4 chocolates in one hand.
    • Dip the fingers of the other hand into the melted couverture and coat and roll the 1-4 chocolates. Once you have them nicely coated with couverture, place them in the prepared bowl of almond slivers.
    • Move the bowl back and forth to roll the chocolates in the almond flakes evenly. Place them on a piece of greaseproof paper or directly in the cups afterward.
    • Keep doing so until all the pralines are coated and decorated with almond slivers.
    • Place them in the chocolate paper molds and store them in an air-tight container.
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    Nutrition values are estimates only, using online calculators. Please verify using your own data.
    Serving: 1Truffle | Calories: 45kcal | Carbohydrates: 5g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 2g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 1mg | Sodium: 3mg | Potassium: 41mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 4IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 5mg | Iron: 1mg
    Enjoy creating delicious food all year round! Truffles, eggnog, chocolates, Christmas cookies, cakes, boozy drinks, and divine Austrian delicacies!

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    ⛑️ Food safety

    • Cook to a minimum temperature of 165 °F (74 °C)
    • Do not use the same utensils on cooked food, that previously touched raw meat
    • Wash hands after touching raw meat
    • Don't leave food sitting out at room temperature for extended periods
    • Never leave cooking food unattended
    • Use oils with high smoking point to avoid harmful compounds
    • Always have good ventilation when using a gas stove

    See more guidelines at USDA.gov.

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    1. Mary

      November 17, 2022 at 11:26 am

      5 stars
      These look delicious! Now I know about glucose. AS soon as I can get over to Michale's to pick some up I am making these. Hubby is going to be very happy. Chocolate and orange is definitely the best flavor combo ever!

      Reply
      • Nora

        November 24, 2022 at 10:29 am

        That's so great! Enjoy!

        Reply
    2. nancy

      November 18, 2022 at 11:44 am

      5 stars
      loVEEE these boozy orange marmalade !! i can eat a whole box myself. please restrain me!!

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      • Nora

        November 24, 2022 at 10:28 am

        Hehe yes, they are a real temptation! 🙂

        Reply

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