Orange Chocolate Truffles

Much to my husband’s dismay, we have two full-size trees in our house. The Martha-Stewartesque, matchy-matchy tree downstairs with sophisticated white lights…and the rag tag, delightfully tacky tree upstairs with colored lights.

I love them both, but the upstairs tree has all of our special ornaments.

Like, the ornament I bought Robert for our first Christmas together (in 2004):

The ornament that we bought in Ireland:

The infamous zombie stocking ornament:

And, a special ornament Robert bought me this year:

Do you have a favorite Christmas ornament?

Oh, and I made truffles that kind of taste like a Terry’s chocolate orange. You’re welcome.

Decadent Orange Chocolate Truffles

 

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Decadent orange chocolate truffles – they are dangerously good!

Author: Jennifer

Recipe type: Candy

Serves: 25-30

Ingredients

• ⅓ cup heavy cream
• 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
• 2 cups high quality semi-sweet chocolate, chips or chopped
• ¾ teaspoon orange extract
• 1 – 2 cups pecans, finely chopped

Instructions

1. In a small saucepan over medium-low heat, bring the heavy cream to a simmer. Do not boil! Add the unsalted butter, stir until melted. Add the semi-sweet chocolate and stir until mixture is smooth and glossy. Remove from heat and whisk in orange extract. Pour mixture into a large, shallow bowl. Let cool, then refrigerate for at least 2 hours.
2. Once mixture is properly chilled, it is time to roll! Place pecan pieces in a bowl. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Using a cookie scoop or melon baller, scrape the chocolate mixture until you get a one inch ball. Roll each ball into the pecan pieces until coated. Place on baking sheet. Repeat until all of the chocolate mixture has been used.

Notes

Lightly adapted from Ghirardelli

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