Orange Creamsicle Truffles

By Greywolf

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup butter
• Zest of 1/2 orange
• 3 Tbsp heavy cream
• 1 cup white chocolate chips
• 1/2 tsp orange extract
• 1/4 cup powdered sugar
• Red and yellow food coloring (optional)

Details

Servings 20
Adapted from cookingclassy.com

Preparation

Step 1

Directions

Pour white chocolate chips into a mixing bowl, set aside. Melt butter along with orange zest in a small saucepan. Stir in cream and scald mixture. Pour hot cream mixture through a fine mesh sieve over white chocolate chips and using a rubber spatula press zest against sieve to release orange oils into mixture. Allow mixture to rest 1 minute, add orange extract and optional food coloring to white chocolate chip mixture then stir until smooth. Cover mixture and refrigerate 2 hours or until firm enough to handle. Scoop mixture out by heaping teaspoon fulls and form into balls then roll in powdered sugar. Freeze truffles 20 minutes then enjoy. Store truffles in refrigerator as they will soften at room temperature or freeze for up to 1 month.

Orange Creamsicle Buddies (Variation on Muddy Buddies)

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Anonymous: These look so good!! I think I am going to make a batch of these and then try a batch using my Princess Emulsion(Lorann Oils).I have been wanting to try it out and think this would be so good.

Lena: I tried these twice and both times the butter separated from the mixture. Any suggestions?

Sarah: We had the same problem. We stuck them in the freezer until the butter solidified and then used our mixer to mix it back into the rest. After that we continued with the directions.

: Lena – sorry to hear that, white chocolate is very temperamental. You could try omitting the orange zest and melting all the ingredients other than the extract in a double boiler then adding the extract. I say omitting the zest because it would be to hard to strain if you were to do this method, then you may want to increase the amount of orange extract when omitting the zest. Also you may want to try a different kind of white chocolate, even a bar chopped (it would be about 6 oz). I hope that helps!

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: These look fantastic and I have added them in my Mouth Watering Mondays post today. Thanks for sharing. Cheers, Tara

: I just finished making my mixture and it turned out great. After reading some of the posts, a few pointers I would recommend. Letting the mixture sit for 1 minute will cause it to cool slightly, making it unable to get completely smooth.

Therefore, stir immediately. Secondly, I used Ghirardelli Classic White Chips. The problem may be in the amount of oil used in other white chocolate chips. Lastly, I tasted the mixture, which is GOOD and I would absolutely recommend you double this recipe because it really isn’t enough!! Thanks Jaclyn!

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chantele: I love the idea of this truffle but Im NOT a fan of white chocolate, any ideas how I could make it without the white chocolate. Orange creme anything makes me happy. Thanks for the great ideas and keep them coming. :)

: I would recommend you try something more like a brigadeiro, they are a brazilian truffle made from sweetened condensed milk and cocoa powder or chocolate milk powder but I would recommend omitting the cocoa/chocolate milk powder and adding in a few tsp cornstarch to thicken and using orange extract/zest and maybe that would be something more what you were looking for.

: These look amazing and easy to make! I’ll definitely be trying out this recipe when some friends come over :)

Norma: I just tried making these tonight, and had big problems. My mix was so hard I decided to add some cream, but had to remelt the mix first. The butter separated from the rest and I’m quite frustrated. After reading comments/hints here, I am going to continue with the mix to see if it eventually works. I would suggest omitting the butter completely and using more hot cream, following a chocolate truffle recipe more closely. Hopefully it works, because I’m supposed to take these to a potluck tomorrow and I spent a lot of money on the ingredients. Starting to think I should have just made hot reuben dip instead.

Norma: Update to my previous comment: my truffles ended up being okay (I was worried they were ruined). People either liked them or they didn’t, but that’s more than I was hoping for, so I’m satisfied. If I make this again, it might work better to use orange juice instead of the butter, for more orange flavor, and I will definitely double the amount of cream.

: I am going to try making these tomorrow, so when we pour the hot cream and such over the chips, it melts the chips is this correct? Looks and sounds delicious… Next will try the Orange Cream Buddie mix

I melted the butter and cream poured it over the choc chips and stirred till they melted fully no waiting. Then added the flavoring and color, put the covered bowl in the fridge for a couple hours and scooped them out with a spoon to form the balls and rolled in powered sugar. Then back in the fridge till they were eaten up. :) This was easy and worked great for me! Thanks for sharing this, such a great idea!

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