Blood Orange Truffles

 

These Blood Orange Truffles unite blood orange, white chocolate and vanilla cookie crumbs for orange cream truffles homemade gourmet food. Made under 30 minutes!

 

Since blood orange season lasts for relatively short time ( December to April, at its best ), I tend to freeze blood orange fresh juice to have for Duck a l’Orange and desserts during the year.

 

Now, this orange truffle recipe is somehow different from the usual ones made with dark bitter chocolate. The color of these truffles shows this citrus candy is all about blood oranges. If you add some red food color to the mixture as I did, you get beautiful red pearls for any chocolate gift basket.

Also, I skipped orange essence that match all the flavours of Orange Blossom Cake Bread , and here you have new kind of smooth and creamy truffle that emphasizes floral and tart flavor. What is also great is that they have fewer seeds so it is so much easier to prepare smoothies or desserts or any food with them !

To read more about red oranges, visit Thespruceeats   .

How to make blood orange truffles?

First, I would say: don’t rush. Combine all the ingredients as instructed but leave them to cool overnight. Make bite sized truffles the other day and coat them with powdered sugar. I guess you noticed there is no extra sugar in this chocolate truffles recipe so thin coat of sugar is great!

Once done, place them on your serving platter but keep in the fridge before serving.

Can you freeze homemade orange truffles?

Of course. Place them on the platter, freeze and then pack orange candies to zip-top bags to store up to one year. That way, you can enjoy homemade citrus flavor tasty white chocolate candies whenever you like.

For another great dessert made by us take a look below:

Blood Orange (Arancia Rosa) Brownies

Blood Orange Curd Tart with Lady Fingers Topping