Do we really like chocolate or we just have it because we used to? Let’s make a couple of chocolate orange balls and find it out!
Ingredients
Beginner
- ½ medium / 30g Orange juice and zest
- ½ medium / 5g Orange zest
- 1½ cup / 200g Nuts or nuts mixture we used Walnut, almond, hazelnut, pumpkin seed
- 1 cup / 50g Dried fruit (Raisin, dates…)
- 1 tablespoon / 5g Cacao powder
- 1 teaspoon / 2g Cinnamon
Advanced
- ½ medium / 30g Orange juice and zest
- ½ medium / 5g Orange zest
- 1½ cup / 200g Nuts or nuts mixture we used Walnut, almond, hazelnut, pumpkin seed
- 1 cup / 50g Dried fruit (Raisin, dates…)
- 1 tablespoon / 5g Cacao powder
- 1 teaspoon / 2g Cinnamon
- ¼ cup / 50g Chocolate
- 2 tablespoons / 30g Butter
Overkill
- 1¼ cup / 200g Chocolate
- ¾ cup / 200g Whipping cream
- 1 medium / 10g Orange zest
- ¼ cup / 50g Chocolate
- 2 tablespoons / 30g Butter
How to make Chocolate orange balls
Beginner
- Get a shredder and remove the orange’s peel then juice it.
- Add all the ingredients into a food processor.
- Process the ingredients until there is a uniform mixture.
- Make walnut sized (15-20g) balls out of the dollop.
Enjoy!
Advanced
- Add orange zest, orange juice, nuts, dried fruits, cocoa powder, cinnamon into a food processor then process the ingredients until there is a uniform mixture.
- Make walnut sized (15-20g) balls out of the dollop.
- Melt chocolate and butter.
- Dip the orange chocolate balls into chocolate then let them cool off on a rack.
Enjoy!
Overkill
- Melt chocolate, cream and orange zest.
- Let the mixture cool until no longer runny and can hold its shape when spooned onto a parchment paper for about a 30 minutes.
- Spoon the chocolate onto parchment paper.
- Let it cool more until the chocolate is no longer liquid but still soft.
- Roll them into a ball. It’s quite dirty work and there is no way around it. Be prepared for licking chocolate off fingers!
- Melt chocolate and butter. Dip the chocolate balls into chocolate. The last two steps are only necessary for visual purposes otherwise the chocolate orange balls are ready to roll.
Enjoy!
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Chocolate Orange Balls Recipe
Do we really like chocolate or we just have it because we used to? Let’s make a couple of chocolate orange balls and find it out!
Ingredients
Beginner
- ½ medium Orange juice and zest
- ½ medium Orange zest
- 1½ cup Nuts or nuts mixture we used Walnut, almond, hazelnut, pumpkin seed
- 1 cup Dried fruit Raisin, dates…
- 1 tablespoon Cacao powder
- 1 teaspoon Cinnamon
Advanced
- ½ medium Orange juice
- ½ medium Orange zest
- 1½ oz Nuts or nuts mixture we used Walnut, almond, hazelnut, pumpkin seed
- 1 cup Dried fruit Raisin, dates…
- 1 tablespoon Cacao powder
- 1 teaspoon Cinnamon
- ¼ cup Chocolate
- 2 tablespoons Butter
Overkill
- 1¼ cup Chocolate
- ¾ cup Whipping cream
- 1 medium Orange zest
- ¼ cup Chocolate
- 2 tablespoons Butter
Instructions
Beginner
- Get a shredder and remove the orange’s peel then juice it.
- Add all the ingredients into a food processor.
- Process the ingredients until there is a uniform mixture.
- Make walnut sized (15-20g) balls out of the dollop.
Advanced
- Add orange zest, orange juice, nuts, dried fruits, cocoa powder, cinnamon into a food processor then process the ingredients until there is a uniform mixture.
- Make walnut sized (15-20g) balls out of the dollop.
- Melt chocolate and butter.
- Dip the orange chocolate balls into chocolate then let them cool off on a rack.
Overkill
- Melt chocolate, cream and orange zest.
- Let the mixture cool until no longer runny and can hold its shape when spooned onto a parchment paper for about a 30 minutes.
- Spoon the chocolate onto parchment paper.
- Let them cool more until the chocolate is no longer liquid but still soft.
- Roll them into a ball. It's quite dirty work and there is no way around it. Be prepared for licking chocolate off fingers!
- Melt chocolate and butter. Dip the chocolate balls into chocolate. The last two steps are only necessary for visual purposes otherwise the chocolate orange balls are ready to roll.
Notes
Enjoy!
Nutrition
Serving: 100g | Calories: 377kcal (19%) | Carbohydrates: 13g (4%) | Protein: 7g (13%) | Fat: 40g (62%) | Saturated Fat: 23g (146%) | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 10g | Trans Fat: 0g | Cholesterol: 53mg (18%) | Sodium: 57mg (2%) | Potassium: 383mg (11%) | Fiber: 7g (28%) | Sugar: 1g (1%) | Vitamin A: 703IU (14%) | Vitamin C: 3mg (4%) | Calcium: 70mg (7%) | Iron: 7mg (37%)