Soft, nutty balls of marzipan that just melt in the mouth. Coated with chocolate or stuffed with a chocolate-coated nut. These are some of the best homemade marzipan truffles you will ever make. The best part is that they take no more than 15 minutes to make. Give these as gifts to family and friends to celebrate during the holiday season of Christmas or Easter.
Can you believe I have started planning for Christmas? Where did this year go? I feel like, not long ago we celebrated the start of this year. Sigh... I am now almost getting into the Christmas mood. One being - holiday gifts.
Marzipan for me is a great gift idea. One of the easiest things you can give for family and friends or even serve your guests during the holiday season is Marzipan treats. One of which is Truffles.
During Easter, I make marzipan Easter eggs as gifts and during the Christmas holidays, it's usually truffles, cookies, and chocolate. Last year, I made these marzipan truffles, pecan marzipan truffles, macadamia marzipan truffles, cashews marzipan truffles, chocolate marzipan truffles, and chocolate coconut truffles. Can you imagine getting a box of these assorted truffles? Absolute heaven.
Today, I want to share with you these marzipan truffles and you will be surprised how simple and easy this is. I always use homemade marzipan but commercial marzipan works just as well. In case you didn't know - raw homemade marzipan takes just five minutes to make including homemade chocolate marzipan
Ingredients or substitutes
- Marzipan - I used homemade marzipan made with almonds today. You can use store-bought marzipan just as well.
- Chocolate coated nuts - These are little surprises inside the truffle. You can use any nuts, even raisins or fruit coated in chocolate. Today I have hazelnut coated nuts.
- Dark chocolate - Marzipan is sweet so I highly recommend using dark chocolate. This cuts down the sweetness of the marzipan. I love to use 70% and if I make these for Ziv and me we do go for 90% dark chocolate.
- Cooking oil - this just helps dilute the chocolate so it's not too thick and chunky.
Step by step instructions (Save/Pin)
Make marzipan balls
- Divide the marzipan into 30 to 40 portions. Roll half of these into balls - set aside
- To stuff them - lightly knead one portion of marzipan, and wrap it around one chocolate-coated nut.
- Set aside
Chocolate coating
- Break the chocolate into small pieces.
- Melt in the microwave at 50% power until smooth.
- Add one to 2 tbsp cooking oil to make it pouring consistency.
- Using a fork and truffle tools - dip each ball in the melted chocolate.
- Pick the ball on the fork and scrape as much from the bottom on the edge of the bowl.
- Tip - be patient and drain the excess chocolate.
- Place the ball on the parchment paper.
- Place in the fridge to set.
- When set - dust with gold luster dust (optional).
Frequently asked questions
These will last at room temperature for up to 2 weeks or well wrapped in the fridge for about a month
Any chocolate coated nuts or plain nuts will work. As long as you enjoy eating those nuts.
Yes, you can just dust them with dry cocoa powder similar to how we make truffles. Alternatively, you can also coat these with finely chopped nuts.
Commercial or homemade both work great with these truffles. My homemade marzipan recipe takes as little as five minutes to make and is so delicious.
No. If you want to make chocolate marzipan it's best to use cocoa powder and I have the recipe and video for you - Chocolate Marzipan Recipe in just 5 minutes and here is my recipe to make Chocolate Marzipan Truffles.
Truffles and fudge use similar ingredients and are a huge umbrella of treats, here are a few I have shared with you.
Coconut Chocolate Truffles
Chocolate Coconut Truffles
Chocolate Marzipan Truffles
Pecan Marzipan Truffles
Pecan Truffles
Chocolate Coconut Fudge Squares
Microwave Chocolate Fudge
Chocolate Marzipan Squares
Troubleshooting
These marzipan truffles are not smooth?
If you making homemade marzipan, ensure that the nuts are ground to a fine meal. Coarsely ground nuts will give you very textured balls. Still delicious and sometimes even preferable but the smoother balls coat better in chocolate.
Why is my chocolate very grainy and oily?
Always melt chocolate at low heat and in short burst to prevent the chocolate. And, make sure no water or condensation gets into the chocolate. Any one of these will situations can make the chocolate grainy or seize. Read my tips for melting and working with chocolate
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Description
Ingredients
For the marzipan balls.
- 1 lb (450 g) Almond Marzipan homemade recipe here
- 4 oz (100 g) Chocolate coated nuts I used macadamia today
For the chocolate coating
- 7 oz (200 g) Dark Chocolate
- 2 tbsp cooking oil
Instructions
Make marzipan balls
- Divide into 30 to 40 portions. Roll half of these into balls - set aside
- To stuff them - lightly knead one portion of marzipan, and wrap it around one chocolate coated nut.
- Set aside
Chocolate Coating
- Break the chocolate into small pieces
- Melt in the microwave at 50% power until smooth
- Add one to 2 tbsp cooking oil to make it pouring consistency.
- Using a fork and truffle tools - dip each ball in the melted chocolate
- Pick the ball on the fork and scrape as much from the bottom on the edge of the bowl.
- Tip - be patient and drain the excess chocolate
- Place the ball on the parchment paper.
- Place in the fridge to set
- When set - dust with gold luster dust (optional)
Equipment
Nutrition Information
The nutrition information and metric conversion are calculated automatically. I cannot guarantee its accuracy. If this data is important to you please verify with your trusted nutrition calculator. Thank you
