Chocolate Mocha and Orange Truffles
Melt in your mouth delicious.
Ingredients
- 1 cup Ghirardelli 60% cacao baking chips or your favorite dark chocolate chips
- 1 cup Ghirardelli semi-sweet baking chips or your favorite semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 3/4 cup heavy xream
- 2 teaspoons instant coffee crystals
- 1 teaspoon orange extract
- 1-1/2 cups unsweetened cocoa powder for rolling
Instructions
- In a medium size microwavable glass bowl, add the chocolate chips, cream and instant coffee. Stir together.
- Heat the chocolate chip mixture in the microwave for 60 seconds and then stir. Then heat for another 40 seconds and stir.
- Add the orange extract and stir.
- Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and chill in the fridge for 2 hours or until the chocolate is firm enough to roll.
- Remove from the refrigerator and use a spoon to scrape out the chocolate. With clean hands, roll the chocolate into balls.
- Then roll the chocolate balls in the powdered cocoa. Completely cover all sides with the cocoa powder and serve.
- Store in the refrigerator and serve at room temperature.