Chocolate Covered Orange Cheesecake Truffles

Chocolate covered orange cheesecake truffles may just be your new favorite bon bon. They are fun two bite treat that is perfect when you need a little something sweet.

Imagine biting through a crunchy chocolate shell to have your teeth sink into a creamy orange center. Actually, don’t imagine it.

Whip up a batch and try it for yourself. Chocolate covered orange cheesecake truffles may just become your new favorite!

Some work friends and I did a marathon cookie baking session last week. We made tons of the classics. We each had lots of delicious cookies to make trays and spread some holiday cheer.

Little Dude and I still have plans to make sugar cookies and decorate them with royal frosting as well. He has been looking forward to it for months.

But I love to throw a few new things in each year. Cream cheese truffles have been on my mind for a while now, just waiting for a chance to be made.

Of course they would be great plain, but I thought a little bit of LorAnn Orange Emulsion in the filling would take them to the next level. Orange cheesecake bites with a chocolate shell!

Ding ding! We have a winner!

The inside was melt in your mouth good and my husband kept going back for one more.

The filling whips up easily, but I definitely recommend giving them plenty of time in the freezer. That will make the rolling and dipping process go a lot easier.

My husband also highly recommends eating them cold, even frozen. He liked them at room temperature as well, but not as much as when they were cold.

So jazz up your next party with delicious cheesecake truffles  and feel free to experiment with different flavors. Then let me know what you’ve tried and loved!

If you like easy chocolate orange treats, you may like layered chocolate orange fudge as well. It is a super simple recipe that is really delicious.

Or make a no bake orange pie for a super simple dessert. It is creamy and just takes a few minutes to put together.

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Chocolate Covered Orange Cheesecake Truffles

Author: Carlee

Servings: 38 Truffles

Imagine biting through a crunchy chocolate shell to have your teeth sink into a creamy orange center. Actually, don’t imagine it. Whip up a batch and try it for yourself. Chocolate covered orange cheesecake truffles may just become your new favorite!

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Prep: 30 minutes mins

Cook: 5 minutes mins

Additional Time 2 hours hrs

Total: 2 hours hrs 35 minutes mins

Equipment

• Farberware Stainless Series 2-Quart Double Boiler
• OXO Good Grips Small Cookie Scoop

Ingredients 

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• ▢ 8 ounces cream cheese softened
• ▢ 4 Tablespoons butter softened
• ▢ 4 cups powdered sugar
• ▢ 1½ teaspoons orange extract
• ▢ 1 pound melting chocolate

Instructions 

• Beat together cream cheese and butter until smooth and creamy.
  8 ounces cream cheese, 4 Tablespoons butter
• Add powdered sugar and orange extract, beating until completely incorporated.
  4 cups powdered sugar, 1½ teaspoons orange extract
• Use a small cookie scoop to portion about 2 teaspoons at a time onto a baking sheet lined with wax paper. Place in freezer for at least an hour.
• After freezing for a while, roll the scooped mounds of cheesecake filling between your hands to form rounded balls. Return to the freezer for at least another hour or two. Overnight would be fine.
• In a double boiler, melt the chocolate until it is smooth. Dip the frozen cheesecake balls and place on wax paper to set. Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator or freezer until ready to serve.
  1 pound melting chocolate

Notes

I like to use a confectioner’s chocolate that is formulated for dipping. However, you can buy standard chocolate and temper it if you prefer. 

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Nutrition Information

Serving: 1Serving | Calories: 141kcal | Carbohydrates: 19g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 12mg | Sodium: 38mg | Sugar: 18g

“Cooking With Carlee” is not a dietitian or nutritionist, and any nutritional information shared is an estimate. If calorie count and other nutritional values are important to you, we recommend running the ingredients through whichever online nutritional calculator you prefer. Calories and other nutritional values can vary quite a bit depending on which brands were used.

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