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    Home » Recipes » Christmas

    Published on Dec 8, 2016. Modified on Nov 10, 2024 by bakingqueen74. This post may contain affiliate links. 10 Comments

    Chocolate Truffle Christmas Baubles

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    Ideal for Christmas, these chocolate truffle Christmas baubles are perfect for gifting.

    Chocolat Truffle Christmas Baubles

    Christmas baking is well underway here and I’ve been focusing on bakes that would make great gifts and that I can bake with my kids as well.

    My girls love to bake and they really enjoyed making and decorating chocolate truffle Christmas baubles with me recently.

    I am not sure that they will actually be that keen on giving their truffle baubles away when the time comes but I think they make lovely gifts for friends from school.

    Whether they will actually make it to be hung on the tree is another thing entirely!

    If you enjoy baking too, you might like to hear about the cool new community I’ve recently joined that has just launched.

    It’s called ‘We Bake’ and is the community that rewards you for baking.

    WeBake.co.uk is the first baking social media platform, a place that celebrates baking but also coaches and motivates bakers to do more of what they love.

    It’s a community for bakers of any level, where everyone can share all things baking and get in contact with bakers from all over the country.

    You can create your own profile, follow other bakers and even win prizes and get access to exclusive events.

    Imagine a mix between Facebook and Instagram, but with 100% baking content! Perfect for keen bakers like myself.

    Chocolate Truffle Christmas Baubles

    The website offers lots of really useful advice and fun inspiration as well as some great challenges and rewards.

    With my chocolate truffle Christmas baubles, I’m taking part in the Bake a Bauble community challenge.

    As you can see from my chocolate truffle bauble recipe, you can get as innovative as you like with your bauble.

    I’ve just posted this recipe on my We Bake profile, check it out here, become a We Bake member and let me know what you think! Can’t wait to see your bauble-inspired bakes.

    Chocolate Truffle Christmas Baubles

    We got baking and decorating with a lot of different sprinkles and gold and silver shimmery sprays from Dr Oetker which was incredibly fun.

    I still have a gold kitchen right now and just keep finding sprinkles which have got everywhere! My kids enjoyed getting creative though and were really pleased with our creations.

    Chocolate Truffle Christmas Baubles

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    Chocolate Truffle Christmas Baubles - a fun festive bake ideal for Christmas gifts for your friends

    Recipe

    Chocolate truffles decorated as baubles in small cardboard trays.

    Chocolate Truffle Christmas Baubles

    Chocolate truffles flavoured with orange zest and decorated to resemble Christmas baubles, a fun Christmas bake!
    5 from 3 votes
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    Course: Dessert
    Cuisine: British
    Prep Time: 30 minutes minutes
    Cook Time: 0 minutes minutes
    Refrigerating Time:: 4 hours hours
    Total Time: 4 hours hours 30 minutes minutes
    Servings: 14
    Calories: 245kcal
    Author: Lucy Allen | BakingQueen74

    Ingredients

    • 150 g dark chocolate extra dark
    • 150 ml double cream
    • 25 g unsalted butter
    • zest of an orange or a couple of clementines
    • 1 bag white chocolate chips
    • cocoa powder for dusting
    • icing sugar for dusting
    • gold and silver shimmer spray for decorating
    • chocolatey sprinkle mix for decorating
    • pink crystals for decorating
    • silver chocolate balls for decorating
    • red colour I used a paste colour

    Equipment

    • cake pop sticks
    • elastic or string
    UK Measurements – US Measurements

    Instructions 

    • Break the chocolate up and place it in a large bowl. Add the orange zest.
      150 g dark chocolate, zest of an orange or a couple of clementines
    • Pour the double cream into a small pan and add the butter, in cubes. Heat gently for a few minutes until the butter has melted and the cream starts to simmer.
      150 ml double cream, 25 g unsalted butter
    • Pour the cream over the chocolate, leave for a few minutes, then stir well until glossy and smooth. Refrigerate for at least four hours.
    • Using a teaspoon, take spoonfuls of the ganache and roll it into balls using your hands.
    • Roll each truffle in cocoa powder and then decorate using the shimmer sprays and by rolling in the sprinkles.
      cocoa powder, icing sugar, gold and silver shimmer spray, chocolatey sprinkle mix, pink crystals, silver chocolate balls
    • Melt the white chocolate gently and coat some of the truffles in white chocolate. If you stick each truffle on a cake pop stick then it is easy to cover them using a spoon. You can also colour some of the white chocolate using red gel/paste colour and use this to decorate the truffles, or roll them in the sprinkles.
      1 bag white chocolate chips, red colour
    • Put each of the truffles on a cake pop stick and refrigerate again. When solid, push the stick all the way through, then remove the stick and thread through elastic or string, with a knot at the bottom. Make a loop at the top to hang the chocolate truffles as baubles.
      cake pop sticks, elastic or string
    Did you try and love this recipe?Then please leave a star rating and comment below to let me know how you got on!

    Sending this over to We Should Cocoa with Tin and Thyme 

    Disclosure: This Christmas bauble post was commissioned by Dr Oetker as part of the launch of their new We Bake platform. All views are my own.

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    Comments

    1. choclette says

      January 01, 2017 at 2:27 pm

      These are completely fabulous Lucy. Love the idea of chocolate truffle baubles hanging from the tree. How long did they last I wonder? Thanks for sharing them with We Should Cocoa.

      I hope you had a good Christmas and I wish you all the best for a Happy, Healthy and Successful 2017.

      Reply
      • bakingqueen74 says

        January 01, 2017 at 9:20 pm

        Thanks very much Choclette.
        In answer, not long at all! Some were shared with my colleagues I think and the rest we consumed! Many thanks for organising We Should Cocoa and Happy new year!

        Reply
    2. kellie anderson says

      December 10, 2016 at 4:04 pm

      Lucy, this looks like a baked selection box! Anyone would be very happy to receive these – beautiful to look at and to eat, I’m sure. But I think you are right, your girls won’t necessarily be too pleased about giving them away! Very lovely images, too.

      Reply
      • bakingqueen74 says

        December 11, 2016 at 9:26 am

        Thank you Kellie! I think the little boxes are the perfect size for a gift too, you can’t eat too many.

        Reply
    3. fabfood4all says

      December 09, 2016 at 11:36 pm

      These truffles look so pretty and I’m sure my kids wouldn’t want to give them away either LOL! Must check out WeBake as I’ve not come across it before!

      Reply
      • bakingqueen74 says

        December 10, 2016 at 1:03 pm

        Thanks Camilla, I must say these will not make it to our tree but would be great as gifts!

        Reply
    4. Becca @ Amuse Your Bouche says

      December 09, 2016 at 9:13 pm

      Love this idea! So simple but so effective. WeBake sounds fun too!

      Reply
      • bakingqueen74 says

        December 10, 2016 at 1:02 pm

        I thought you could go wild with the decorations too!

        Reply
    5. Helen @ Fuss Free Flavours says

      December 09, 2016 at 7:41 pm

      That is such a fun idea Lucy, and they would make excellent gifts too. Off to check out We Bake.

      Reply
      • bakingqueen74 says

        December 10, 2016 at 1:02 pm

        Brilliant! I love a homemade gift

        Reply
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