Chocolate Orange Balls
"This is a wonderful treat for people who love the combination of chocolate and orange. It brings back wonderful memories of me cooking in the kitchen with my mom, when I was a little girl."
photo by Stephanie Y.
- Ready In:
- 45mins
- Ingredients:
- 6
- Serves:
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48-60
ingredients
- 1 (9 ounce) box vanilla wafer cookies
- 2 1⁄4 cups confectioners' sugar
- 1⁄4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1⁄3 cup orange juice concentrate
- 1⁄4 cup light corn syrup
- 1 1⁄2 cups pecan pieces
directions
- In a food processor, combine the vanilla wafers, 2 cups of the confectioner's sugar, cocoa powder, orange juice concentrate, and corn syrup.
- Process until the cookies are ground to crumbs and mixture is evenly blended.
- Add the pecan pieces and pulse process until the nuts are finely chopped.
- Transfer the mixture to a bowl and form into 1" balls.
- Roll balls in 1/4 cup confectioner's sugar** to coat.
- Store in an airtight container in refrigerator for up to 1 month.
- **We always rolled our balls in regular granulated sugar. If we made them at Christmas time, we dyed some of the sugar green and some of the sugar red and rolled 1/2 the balls in the green sugar and 1/2 the balls in the red sugar.
Questions & Replies
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with regard to orange chocolate balls. If I substitute orange extract for oj concentrate how much extract should i use and should I add water to make up for fluid in juice? -
Can I substitute orange extract for the OJ? I ask because I want to ship and am afraid of spoilage.
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I am assuming you are using frozen orange juice concentrate. should that be frozen or thawed when you put it into the food processor?
Reviews
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Whoo-hoo-hoo, what a treat! I made these in about 5 minutes- the easiest part of my Christmas baking. I subbed agave nectar for corn syrup. They roll so perfectly and I think the prettiest balls are the ones I rolled in a mixture of red&green dyed sugar. This is a chocolaty, orangy keeper! Thanks so much! -
I can't wait to share these with my mom as one of her favorite flavor combinations is orange and chocolate. I can't believe how easy this recipe is... no cooking necessary. At first you taste the chocolate and then a second later the orange hits. I think these will satisfy any chocolate craving you may have. I tried rolling in the powdered sugar but the granulated sugar was so much prettier. They sparkled! -
Thank you thank you thank you!!!! I've been looking for this recipe for YEARS! I used to make these with my mother. It wasn't something I missed until she was gone and I never found the recipe in her cookbooks. The only thing she did different was she used coconut instead of pecans. But I made it with the pecans, popped one in my mouth and almost wept. Thank you for giving me back a piece of my childhood!
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These are one of my favorite cookies. They're fast, easy and delicous. I usually used walnuts instead of pecans and granulated sugar to roll them in. I'm going to be making these right when I get home from grocery shopping. Thanks!
Tweaks
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Mom used to make these with coconut instead of pecans.
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These are one of my favorite cookies. They're fast, easy and delicous. I usually used walnuts instead of pecans and granulated sugar to roll them in. I'm going to be making these right when I get home from grocery shopping. Thanks!
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Whoo-hoo-hoo, what a treat! I made these in about 5 minutes- the easiest part of my Christmas baking. I subbed agave nectar for corn syrup. They roll so perfectly and I think the prettiest balls are the ones I rolled in a mixture of red&green dyed sugar. This is a chocolaty, orangy keeper! Thanks so much!
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