Orange Marmalade Chocolate Candy are nice treats to fill your sweet tooth craving. Chocolate and orange is an iconic vintage pairing. Needless to say, the roasted nuts give it a nice textural crunch as well as a bite. In fact, these tasty morsels can be made with milk chocolate, dark chocolate, white chocolate, and semi-sweetened. Changing the chocolate with change the flavor. Filled with orange marmalade and dipped in chocolate.
Orange Marmalade Chocolate Candy:
These orange chocolate make the perfect gift for Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Valentine’s Day, Christmas, or even Easter baskets. Consequently, the chocolate molds are what make this candy so much fun to give. Incidentally, seasonal molds are not pricey. Moreover, with Easter coming up I decided to make cute little bunny Easter Eggs. Perfect for any age.
In any event, we still do Easter Baskets regardless of our kid’s age. Indeed, my grown kids and even my husband look forward to and enjoy getting Easter baskets. Plus, homemade candy makes it all that more special. At any rate, you can make these tasty treats even more special by wrapping them in candy foils. In summary, to make these extra special wrap them in tin foil and place them inside a tin foil cupcake or candy wrapper. Nevertheless, Amazon sells Lily’s Chocolate which is sweetened with stevia.
Notes:
In all honesty, Orange Marmalade Chocolate Candy is an easy-to-make homemade candy. As a final point, these sweet candies are made with a DIY refined sugar-free orange marmalade. In conclusion, they are perfect for any holiday.
Orange Marmalade Chocolate Candy
Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup orange marmalade see recipe on my blog
- 1/3 cup roasted chopped nuts of choice
- 1/4 cup desiccated coconut
- 1 cup Lily’s Milk Chocolate Chips or chocolate of choice
- 1 tsp coconut oil
- 2 candy molds
Directions:
First, in a clean bowl stir together the Marmalade, roasted nuts, and coconut. Second, in a separate bowl combine 1/2 milk chocolate and 1/2 tsp coconut oil.
Next, place inside a microwave. Microwave at 30-second intervals. After 30 seconds, remove and stir. Continue doing so until the chocolate is melted. Finally, using a small brush the insides of the molds with chocolate. Place the forms into the freezer for 3 minutes. Next, remove from the freezer and brush the molds again. Place back into the freezer for 3 minutes. Remove from the freezer.
Next, fill the centers of the mold with the marmalade mixture.
Once all the molds are filled place them into the freezer for 10 minutes. Lastly, remove it from the freezer. Finally, melt the remaining chocolate and coconut oil in the microwave in 30-second intervals. Remove candy molds from the freezer. Next, unmold the candy and dip the bottoms into the melted chocolate.
Finally, place the chocolates down into the mold with the bottoms facing upward. Lastly, place into the freezer for 4 minutes. In conclusion, remove the candy from the freezer and unmold and eat or place it into candy wrappers or wrap it in candy tin foil wrappers. Makes 6 whole chocolate-filled eggs or 12 halves.
Orange Marmalade Chocolate Candy
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup homemade orange marmalade or store-bought Note: Store-bought will change the nutrition facts.
- 1/3 cup roasted nut of choice
- 1/4 cup desiccated coconut
- 1 cup Lily's Chocolate of choice
- 1 tsp of coconut oil
Instructions
- First, in a clean bowl stir together the Marmalade, roasted nuts, and coconut.
- Second, in a separate bowl combine 1/2 milk chocolate and 1/2 tsp coconut oil.
- Next, place inside a microwave.
- Microwave at 30-second intervals.
- After 30 seconds, remove and stir.
- Continue doing so until the chocolate is melted.
- Finally, using a small brush the insides of the molds with chocolate.
- Place the forms into the freezer for 3 minutes.
- Next, remove from the freezer and brush the molds wirh chocolate again.
- Place back into the freezer for 10 minutes. Remove from the freezer.
- Remove from the freezer.
- Next, fill the centers of the mold with the marmalade mixture. O
- Once all the molds are filled place them into the freezer for 10 minutes.
- Lastly, remove it from the freezer.
- Finally, melt the remaining chocolate and coconut oil in the microwave in 30-second intervals.
- Remove candy molds from the freezer.
- Next, unmold the candy and dip the bottoms into the melted chocolate.
- Finally, place the chocolates down into the mold with the bottoms facing upward.
- Place into the freezer for 10 minutes.
- To conclude, remove the candy from the freezer and unmold and eat or place it into candy wrappers or wrap it in candy tin foil wrappers.
- Makes 6 whole chocolate-filled eggs or 12 halves.
Notes
| Nutrition Facts | |
|---|---|
| Servings 12.0 | |
| Amount Per Serving | |
| calories 48 | |
| % Daily Value * | |
| Total Fat 4 g | 5 % |
| Saturated Fat 2 g | 10 % |
| Monounsaturated Fat 0 g | |
| Polyunsaturated Fat 0 g | |
| Trans Fat 0 g | |
| Cholesterol 0 mg | 0 % |
| Sodium 5 mg | 0 % |
| Potassium 0 mg | 0 % |
| Total Carbohydrate 7 g | 1 % |
| Dietary Fiber 3 g | 13 % |
| Sugars 0 g | |
| Protein 1 g | 2 % |
| Vitamin A | 0 % |
| Vitamin C | 0 % |
| Calcium | 0 % |
| Iron | 11 % |
| * The Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet, so your values may change depending on your calorie needs. The values here may not be 100% accurate because the recipes have not been professionally evaluated nor have they been evaluated by the U.S. FDA. | |
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