Gluten-Free Chocolate Truffles with Hazelnuts and Candied Orange Peel

Proper truffles are just ganache with ambition — dark chocolate and cream studded here with toasted hazelnuts and chewy candied orange, rolled in cocoa like the cobblestones of a Paris chocolate shop. Naturally gluten-free and dangerously giftable.

Yield: About 30 truffles · Time: 45 min + chilling

Ingredients

• 10 oz (285 g) dark chocolate (60–70%), finely chopped
• 2/3 cup (160 ml) heavy cream
• 2 tbsp butter, soft
• Pinch of salt
• 1/2 cup toasted hazelnuts, chopped
• 1/3 cup candied orange peel, minced (check label)
• 1 tbsp orange liqueur (optional)
• Cocoa powder for rolling

Directions

1. Heat the cream to a simmer and pour over the chocolate; rest 3 minutes, then stir from the center into glossy ganache.
2. Stir in the butter, salt, liqueur, hazelnuts, and orange peel.
3. Chill 2 hours until scoopable.
4. Scoop teaspoons, roll quickly between cool palms, and drop into cocoa.
5. Shake off excess and store chilled; bring to room temperature to serve.

Pro tip: Cold hands make round truffles — rinse in cold water, dry, and work in short bursts.

Gluten-Free Notes

Naturally gluten-free ingredients can still pick up gluten in processing, so choose labeled gluten-free versions of anything packaged here. Our label-reading checker walks through the details if you’re new to this.

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