Easy Homemade Marzipan Candy with Chocolate (German Recipe)

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Easy Homemade Marzipan Candy with Chocolate (German Recipe)

Treat yourself and others to some of these homemade marzipan sweets. These are marzipan filled chocolates. Whether walnut, caramelized hazelnut, or orange flavor you will find one you love.

Course Dessert

Cuisine German

Prep Time 30

Total Time 30

Servings pralines

Calories 133kcal

Author by Marita Sinden

Equipment

1 small bowl to melt the chocolate in
1 fork to dip the candy into chocolate
1 frying pan to caramelise the nuts
1 food processor to grind the nuts
1 chocolate moulds optional - see recipe below

Ingredients

Walnut Marzipan Pralines

½ cups walnuts
7 oz marzipan
1 cups powdered sugar UK icing sugar
20 walnut halves for decorating
2 teaspoon amaretto or any other almond liqueur. You can also just almond extract for a non-alcoholic version.
7 oz dark chocolate

Hazelnut Marzipan Chocolates

½ cups chopped hazelnuts
2 tablespoon butter
⅓ cups sugar
7 oz marzipan
1 cups confectioner's sugar
7 oz dark chocolate

Orange Chocolate Marzipan

1 orange (needs to be untreated, i.e. organic, so you can consume the skin)
2 teaspoon orange liquer can be substituted with orange blossom water or orange juice.
7 oz marzipan
7 oz dark chocolate

Metric - US Customary

Instructions

Walnut Marzipan Pralines

Blend the walnuts in a food processor or roughly chop them.
½ cups walnuts
Then, knead the sugar with the marzipan and amaretto (or almond extract) to a smooth dough.
7 oz marzipan , ⅓ cups sugar, 2 teaspoon amaretto

Hazelnut Marzipan Chocolates

Start by caramelizing the hazelnuts: heat a sauce pan until the sugar and butter have melted while stirring continuously.
½ cups chopped hazelnuts , 2 tablespoon butter, 1 cups confectioner's sugar
Add the nuts. Stir to coat the chopped nuts with the butter-sugar emulsion.
Spread the nuts on some baking paper and leave to cool. Once it is cooled, you can break it into little pieces with a rolling pin or grind in a food processor.
Knead the caramelized nuts, powdered sugar, and marzipan into a smooth dough.
7 oz marzipan, 1 cups powdered sugar

Orange Chocolate Marzipan Candy

Finely grate the zest of the orange. You need about 2 teaspoons.
1 orange
Then, knead it into the marzipan and add 1-2 teaspoons of orange liqueur or orange blossom water. Alternatively, you can use some freshly pressed orange juice.
2 teaspoon orange liquer , 7 oz marzipan

Melt the chocolate

Pour water into the pan and heat it. In the meantime, break the chocolate into smaller pieces.
7 oz dark chocolate
As soon as the water begins to steam, place the bowl in the pan and melt the chocolate, stirring constantly as it melts. Caution: the water should not boil, as this may cause it to bubble up and make the chocolate wet.

Shape the Candy without a chocolate mould

Shape the marzipan dough into a rectangle or square. It should have a height of approximately 1 cm. With a sharp knife, slice it into equally-sized cubes. Alternatively, divide the marzipan dough into equal portions and roll into balls.
Using a fork, dip them into the melted chocolate. You can decorate them, but first place them on a baking tray lined with parchment paper and wait for the chocolate to dry.
7 oz dark chocolate

Shape the Candy with chocolate moulds

Pour chocolate into the bottom of the marzipan mold. Ensure that the sides are also covered. Shake the mold briefly to allow air bubbles to escape. Otherwise, you might end up with holes in the chocolate. Leave to set.1.
7 oz dark chocolate
In the meantime, divide the marzipan dough into equal parts. The exact size depends on the size of your chocolate molds.
Then, press the marzipan into the molds when the chocolate has set. Finally, cover the bottom of the shapes with melted chocolate. Once cooled, you can pop them out of the mold.
To decorate them, stick either a half walnut, some leftover caramelized hazelnut, or candied orange peel on the top by brushing it with some melted chocolate.
20 walnut halves

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