Chocolate Maple Cream Truffles

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Chocolate Maple Cream Truffles!  Indulge in these dreamy, homemade maple flavored cream truffles with crunchy walnuts, deliciously smothered in milk chocolate

These sweet treats are destined to make the whole gang swoon for sure.  This maple candy recipe is perfect for party dessert trays and gifting to people you adore! 🙂  You may love these Pumpkin Oreo Truffles, these White Chocolate Truffles and Cookie Butter Truffles too!

maple candy recipe cream truffles

Our Chocolate Maple Walnut Creams are made from scratch! 

Made with delicious ingredients like sweetened condensed milk, butter, powdered sugar, real walnuts, pure maple flavoring, vanilla extract and a luscious milk chocolate coating.  So dreamy, right? 

maple candy recipe cream truffles

Use Good Quality Ingredients

  • Especially when it comes to butter and chocolate.  The better quality of butter and chocolate, the better tasting, right?
  • Use real maple flavoring and vanilla extract, not imitation.  This will be a major flavor boost to your truffles with natural flavoring.  Even top them off with some sea salt for an added twist of sweet and salty.

What I Love About About These Maple Truffles

  • Easy to make these no bake maple candy creams!
  • These maple cream truffles do not require any special equipment.  No candy thermometer required, so no fuss.  They just require a little time for the different steps for setting up of the candy filling and coating.
  • Even top them off with some sea salt for an added twist of sweet and salty.

maple candy recipe cream truffles

Ways to Amp Up the Nutty Flavor!

  • As far as the amping up the nut flavor  in this maple candy recipe, take these up a notch, by toasting the walnuts ahead of time.  It is a worthy pursuit, as it enhances their flavor and texture in your maple goodies. You may prefer pecans.  You can use fresh or toasted, just giving you some options. 🙂
  • Toss walnuts in a little olive oil (1 teaspoon) and salt if desired. Toast walnuts @ 350 in the oven on a rimmed baking sheet for 7 to 10 minutes. Shake or stir the pan so the nuts brown evenly without scorching.  Let cool and chop as needed.
  • Add a sprinkle of sea salt on top!

maple candy recipe cream truffles

Ingredients You Need for Homemade Maple Cream Truffles

Homemade Maple Candy Truffles Recipe

  • 1 14 ounce can Eagle Brand sweetened condensed milk 
  • butter, cubed
  • powdered sugar, can use less if you want creamier, see in notes starting with 5 cups and added refrigeration instructions.
  • chopped walnuts or pecans, toasted if preferred
  • pure maple flavoring, maple extract or pure maple syrup could be substituted if in a pinch 
  • vanilla extract

Milk Chocolate Coating

  • milk chocolate chips or semi-sweet chips or chocolate melts
  • oil of choice, like canola, coconut or vegetable oil

How to Make Homemade Maple Cream Candy Truffles 

  1. In a small saucepan, combined the butter and sweetened condensed milk stirring constantly over low heat until butter is melted.
  2. Powdered sugar Instruction: Recipe calls for 7 cups of powdered sugar. If you want an even creamier filling, use less powdered sugar, starting with using 5 cups and continue adding more as needed in next step.
  3. In a large bowl add the powdered sugar and add the sweetened condensed/butter mixture and beat until smooth. Stir in the walnuts, maple flavoring and vanilla.
  4. Scoop using a small or medium scoop (1 to 2 tablespoons), scoop and roll it into a smoother ball. Can roll them nicer once they are refrigerated in next step. Place on waxed paper lined baking sheets.
  5. Refrigerate until firm in sealed container – about 1 hour if using 7 cups of powdered sugar. If you opted for the creamier filling, using less powdered sugar, starting with using 5 cups and continue adding more as needed. Let balls chill and firm up 3 hours or overnight is always a good option as well, if you like doing your truffles in stages. When dipping your balls in the chocolate they need to be firm enough to dip.
  6. In a microwave, melt the chocolate in 45 second increments and stir and repeat in microwave until melted, stirring well to keep tempering the chocolate nicely with each increment. Add oil and mix to thin the chocolate for nicer dipping.
  7. Dip balls into chocolate and place on waxed paper. Let stand until set. Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator.
  8. For a sweet and salty twist, add some sea salt on top, pecans, walnuts, drizzles of chocolate flavors you love or fall sprinkles!

maple candy recipe cream truffles

Storing Truffles

  • Once homemade maple cream truffles have been made, truffles have approximately a 2 to 4 week shelf life due to the fact that they are made with fresh heavy cream and should be contained in an airtight container in the fridge until ready to serve or gift for best results.
  • Shape and freeze the balls of maple candy for up to 2 months if desired. Thaw candy before dipping into melted chocolate mixture.

How to Make Homemade Maple Cream Truffles 

These homemade Chocolate Maple Walnut Cream Truffles are an awesome way to party up the holidays.  Let’s make some homemade maple cream candy! 

More Festive Truffles & Candies!

Check out these holiday desserts!  Pumpkin Pie Cake, Reese’s Peanut Butter Pie and these Soft Maple Brown Sugar Cookies!

How to Make Homemade Maple Cream Truffles 

Chocolate Maple Walnut Cream Truffles

Kim Lange
Indulge in these dreamy maple flavored cream truffles blended with crunchy walnuts and deliciously smothered in milk chocolate!  These sweet treats are destined to make the whole gang swoon for sure.  Perfect for party dessert trays and gifting.
4.75 from 16 votes
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 36 Truffles
Calories

Ingredients
  

Maple Cream Balls

  • 1 14 ounce can sweetened condensed milk I used Eagle Brand
  • ½ cup butter cubed
  • 7 cups powdered sugar can use less if you want creamier, see in notes starting with 5 cups and added refrigeration instructions.
  • 2 cups chopped walnuts or pecans, toasted if preferred
  • 2 teaspoons pure maple flavoring maple extract or pure maple syrup could be substituted
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Chocolate Coating

  • 4 ½ cups milk chocolate chocolate chips or semi-sweet
  • 2 teaspoons oil of choice I used canola

Instructions
 

  • In a small saucepan, combined the butter and sweetened condensed milk stirring constantly over low heat until butter is melted.
  • Powdered sugar Instruction: Recipe calls for 7 cups of powdered sugar. If you want eveb creamier filling, use less powdered sugar, starting with using 5 cups and continue adding more as needed in next step.
  • In a large bowl add the powdered sugar and add the sweetened condensed/butter mixture and beat until smooth. Stir in the walnuts, maple flavoring and vanilla.
  • Scoop using a medium 1 1/2 heaping tablespoons, scoop and roll it into a smoother ball. Can roll them nicer once they are refrigerated in next step. Place on waxed paper lined baking sheets.
  • Refrigerate until firm in sealed container – about 1 hour if using 7 cups of powdered sugar. If you opted for the creamier filling, using less powdered sugar, starting with using 5 cups and continue adding more as needed. Let balls firm up 3 hours or overnight is always a good option as well, if you like doing your truffles in stages. When dipping your balls in the chocolate they need to be firm enough to dip.
  • In a microwave, melt the chocolate in 45 second increments and stir and repeat in microwave until melted, stirring well to keep tempering the chocolate nicely with each increment. Add oil and mix to thin the chocolate for nicer dipping.
  • Dip balls into chocolate and place on waxed paper. Let stand until set. Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator.
  • For a sweet and salty twist, add some sea salt on top, pecans, walnuts, drizzles of chocolate flavors you love or fall sprinkles!
Keyword candy, cream candy, maple, maple truffles, truffles
Tried This Recipe?Let us know how it was by commenting below!

Recipe slightly adapted from Taste of Home

16 Comments

  1. Hi Gergana! Yes, to substitute maple extract with maple syrup, use 1 teaspoon of maple syrup for every 1/2 teaspoon of maple extract called for in the recipe. So for this recipe you would use 4 teaspoons, but you may want to not add the whole can of sweetened condensed milk since you’re adding more liquid into the truffle ball creams. I hope you enjoy!!

  2. The truffles look amazing! I’d love to try this recipe, but finding maple flavouring is nearly impossible where I live. Do you think I could use maple syrup instead? How much should I use?

  3. Hi Irena! Shape and freeze the balls of maple candy for up to 2 months if desired. Thaw candy before dipping into melted chocolate mixture. Hope you enjoy!!

  4. These look amazing & I plan on making them for Thanksgiving. Can these be made in advance & put in freezer?

  5. Nancy, I updated it better. The 2 lbs is approx 7 1/2 cups as called out in the original recipe, but I’ve add in additional instructions because you bring up a good point. and you can definitely use less. I prefer it with less powdered sugar for a creamier texture and wanted the texture to be a creamy fudge center. I hope you enjoy!

  6. While I normally prefer classic chocolate truffles (with dark chocolate), this creamy version sounds like delightful. I definitely appreciate walnuts and maple flavour in here – it is simply one of my favourite combos!

  7. I am interested in trying these truffles. But as I look at the ingredient list, I see that it calls for 2 lbs of powdered sugar. Can that be right?

    Nancy

  8. I am interested in trying these. But as I was making an ingredient list, I see that it calls for 2lbs of powdered sugar. Can that possibly be right ? Thanks.

  9. YUM, these look fantastic!! My mom loves cream truffles and she will go crazy for these with the maple walnut, I will definitely make your recipe for her before Christmas!

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