Best Christmas Orange Balls Recipes

NO BAKE ORANGE BALLS

Steps:

• Mix all ingredients together and shape in to walnut size balls. Roll balls in additional powder sugar or coconut. Place in refrigerator to chill until firm. Makes 15-20 cookies.

EASY ORANGE BALLS

Steps:

• Combine cookie crumbs and 1 cup confectioners' sugar.
• blend in butter.
• Stir in orange juice concentrate and add vanilla and nuts.
• Shape mixture into balls about the size of walnuts.
• Shake in food storage bag with sifted confectioners' sugar or coconut.
• Arrange orange balls in single layer on waxed paper-lined cookie sheet and store uncovered overnight in refrigerator for best flavor.

EASY NO-BAKE ORANGE BALLS CANDY

Steps:

• Combine the vanilla wafer cookie crumbs and 1 cup confectioners' sugar in a mixing bowl.
• Add the butter to the crumb mixture and blend in well.
• Stir in the thawed orange juice concentrate; add vanilla and nuts. Mix with your hands until all the ingredients are fully incorporated.
• With your hands, shape the mixture into balls about the size of walnuts. Place the prepared balls in a food storage bag with the sifted confectioners' sugar or shredded coconut. Shake the balls around so that the sugar (or coconut) sticks to the balls. You may want to do just a few at a time to prevent overcrowding which could impact the shape of the balls.
• Remove the balls from the bag and arrange the orange balls in single layer on waxed paper-lined cookie sheet. Store them uncovered overnight in the refrigerator for the best flavor. If you like making easy or no-bake desserts, try chocolate bourbon truffles or big batch no-bake chocolate oatmeal cookies .

CHOCOLATE ORANGE BALLS

Steps:

• 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.