Valentine's Marzipan Chocolate Balls

Valentine's Marzipan Chocolate balls are a different kind of treat to celebrate the day with your loved one.

The marzipan is enclosed by white and pink colored chocolate.

You will find it to be a fun activity at the same time and your edible gift will truly come from the heart.

Jump to:

• 🆚 Homemade VS store-bought
• 📜 Variations
• 👁️ More candy
• 📖 Recipe
• 💬 Comments

I got the idea to prepare the marzipan chocolate balls when I ended up with more homemade marzipan then I needed in my last batch.

Save yourself some time to prepare these fun marzipan covered chocolate balls.

You can decorate them the way you like.

I have compiled a list of ideas further below.

You can also use storebought marzipan paste to make the chocolate marzipan candy.

🆚 Homemade VS store-bought

Pick homemade or store-bought marzipan to make these homemade chocolate marzipan balls.

These are some of the points to consider.

Homemade Almond Paste Marzipan:

• is healthier and not that sweet - you get to adjust the amount of sugar in it. In fact, you can even skip the sugar altogether to make it a sugarless, low-carb and gluten-free marzipan if you want!
• you can make your almond paste vegan. My homemade marzipan recipe is eggless.
• you can choose to add rose water or orange blossom water and even bitter almond extracts
• it can be tedious to peel all the almonds and to make the paste. You need a good grinder.

Store-bought Marzipan:

• convenient use, you can unpack it and get going without wasting time.
• you don't always get to buy ready made marzipan. It's not readily available all over the world.
• you don't know what's in it. At times, the paste tastes artificial and it's super sweet.

📜 Variations

My marzipan is a German marzipan variation prepared with peeled almonds.

Other countries make it a bit different.

However, you can use whichever marzipan you prefer for the chocolate coated marzipan

Don't limit yourself to the way I made my chocolate covered marzipan balls.

In fact, here some homemade marzipan chocolate ball variations and ideas to get your creative juices flowing!

1. Use pistachios instead of almonds to make pistachio marzipan
2. Melt a few batches of white chocolate and color each differently. Dip your balls into each color separately after each layer has dried to create fun layers.
3. Color your almond paste with dry active charcoal to make it pitch black and dip into bright colored or white chocolate.
4. Create a simple design with your toothpick with another batch of colored white chocolate. You could draw a little heart.
5. Use regular dark chocolate to prepare a healthier version of your chocolate marzipan balls and perhaps you can turn the core into pink marzipan to add contrast.
6. Top each ball with sprinkles right after dipping it in chocolate.
7. Instead of melted chocolate use cocoa powder to coat the balls

👁️ More candy

• Good Luck Marzipan pig -  New Year's treat
• Natural simple honey marzipan candy
• Painted colorful Marzipan hearts
• Dark Chocolate Toasted Almond and Coconut Hearts

📖 Recipe