Apple Shaped Truffles With Apple Butter Teacher Gift
One of my favorite foods as a kid was apple butter spread on toast. I wanted to bring those nostalgic flavors to these cute apple-shaped truffles.
These apple butter truffles with pretzels are perfect for a back-to-school party treat, fall bake sale, or as a teacher gift for Teacher Appreciation Day, Christmas, or the end of the year.
I’ve combined the flavors of sweet apple butter with crunchy pretzel inside white chocolate flavored candy melts for a sweet and salty truffle surprise.
If you’re making these cute apple truffles as a teacher gift, you can print out one of these free teacher thank you cards to go with them.
If they’re a back-to-school treat, my first day of school tags are a cute way to top off a cellophane bag.
Packaging Ideas For Your Apple Truffles
If you’re giving these apple truffles as a gift or selling them, you’ll want to package them up to look adorable. Here are some cute ideas for packaging truffles:
- Mini Cupcake Liners in Boxes
- Place each truffle in a mini cupcake liner inside a small gift box or bakery box with a clear lid.
- Add shredded paper or tissue under them for cushioning.
- Clear Cellophane Bags
- Put 3–5 truffles in each bag, tied with twine, ribbon, or raffia.
- Add a gift tag or sticker for a rustic, handmade look.
- Glass Jars or Mason Jars
- Layer truffles in a wide-mouth jar with parchment between layers.
- Decorate the lid with fabric, ribbon, or a custom label.
- Tin Boxes
- Use festive cookie or candy tins with tissue paper lining.
- Great for holiday-themed or upscale gifts.
- Egg Cartons
- Perfect for rustic or eco-friendly packaging — paint or wrap the outside.
- Each truffle gets its own compartment!
Ingredients You’ll Need For Apple-Shaped Truffles With Apple Butter
- 9 Ounces Red Candy Melts
- 2 Ounces Green Candy Melts
- Apple Butter
- Pretzel Sticks
- Pretzel Twists
Equipment You’ll Need To Make The Apple Butter Truffles
- Piping Bags
- Microwave-safe bowls
- Spoons
- Semi Sphere Mold (I used a larger mold to fit all the pretzel bits in, but you can use a smaller mold if you want smaller truffles. Just crush the pretzels smaller.)
How To Make The Apple-Shaped Truffles
Melt the red candy melts in the microwave, in a microwave-safe bowl in 30-second increments until it is melted and smooth. Stirring in between each time. Be sure not to overheat or your candy will seize up.
Spoon the melted candy melts into the mold and use the back of a spoon to spread it around, going up to the top edges of each mold.
Place the mold in the freezer for a few minutes to set the candy melts.
Take the mold out of the freezer and add more of the candy melts to each mold following the same steps as before. This second layer will make sure they’re strong enough and there are no gaps. Put the mold back in the freezer for a few minutes.
Crush the pretzel twists into small pieces. These will go in the truffle filling.
Using clean hands or a knife, break the pretzel sticks to less than a half inch tall, and place them to them side for later. These will be the stems for the apples.
Lay the mold with the hardened chocolate on a flat surface and spoon in the apple butter into each sphere. Fill each section one-third of the way.
Then add the small pretzel twist pieces on top of the apple butter. Add enough pieces to cover the entire area inside the molds.
If needed, reheat the red melting chocolate, then pour some over each open section to close up the molds. Be sure to spread the chocolate over all the edges so the spheres are completely closed and nothing will leak out.
Place the mold back in the freezer for a few minutes.
Take the mold out of the freezer, place it on a flat surface sphere side up, and gently push the truffles out of the mold.
Melt the green candy melts in 30-second increments, stirring in between, and put the melted candy in a piping bag. Cut a small hole at the tip of the piping bag.
Pipe a leaf on top of the truffle. To pipe the leaf make a teardrop shape. Putting the thicker side at the top of the truffle and thin it out as you go down the side until you make a point.
Quickly add the mini pretzel stick on top of the leaf while it’s still wet. If the stick doesn’t stay, pipe a little bit of green chocolate around it to hold it up. Let the chocolate dry.
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Apple Shaped Truffles With Apple Butter Cute Teacher Gift
Equipment
- 1 Spoon
- 2 Microwave Safe Bowls
Ingredients
- 9 Ounces Red Candy Melts
- 2 Ounces Green Candy Melts
- Apple Butter
- Pretzel Sticks
- Pretzel Twists
Instructions
- Melt the red candy melts in the microwave, in a microwave-safe bowl in 30-second increments until it is melted and smooth. Stirring in between each time. Be sure not to overheat or your candy will seize up.
- Spoon the melted candy melts into the mold and use the back of a spoon to spread it around, going up to the top edges of each mold.
- Place the mold in the freezer for a few minutes to set the candy melts.
- Take the mold out of the freezer and add more of the candy melts to each mold following the same steps as before. This second layer will make sure they’re strong enough and there are no gaps. Put the mold back in the freezer for a few minutes.
- Crush the pretzel twists into small pieces. These will go in the truffle filling.
- Using clean hands or a knife, break the pretzel sticks to less than a half inch tall, and place them to them side for later. These will be the stems for the apples.
- Lay the mold with the hardened chocolate on a flat surface and spoon in the apple butter into each sphere. Fill each section one third of the way.
- Then add the small pretzel twist pieces on top of the apple butter. Add enough pieces to cover the entire area inside the molds.
- If needed reheat the red melting chocolate, then pour some over each open section to close up the molds. Be sure to spread the chocolate over all the edges so the spheres are completely closed and nothing will leak out.
- Place the mold back in the freezer for a few minutes.
- Take the mold out of the freezer, place it on a flat surface sphere side up, and gently push the truffles out of the mold.
- Melt the green candy melts in 30 second increments stirring in between and put the melted candy in a piping bag. Cut a small hole at the tip of the piping bag.
- Pipe a leaf on top of the truffle. To pipe the leaf make a teardrop shape. Putting the thicker side at the top of the truffle and thin it out as you go down the side until you make a point.
- Quickly add the mini pretzel stick on top of the leaf while it’s still wet. If the stick doesn’t stay, pipe a little bit of green chocolate around it to hold it up. Let the chocolate dry.
