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We love Maple Nut Candy! If you live on the West Coast, you may know what these are: Maple Walnut Truffles are a See’s Candy copycat recipe. This iconic maple candy recipe will bring back those childhood memories. How sweet!
Homemade Maple Nut Candy
Never had a maple nut truffle before? It tastes just like it sounds, with maple and walnut flavor but has the perfect amount of sweetness! The maple buttercream filling is coated in chocolate and the flavor tastes exactly like See’s Candy Maple Walnut Truffle.
Whether you are making these See’s Candy truffles as a gift or simply want to impress your guests, you will certainly enjoy the process of making them and they taste delicious! This is a must-share treat!
How this recipe works:
- The filling is quick to make, but it needs to chill for at least 30 minutes before you roll it into balls. Once you’ve rolled the filling into balls you will need to chill them for another 10 minutes.
- To make the maple walnut filling, use a hand or a stand mixer. It will make it easier to get the creamy texture for the filling.
- Line a baking sheet with wax paper. This will make it easy to remove the truffles once they’re set.
- Use a microwave-safe bowl for melting the candy melts.
- For dipping, use a spoon, fork, and toothpicks.
- To create the chocolate drizzle on top of each truffle, use a squeeze bottle or a plastic bag with the corner snipped off.
Ingredients in See’s Truffles
- Unsalted butter- softened
- Pure maple syrup- to give the closest taste of maple
- Powdered sugar- for the perfect coating
- Vanilla- just a little bit for an enhanced flavor
- Maple extract- this is what makes the maple candy taste just like See’s Candy’s original
- Chopped toasted walnuts – for that special crunch
- Chocolate candy melts- I like to use Ghiradeli melting wafers (see recipe notes for other options)
- Optional- heavy whipping cream
How to make Maple Nut Candy
- The filling is made with softened butter, maple syrup, powdered sugar, vanilla, and maple extract.
- Combine all of the ingredients until you have a creamy mixture. At this point, you can stir in chopped walnuts.
- Chill the filling for 30 minutes which will allow it to firm up so you can form it into balls.
- Once chilled, scoop a tablespoon of the filling and form it into a ball. Repeat with the rest of the filling, placing each ball on the baking sheet lined with wax paper.
- Chill the balls for at least 10 minutes or until you are ready to dip them in chocolate. I recommend only removing a few balls at a time from the refrigerator since they will be difficult to work with if they warm up.
Why you’ll love Maple Nut Candy
Although they might look complicated, homemade truffles are actually pretty easy to make. Have a bestie help you bake these maple nut truffles and enjoy the taste of nostalgia together when they are done! Maple Walnut Truffles are a delicious walnut candy truffle recipe – a See’s Copycat! These classic truffles are so good and will remind you of childhood.
FAQs
No, the pancake syrup will alter the taste of the maple walnut truffle. Only use pure maple syrup.
You don’t have to if you don’t have it, but the maple truffle won’t have as strong of a flavor as the See’s Candy ones do.
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Maple Walnut Truffles
Ingredients
- ¼ cup (57g) unsalted butter , softened
- 1 tablespoon (15ml) pure maple syrup
- 1 ½ cups (170g) powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- ¼ teaspoon maple extract
- 1 cup (96g) chopped toasted walnuts (see note)
- 8 ounces chocolate candy melts such as Candiquik (see note)
- 2 teaspoons heavy whipping cream optional – see note
Instructions
- Mix butter, maple syrup, and powdered sugar with a hand mixer. Add both extracts and beat until creamy. If the mixture is having trouble coming together (if you're using a hand mixer it'll take longer) add 1 teaspoon heavy cream or milk and continue mixing, adding up to another teaspoon. Stir in walnuts.
- Scoop 1 tablespoon sized balls of dough and place on a wax paper lined cookie sheet. Chill for 30 minutes.
- Melt your candy in a microwave safe bowl according to package directions. Roll each truffle between your palms to form a cohesive ball.
- Dip each truffle in the bowl of chocolate. Do not roll it around, use a spoon to spoon chocolate over the top. Lift onto a fork carefully and tap to remove excess chocolate. Place on a wax-paper lined cookie sheet. I find it best to use a toothpick to help the truffle slide off the fork without disturbing too much of the coating. (See notes for link to my truffle dipping tips post.)
- Note: these truffles soften quickly. If you find them getting to soft, re-chill them and only remove a few at a time to dip.
- Chill dipped truffles for just a few minutes, until coating is semi-hard. Meanwhile transfer the remaining chocolate to a squeeze bottle (or a plastic bag with the tip cut off) and pipe swirls or swipes of chocolate over the top for decoration.
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Recipe Notes
- Learn how to toast nuts here!
- The reason for adding the cream/milk is because if your butter isn’t soft enough when you start and/or if you’re using a hand mixer it might take awhile for your mixture to come together and it might need a little more moisture.
- This is like making buttercream, but you want it thicker so it’ll hold together in the truffle.
- Read all my truffle dipping tips here.
Recipe Nutrition
Classic Maple Walnut Truffles – a See’s copycat recipe! Make maple buttercream truffles covered in chocolate – such a great easy candy recipe.
Last Updated on December 20, 2022
Do you use pure maple syrup or pancake type maple syrup? These look very yummy!
I used pure maple syrup for these!
Is this salted or unsalted butter?
I use unsalted, but you can use salted if you like! Since it’s not baked, omit all salt if using salted butter and do a little taste taste before you roll them to see if you need to add any.
Am anxious to try your Maple Walnut Truffles: 1-because they sound and look delicious and 2-because they are a copycat recipe of a See’s candy!!!!! My problem: being a native of California I grew up with See’s candy and enjoyed them for many, many years, but now I live in Texas . . . There are no See’s stores in Texas!! (not REAL stores anyway, the grocery chain HEB carries a limited variety of boxed See’s, but it just isn’t the same (sigh)). So my question is: do you have any more recipes that copycat other See’s candies???
I followed the ingredients and directions to the tee, after all the work and money, not to mention the time, they were WAY to sweet. Â In to the garbage they all went.
I made these truffles and wrote about them here. These now my new favorite Christmas cookie. I had to tackle my mother for the last one. Thank you SOOOO much for sharing the recipe. It’s so wonderfully evil!!!! 🙂
Hi. Where can I find Maple extract?? I’ve been looking all over with no luck!!!
Just made these and they are delicious! I can’t wait to give them out as gifts.
Yay! I’m so glad you like them!
I lived in Watsonville, Calif. and was used to See’s Candy. When we first moved here about 29 years ago we did have a See’s Candy store before it left and was only in Denver. We finally have a See’s candy store that came back in a few years ago. Some people here think Stephanie’s or Mrs. May’s chocolates are the best. I don’t think they hold a candle to See’s. I guess it is just what one is brought up with.
Nothing is as good as See’s! 🙂
Many years ago, when my children were barely old enough to go to school, I worked at a See’s Candy Store for 2 years. We were told that when we were ‘on the clock’ we could not only eat all the candy we wanted we were actually encouraged to do so, so that we could describe in our own words what it tasted like. Believe it or not, I was a “Take Off Pounds Sensibly” member at goal almost the entire time. I ate little else on the days I ate See’s! I was not born or raised anywhere on or near the west coast and had never heard of See’s before. It truly is the best candy in my humble opinion. The company buys only the very best ingredients which is one of the reasons that their candy is soooo good! They actually give every customer a piece of candy to enjoy while they are selecting their purchase. Absolutely top notch! Like someone else mentioned, the only way I can keep See’s Candy in our home more than 24 hours is to hide it. I am able to ration it out to myself…savoring each piece…But not my hubby….gone in what appears as seconds! Since I live back in the CST zone again, alas…I have to order it online!!!
What a wonderful memory! I think I would have been 300 pounds if I worked there. Kind of like working where I do now, lol! 😉 Thanks for reading and sharing!
What is the best way to store these?
I like to store my truffles in the refrigerator until I’m ready to set them out, or about an hour before so they can come to room temperature. You can keep them on the counter in a sealed container, but they’ll last longer in the fridge, because of the butter. 🙂
I grew up in the East Bay and there is nothing like See’s Candy. My aunt got the See’s fudge recipe in @ 1952 and brought it home for my mom ot make. I still make it and love it. And Fantasy fudge is just a knock off and not the real thing. Did you know that See;s now sells their chocolate chips? I want to get some to use for the fudge .Now I have no choice but to make the Maple Walnut Truffles. Thank you for the recipe.
I’m sorry, what now? They sell the chocolate chips? Must. Get. Some. 🙂 Thanks so much!
They have the choc chips in their online store so I’m hoping they have them in the local stores also. They are more expensive but they’ve just got to be good!
Oh I bet they are amazing!
I grew up in Redwood City….and there is nothing like See’s Candy…Bought a bunch of it at S.F.O. before flying out here to Florida…My daughter is sending me a few boxes for Christmas…I can’t wait
I used to live in So. San Francisco too. I remember that wonderful smell!!
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