These tasty truffles are pretty too, making an excellent healthy dessert or snack to satisfy your sweet tooth. Bonus: Impressive to serve for a dinner party too! Watch Laura Theodore make this recipe at vegan-ease.com
Author: Laura Theodore
Recipe type: Dessert
Cuisine: Vegan
Serves: 10-12
Ingredients
9 large Medjool dates, pitted
1⁄3 cup raisins
¼ cup raw unsweetened shredded dried coconut
1 tablespoon maple syrup
2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
Line a small baking sheet with unbleached parchment paper.
Instructions
Put the dates, raisins, coconut and maple syrup in a high-performance blending appliance and process to the consistency of soft dough.
Transfer the date mixture to a medium-sized bowl. Using a cookie scoop, spoon out a heaping tablespoon of the date mixture, and roll it into a ball.
Continue in this manner to form 10 to 12 truffle balls.
Put the cocoa powder in a small bowl. Roll the truffles in the cocoa powder until coated and place on the prepared baking sheet. Refrigerate 1 hour.
Stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator, truffles will keep up to 3 days.