Description
These dairy-free Chocolate Crunch Date Truffles are easy to make and the best crunchy chocolate sweet treat to keep in your fridge at all times! These healthy truffles are made with dates, cacao powder, sunflower seed butter, pure vanilla extract, crispy puffed quinoa, and then covered in a chocolate ganache style shell for a melt-in-your-mouth chewy treat.
Ingredients
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- 2 cups dates, pitted
- 1/4 cup unsweetened cacao powder (or cocoa powder)
- 1/3 cup sunflower seed butter
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup crispy puffed quinoa (affiliate link)
- 1/3 cup plant milk (I used sunflower seed milk but any will work)
- 1 1/4 cup dairy-free chocolate chips
Instructions
- Combine the pitted dates, cacao powder, sunflower seed butter and vanilla in a food processor and process until you have a date paste, making sure everything is well combined. Spoon the mixture into a bowl and add the puffed quinoa. Stir to combine well, until you don’t have any loose puffed quinoa in the bowl and it’s all folded into the date paste.
- Using a tablespoon, roll into balls using about 1 tablespoon of the mixture per ball. You may need to squeeze them in your hands to get them to stick together and then roll until they are as smooth and as round as you can get them. Set them on a parchment-lined baking sheet.
- In a small saucepan, heat the plant milk over medium heat until it starts to bubble but isn’t a rolling boil. Remove from heat and whisk in the chocolate chips until they are all melted and you have a thick chocolate ganache.
- Working with one at a time, roll each date ball in the chococlate using a fork to fully cover it, tap the fork on the side of the saucepan to remove any excess chocolate and then carefully place it back on the baking sheet. Once all of the balls are covered in chocolate, you can use the fork to drizzle any leftover chocolate over the truffles if desired.
- Place the baking sheet in the fridge to set up for about 30 minutes. Store in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 3 days, after that, store them in an airtight container in the freezer to keep them crunchy for up to a few months.
Notes
Try to use the freshest dates possible.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Additional Time: 0 hours
- Cook Time: 0 hours
- Category: Chocolate
- Cuisine: American