The following two recipes also appear in my first book “Chocolate Recipe Guilt Free”. As they make the perfect Christmas gift beautifully wrapped and decorated I have also included them in this book.
Chocolate Truffles
Author: Lucy Walter
Recipe type: Dessert
Tools: Food Processor
Ingredients
- ½ cup almonds
- ½ cup shredded coconut
- ¼ cup chia seeds
- ½ cup dried apricots
- ¼ cup cacao powder
- ¾ cup dates – pitted and soaked overnight
- ½ goji berries
- ¼ cup agave
- ¼ cup for cacao powder for coating
- ¼ cup chocolate recipe no. 3-optional
Instructions
- Process almonds, coconut, dried apricots and goji berries until quite fine.
- Add chia seeds, cacao powder, dates and agave and process to a moist consistency
- Refrigerate for a few hours if mixture is too sticky to handle
- Roll tablespoonfuls of mixture into balls
- Place extra cacao powder in a bowl and roll balls around to coat them. To get a
- smoother finish reroll balls in the palm of your hand
- Store in an airtight container in the fridge
- Variation - roll balls in melted chocolate recipe no. 3 and place in fridge to set
- Store in an airtight container in the fridge
