Healthly Pure Chocolate Truffle Snacks

Healthy and Chocolate in the same title? Go Dairy Free has done it again.  I am totally in.  These are similar to some truffles we used to make. I would use sun butter. Yum!

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Healthy Pure Chocolate Truffle Snacks

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Prep time

20 mins

Total time

20 mins

For slightly sweeter snack balls that still have ample cacao benefits, you can substitute 85% chocolate chips. Note that the prep time does not include chilling time in the refrigerator.

Author: Alisa Fleming, founder of GoDairyFree.org

Serves: about 9 truffle bites

Ingredients

• 4 large, pitted Medjool dates
• 2 tablespoons Pascha 100% Cacao Dark Chocolate Chips, melted
• 1 tablespoons almond butter (or sunflower seed butter for nut-free)
• Sweetener, optional (I use 3 to 4 drops vanilla stevia)
• Almond flour / meal (or unsweetened shredded coconut for nut-free)

Instructions

1. Soak the dates in hot water for 10 minutes. Drain.
2. In a medium bowl, mash (I use a fork) the soaked dates with the melted chocolate chips and almond butter, until relatively smooth and well-distributed. Add in sweetener, to taste, if desired.
3. Scoop the mixture by the generous ½ tablespoon and roll into balls.
4. Place some almond flour or almond meal (about 2 tablespoons, or more as needed) on a plate, and roll the balls in it to coat.
5. Refrigerate the truffles for 30 minutes to set-up. They can be stored in the refrigerator or freezer* until snack time!

Notes

*These healthy bites actually stay tender when frozen, so they can be eaten straight from the freezer and will keep there for a few months in an airtight plastic bag.