Chocolate Date & Nut Truffles
 
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A quick and easy alternative to processed chocolate. Healthy yet delicious. This treat is a brilliant addition to your snack menu or to be added to a lunch box.
Marissa:
Recipe type: Treats
Cuisine: British
Servings: 20
Ingredients
  • 200g fresh Dates, pitted (I used Mazafati Dates)
  • 100g raw unsalted Cashew nuts
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla paste
  • 3 heaped tablespoons Raw Cocoa Powder
  • 1 tablespoon Maple Syrup
Method
  1. Add the cashew nuts to a bowl and cover the nuts with boiling water.
  2. Allow the nuts to soften for 15 minutes.
  3. Drain the water and recover with fresh water for another 15 minutes.
  4. When the nuts have been soaked drain and add them to a food processor.
  5. Add the remaining ingredients and blend until smooth and the pieces of the nuts are no bigger than 2 mm.
  6. Scape the mixture out of the blender and place in a bowl.
  7. Cover and refrigerate the mixture.
  8. Roll the mixture into small truffles and serve as is or roll in desiccated coconut.
Tips
The truffles will keep in the fridge for a week.
Recipe by Marissa's Recipes & Ideas at https://www.marissa.co/quick-easy-healthy-date-and-almond-truffles-chocolate-cashew-truffles/