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These Vegan Chocolate Truffles are the most delicious treat - they're melt-in-your-mouth silky, rich, creamy, velvetyandperfectly sweet. They're easy to make, and are gluten-free, refined sugar free and paleo-friendly too. They make excellent edible giftsforValentine's Day, Mother's Day, Easter, Christmas, and everything in between!
As much as I love dark chocolate, the one thing I have missed a lot since going dairy-free has been sweet, creamy, melt-in-your-mouth milk chocolate truffles.
I wasn't particularly keen on using coconut cream to make truffles, as I was worried the coconut taste might overpower the chocolate, so I decided to use blended cashews astheir neutral flavour makes them the perfect base.
How to make this recipe
Scroll down to the bottom of the post for the full recipe.
- Soak the cashews in cold water overnight or in boiling water for 15 minutes.
- Add to a food processoralong with all the other ingredients.
Tip: You can get hold of cacao butter online, in local health food stores or large supermarkets.
- Whizz until completely smooth.
- Taste and adjust flavour accordingly.
- Put the mixture (keeping it in the food processor but you can transfer to a bowl if you wish) into the fridge and leave for 2 hours to harden – the mixture should be hard enough to easily shape into balls.
- Sprinkle cocoa powder onto a plate.
- Use two teaspoons to make teaspoon-sized balls of the mixture, then use your hands to roll the mixture in the cocoa powder.
- Repeat for the rest of the mixture.
How long do these keep for?
These Chocolate Truffles keep in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 5 days.
More vegan chocolate treats
- Healthy Snickers Ice Cream Bites
- Matcha Chocolate Truffles
- Hazelnut Chocolate Truffles
- Strawberry Chocolate Truffles
- Snickers Bars
- Twix Bars
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Vegan Chocolate Truffles
These Vegan Chocolate Truffles are the most delicious treat - they're melt-in-your-mouth silky, super creamy, perfectly sweet and most importantly, undetectably dairy-free.
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Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American, European
Keyword: cashew chocolate truffles, paleo chocolate, refined sugar free chocolate truffles, vegan chocolate truffles
Prep Time: 15 minutes minutes
Total Time: 15 minutes minutes
Servings: 16 truffles
Calories: 63kcal
Author: Rhian Williams
Ingredients
- 120 g (1 cup) raw cashew nuts soaked in cold water overnight or in boiling water for 15 minutes
- 20 g (0.7 oz) cacao butter
- 2 heaped teaspoons cocoa powder
- 3 tablespoons maple syrup to taste (or sub any other sweetener)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Salt to taste
- 2 teaspoons cocoa powder for dusting
Instructions
Drain soaked cashews and add to a food processor along with all the other ingredients*.
Whizz until completely smooth.
Taste and adjust flavour accordingly.
Put the mixture (keeping it in the food processor but you can transfer to a bowl if you wish) into the fridge and leave for 2 hours to harden – the mixture should be hard enough to easily shape into balls.
Sprinkle cocoa powder onto a plate.
Use two teaspoons to make teaspoon-sized balls of the mixture, then use your hands to roll the mixture in the cocoa powder.
Repeat for the rest of the mixture.
Keep truffles in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 5 days.
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Notes
*If your food processor isn’t very powerful, it may have trouble with the cacao butter. In this case, melt the cacao butter first using a bain-marie before adding to the food processor.
Nutrition Facts
Vegan Chocolate Truffles
Amount Per Serving
Calories 63Calories from Fat 36
% Daily Value*
Fat 4g6%
Saturated Fat 1g5%
Sodium 1mg0%
Potassium 57mg2%
Carbohydrates 4g1%
Sugar 2g2%
Protein 1g2%
Calcium 7mg1%
Iron 0.5mg3%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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Reader Interactions
Comments
Anna
Absolutely love these - they're so soft and just melt in your mouth! Dangerously addictive too...Reply
Rhian Williams
Thank you! And I agree!
Sonzi
Delicious (and your photos are amazeballs!)Reply
Rhian Williams
Thank you so much!
Radha
Hi Rhian! Do you have a chocolate cake or chocolate cupcake recipe?Reply
Rhian Williams
Hi! Yes I do. Here are a couple of chocolate cake recipes: https://www.rhiansrecipes.com/gluten-free-vegan-chocolate-sponge-layer-cake/ and https://www.rhiansrecipes.com/gluten-free-vegan-chocolate-truffle-cake/ and here's a chocolate cupcake recipe: https://www.rhiansrecipes.com/gluten-free-vegan-chocolate-cupcakes/ hope that helps!
joanne
Hi! Is raw cacao powder the same as the cocoa powder in your recipe? I'm looking forward to trying these. Thanks!
Reply
Rhian Williams
Hi - yes you can use either!
