Chestnut Truffles
User Reviews
5.0
3 reviews
Excellent
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Prep Time
10 mins
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Total Time
10 mins
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Servings
14 truffles
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Calories
83 kcal
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Course
Snacks
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Cuisine
International
Chestnut Truffles
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Chestnut Truffles with medjool dates and dark chocolate, and dusted with cocoa powder or desiccated coconut, a healthy and delicious treat that is vegan, gluten free and low in calories. It's an excellent treat over the festive season when chestnuts are very popular, but also all year round.
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Ingredients
- 200 g chestnuts ( vacuum-packed, ready-peeled and cooked)
- 100 g Medjool dates
- 50 g dark chocolate
- ¼ cup desiccated coconut
- ¼ cup cocoa powder
Instructions
- Add the dark chocolate to a blender or food processor and blitz to get a ground chocolate texture.
- Add the pitted dates and chestnuts, and blitz again to get a sticky, smooth paste.
- Have 2 bowls prepared, one with desiccated coconut, another one with cocoa powder.
- With wet hands, shape out balls from the chestnut mixture, then alternate rolling the truffles in cocoa powder, or in desiccated coconut.
Notes
- You can leave the dark chocolate out if you don't have any, the recipe will work without as well. Or you can swap the dark chocolate for any other chocolate of your choice.
- Chestnuts can be swapped for cashew nuts, as in my Date Energy Balls which use just cashew nuts and dates, and are as delicious.
- Make sure you have wet hands before shaping out the truffles, as the chestnut mixture is pretty sticky, and it would be hard otherwise to have neat balls.
- It also helps with the desiccated coconut sticking better to the truffles, the cocoa powder is pretty easy to stick.
- The truffles last very well at room temperature for a few dates - if they are not consumed beforehand, they really are delicious!
Nutrition Information
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Calories
83kcal
(4%)
Carbohydrates
15g
(5%)
Protein
1g
(2%)
Fat
3g
(5%)
Saturated Fat
2g
(10%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
0.1g
Monounsaturated Fat
1g
Trans Fat
0.001g
Cholesterol
0.1mg
(0%)
Sodium
2mg
(0%)
Potassium
176mg
(5%)
Fiber
2g
(8%)
Sugar
6g
(12%)
Vitamin A
16IU
(0%)
Vitamin C
6mg
(7%)
Calcium
12mg
(1%)
Iron
1mg
(6%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 14truffles
Amount Per Serving
Calories 83 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 83kcal | 4% |
| Carbohydrates | 15g | 5% |
| Protein | 1g | 2% |
| Fat | 3g | 5% |
| Saturated Fat | 2g | 10% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 0.1g | 1% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 1g | 5% |
| Trans Fat | 0.001g | 0% |
| Cholesterol | 0.1mg | 0% |
| Sodium | 2mg | 0% |
| Potassium | 176mg | 4% |
| Fiber | 2g | 8% |
| Sugar | 6g | 12% |
| Vitamin A | 16IU | 0% |
| Vitamin C | 6mg | 7% |
| Calcium | 12mg | 1% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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5.0
3 reviews
Excellent
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