Coconut Date Truffle Bites
Recipe: #18082
March 15, 2015
Categories: Desserts, Almond, Coconut, Dates, Christmas Gluten-Free, High Fiber, Low Cholesterol, No Eggs, Non-Dairy, Vegan, Vegetarian, Kosher Dairy, more
"I love chocolate, nuts and fruit! Prep time includes 1 hour of refrigerator time."
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (163.8 g)
- Calories 474.1
- Total Fat - 2.8 g
- Saturated Fat - 0.8 g
- Cholesterol - 0 mg
- Sodium - 20.9 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 120.5 g
- Dietary Fiber - 13.2 g
- Sugars - 101.2 g
- Protein - 4.5 g
- Calcium - 68.4 mg
- Iron - 1.9 mg
- Vitamin C - 0.7 mg
- Thiamin - 0.1 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Place the almonds in a food processor; process until finely ground. Add dates; process until finely ground. Add coconut and the next 3 ingredients (through salt), pulse until combined.
Step 2
Scoop about 2 teaspoons cocoa mixture with a spoon, and roll into a ball. repeat the procedure with the remaining cocoa mixture. Place the truffles on a platter lined with parchment paper and refrigerate for 1 hour.
Step 3
Place the chocolate in a medium microwave-safe bowl. Micorwave at high for 1 minute and 20 seconds or until melted, stirring every 20 seconds. Add the truffles, stirring gently to coat. Return the truffles to the platter until the chocolate sets.
Tips
No special items needed.