Vegan Chocolate Orange Truffles

July 09, 2022

These rich chocolate & citrus filled truffles are perfect for the lovers of Jaffa flavour. Combining crushed nuts with our flours, cocoa and dates provides a delicious vegan chocolate truffle base that you could use for your favourite chocolate flavour (mint essence, rose water etc).

These truffles are:

Gluten free
Vegan
refined sugar free
protein rich

Ingredients

170g soft dates pitted (soaked in warm water for 20mins)
60g roasted walnuts or hazelnuts
60g of pecan/walnut/hazelnut flour
Juice and zest of 1 medium orange
50g of cocoa powder
1TBSP of melted coconut oil
1 pinch of salt
1 small block of Dairy free chocolate chopped (to be used for coating)

Method

Drain the dates and blitz into a puree in a food processor
Add all other ingredients except the chocolate to the food processor and blitz until well combined
Using a tsp measure portion out 1 heaped teaspoon and roll into individual balls
Repeat until all mixture used
Put into the fridge to set for 30mins
When balls are set put the chopped chocolate into a heatproof dish/bowl and melt in the microwave for 30s intervals (using a spoon to mix) until runny.
Using a spoon coat the balls in the melted chocolate and put onto a tray to be refrigerated until service

You could also garnish them with candied orange peel or drizzle more melted chocolate for a more fancy look. Enjoy!