How To Make Chocolate Truffle Energy Bites
Put together a vegan dessert with these decadent chocolate truffle bites! It’s made with Medjool dates, peanuts, and sunflower seeds for a healthy treat.
Serves:
Ingredients
- 14Medjool dates,pitted, soaked in warm water for 10 minutes
- 2tsppure vanilla extract
- ¼cupunsweetened cocoa powder
- ½cupsalted peanuts,dry roasted
- ½cupsunflower seeds
For Optional Coating:
- cocoa powder
- shredded coconut
- nuts,crushed
- mini chocolate chips
Instructions
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Soak the dates in warm water for 15 minutes, then drain them. Or chop them up into tiny pieces.
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Put the dates, vanilla extract, cocoa powder, peanuts, and sunflower seeds into the blender or food processor, and blend for 4 to 5 minutes or until a thick oily “dough” ball is formed. The dough will be oily from the seeds and nuts.
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Scrape down the sides of the blender or food processor a few times to get all of the dry ingredients to the bottom.
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Once a dough is formed, scoop the dough, about 1 tablespoon each, and roll it into a smooth ball by hand.
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If rolling into the desired coatings, spread the ingredients onto a plate and roll the moist dough ball around to fully cover.
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Serve and enjoy!
Recipe Notes
Store bites in the refrigerator for up to 7 days.
Nutrition
- Calories: 97.92kcal
- Fat: 3.22g
- Saturated Fat: 0.52g
- Trans Fat: 0.00g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 1.52g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.78g
- Carbohydrates: 17.85g
- Fiber: 2.41g
- Sugar: 14.31g
- Protein: 2.05g
- Sodium: 19.38mg
- Calcium: 18.99mg
- Potassium: 205.61mg
- Iron: 0.52mg
- Vitamin A: 1.51µg
- Vitamin C: 0.02mg
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