Healthy Cocoa truffles using almond butter.
Since Christmas and New Year Eve is approaching i'm suggesting you a very easy recipe: homemade truffles, but much healthier than any chocolate or truffle that you can buy.
Get inspired with this recipe and prepare your chocolate candies at home, you can also make them as gifts, in a small box or in a small bag they are always a nice touch.
This Christmas prepare your homemade sweets with less sugar and less unhealthy fats.
Given the huge amount of products fully loaded with sugar that you will find these days everywhere, it is interesting to have healthier alternatives. These truffles are a good example of this, they only carry 4 ingredients and their preparation is very simple and easy.
If there is something that strikes me about this type of candy is that you take one, or even two, and you do not have the sensation of thirst left by industrial sweets, you will feel good. And that is because they do not contain so much sugar and the fats come from the almond, so they are healthy and easy to digest.
They are very easy to prepare, you need a good chocolate, I used a 100% cocoa tablet, with no added sugar, almond milk, also unsweetened, almond butter.
Use cocoa without sugar to prepare your Christmas desserts and add your favorite sweetener. Control the ingredients.
To give them the sweet touch of coconut sugar, which within the natural sugars is one of those with a lower GI, although you can use birch or stevia sugar. Another option is to add crushed dates.
Inside each truffle I have put an almond, you can also put a hazelnut, that way you will remember more the famous chocolates that carry it.
To coat them on the outside I mixed pure cocoa powder, ground cinnamon and a little bit of coconut sugar.
You just have to melt the chocolate with the milk in a bowl, you can do it in the microwave, add the almond butter, the sweetener you choose, mix very well and form small balls putting an almond or a hazelnut in each one, then coat each one in the cocoa mixture and reserve them on a plate.
Prepare these truffles to give to your hosts when you go as a guest, they are a beautiful and tasty present.
Once you have molded them, store them in the fridge and let them cool at least 3 or 4 hours. Very cold they are delicious.
For dessert, with coffee, with your favorite tea or infusion, they really are delicious. Write down the recipe and try this sweet easy and fast, much healthier than conventional. You'll love it.
Cocoa truffles using almond butter
Ingredients
- 60 grams pure chocolate 100% (If you can not find it, use pure chocolate 85%)
- 3 tbsp Almond milk (If you prefer, use cow's milk)
- 2 tbsp almond butter
- 1 tbsp coconut sugar (You can use stevia, birch sugar or crushed dates)
- 1 pinch sea salt
- 8 toasted almonds
Covering
- 2 tbsp pure cocoa powder without sugar
- 1 pinch ground cinnamon
- 1 tbsp coconut sugar
Elaboration step by step
- In a bowl suitable for microwave, introduce the milk and chocolate, (half a tablet approximately). Heat at low power until the chocolate melts.
- Add the sweetener you choose, the pinch of salt and mix.
- Add the almond butter and mix very well. If the cocoa is still tempered it will be much easier to mix everything.
- When you have a paste that can be molded, form the balls and put inside each one an almond or a hazelnut. (Ideally, they are already toasted).
- Prepare the mixture to coat the truffles in another bowl.
- Reboza each pellet and reserve in the refrigerator, at least 3 hours.
- Put each ball in a small mold of truffle paper, on a tray, in a small box, serve them as you see fit. They are ideal at coffee time or in desserts. Enjoy!
How delicious, live the healthy sweets !!!!
Thank you very much Xelo! I hope that you encourage them to prepare them, it is definitely worth trying these options with less sugar and all the flavor. Happy Holidays! 😉