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30 • minutes
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15 • truffles
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Medium

Healthy Holiday Truffles

5/5 (2)

Ingredients

  • tick½ cup apricots
  • tick½ cup Chantal Organics Raisins
  • tick½ cup macadamia nuts
  • tick½ cup Chantal Organics Sunflower Seeds
  • tickJuice and zest of ½ an orange
  • tick1 tsp ground cinnamon
  • tick1 tsp vanilla extract
  • For the coating
  • tick2 chocolate bars (we love Loving Earth)
  • tick½ cup Chantal Organics Pumpkin Seeds, finely chopped
  • tick½ cup Chantal Organics Desiccated Coconut

instructions

  • Step 1.

    Blitz the dried fruit, nuts and seeds in a blender into a chunky and sticky dough-like consistency. Add the orange, cinnamon and vanilla and pulse a few times to combine.

  • Step 2.

    With wet hands, roll into small balls. Chill them in the fridge for 30 minutes to set.

  • Step 3.

    Melt the dark chocolate over a double boiler or bowl of hot water.

  • Step 4.

    Stick a wooden skewer into each truffle and then dip carefully into the chocolate.

  • Step 5.

    Gently roll in crushed pumpkin seeds and desiccated coconut.

  • Step 6.

    Place on a plate lined with baking paper. Put the truffles in the fridge for another half an hour or so to set.

Chantal Organics Products used

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Desiccated Coconut

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