Vegan Chocolate Snowman Truffles

Almond, coconut and chocolate truffles coated in dairy free white chocolate with a snowman decoration

Course Dessert

Cuisine British

Keyword vegan

Prep Time 30

Chilling time 45

Total Time 1 15

Servings

Calories 169kcal

Author thebakingexplorer

Ingredients

For the truffles

50 g Crazy Jack Ground almonds
50 g Crazy Jack Desiccated coconut
135 g Crazy Jack Soft dates
20 g Cocoa powder
40 ml Maple syrup
1 tsp Vanilla extract
A pinch of salt

For decoration

150 g Dairy free white chocolate
10 g Dairy free dark chocolate
One strip of carrot peel

Metric - US Customary

Instructions

Put the dates, ground almonds, desiccated coconut, maple syrup, vanilla extract and salt into a food processor or high powered blender (I used a NutriBullet) and blend until the mixture starts to ball together
Weigh the mixture out into even sized lumps (mine were 25g each) and roll them into neat balls using the palm of your hands
Place them onto a lined baking tray and put in the fridge for 30 minutes to chill
To make the carrot noses, peel a strip off a carrot. Press the strip between some kitchen roll a few times to remove the moisture, then cut out little triangles
Melt the white chocolate in the microwave for 30 seconds, then stir, then heat in 10 second blasts, stirring between each one until smooth
Dip the truffles into the white chocolate. I use a fork to scoop them out and gently tap off the excess white chocolate. Then gently shimmy them off the fork and back onto the baking paper lined tray. Don't worry about any trails of chocolate around the base of the truffle, you can trim them off when the chocolate sets
Stick the carrot noses on, dab one side with some white chocolate using a cocktail stick to adhere it to the truffle
Put the truffles back in the fridge for 15 minutes to harden up the white chocolate
Melt the dark chocolate in the microwave for 30 seconds, then stir, then heat in 10 second blasts, stirring between each one until smooth
Dip a cocktail stick into the dark chocolate and dab spots onto the truffles for the snowmen's eyes and mouth, leave to set for a few minutes
Store in an airtight container in the fridge for 1 - 2 weeks

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