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Spiced Carrot Cake Chocolate Truffles

March 21, 2018 | After School Snacks, No-bake Sweets

Spiced Carrot Cake Truffles - These Spiced Carrot Cake Chocolate Truffles are a breeze to make and seriously delicious. The blend of spices, orange and chocolate is divine. They are gluten, grain and egg-free with options for dairy and nut-free.

This week’s Spiced Carrot Cake Chocolate Truffle recipe is one for the Easter Bunny! All of my taste testers (including my two little blondies) are in love with these little balls of deliciousness, so I reckon the big bunny will be impressed too.

My hubby said I should call them healthy Jaffas (kids couldn’t confer as they’ve not tried them, but Jaffas are now on their radar since stories of him getting up to mischief with them at the movies – hhhmm).

They look a bit fancy but they really couldn’t be easier to make (even I found them simple to put together and I hate too much fuss). Like most of my recipes, they are date and dried fruit-free (as well as gluten, grain-free and with options for nut and dairy-free). I’ve also included a Thermomix method.

Take a look at the variations (below the main recipe) for suggestions to alter the recipe to suit many specific dietary requirements.

Spiced Carrot Cake Chocolate Truffle

Prep 15 minutes
Cook 45 minutes
Total 1 hour
Serves: 20 truffles
Spiced Carrot Cake Truffles - These Spiced Carrot Cake Chocolate Truffles are a breeze to make and seriously delicious. The blend of spices, orange and chocolate is divine. They are gluten, grain and egg-free with options for dairy and nut-free.
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4.77 from 13 votes
These delicious truffles have a beautiful flavour - I think the carrot, cinnamon, orange and chocolate is a divine combination. 

Ingredients

Raw carrot cake filling

  • 150 g carrot/s -peeled and chopped into pieces
  • 165 g almond meal (1½ cups)
  • 85 g rice malt syrup or honey (¼ cup)
  • 1½ tbsp ground cinnamon
  • 1 tsp vanilla -powder, extract or essence
  • 1 orange/s -zest (just the orange part, no bitter white pith). You can alternatively use one drop of wild orange essential oil (this adds a gorgeous flavour)
  • 2 tbsp coconut oil -melted
  • 75 g walnuts (¼ cup) chopped

Chocolate coating

  • 200 g dark chocolate -70-85% cacao, broken into pieces
  • 1 tbsp coconut oil
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Method

Raw carrot cake filling

  • Place the carrot in a food processor and finely grate (if grating by hand you need to use the absolute finest side of the grater). Thermomix 10 seconds, speed 5.
  • Add the almond meal, sweetener, cinnamon, vanilla, orange zest (or oil) and coconut oil and mix until well combined. Thermomix 10 seconds, reverse speed 3.
  • Fold in the walnuts. Thermomix 5 seconds, reverse speed 2.
  • Roll into balls and place on a tray lined with a baking sheet. If the mixture is too wet to roll into balls, either add a little more almond meal or chill in the fridge to firm. It is a moist mixture (not sticky), but should be able to be formed into small balls (approx. 20).
  • Place in the freezer for 30 minutes or until firm.

Chocolate coating

  • To make the chocolate coating, bring a small amount of water to boil in a small pot, then turn off the heat. Place a bowl over it and add half the chocolate. Stir to melt then add the coconut oil.
  • Add the remaining chocolate and stir until completely melted.

Assemble

  • Remove the carrot balls from the freezer.
  • To assemble the truffles, use two forks to toss the carrot balls in the melted chocolate until coated and place back on the lined tray.
  • Once they are all coated, pop the tray into the fridge for 5 minutes to set. If you'd like, you can drizzle any remaining chocolate across the truffles (as pictured).

Store

  • In the fridge for up to 3 days or freeze for a couple of weeks.

Variations

Dairy-free

Make raw chocolate to coat or use a dairy-free chocolate.

Nut-free

Sub the almond meal with sunflower seeds, toasted and ground to a meal. Sub the walnuts with whole sunflower seeds.

Coconut-free

Replace the coconut oil with ghee or butter.

Fructose-friendly and vegan

Choose rice malt as your sweetener.

I really hope you LOVE these delicious truffles. To help my recipes to reach more people and support me on my mission to inspire a healthier world, please star rate this (or any other recipe) or leave a comment. It will be very much appreciated. G x

Course: Dessert Snack
Author: Georgia Harding

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Category: After School Snacks, No-bake Sweets Tags: almondmeal, carrot, chocolate, coconutfree, cornfree, dairyfree, dessert, easter, eggfree, garlicfree, glutenfree, grainfree, lowfructose, lowsugar, mothersday, onionfree, sesamefree, snack, soyfree, sweet, thermomix, truffle, vegan, wheatfree, yeastfree

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  1. Valeria says

    5 stars
    Sounds delicious – I will certainly try this… I was wondering if coconut flour would work as a substitute for the almond flour (I’m allergic to almond and your recommended substitute sunflower based flour). Thanks for your postings – they’re wonderful!

    March 23, 2018
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    • Georgia Harding says

      Hi Valeria. I’m not sure if coconut flour would be okay, is hazelnut or any other nut meal suitable by any chance? G x

      March 25, 2018
      Reply
  2. Carolina says

    5 stars
    OMG they’re so delicious! As easy to make as to eat, be careful! Or be like me and have them for dinner. Thank you x

    March 23, 2018
    Reply
    • Georgia Harding says

      Ha ha – yes I probably should have included a warning with this recipe. Thrilled you enjoyed them Carolina and thanks so much for your comment and taking the time to rate the recipe too. G x

      March 25, 2018
      Reply
  3. Ruth says

    Oh my goodness…….these are such a delicious nourishing chocolate covered treat………..so yummy and so moorish. Georgia, how could you!!!

    March 25, 2018
    Reply
    • Georgia Harding says

      Ha ha Ruth – I know they are very moorish. Thrilled you enjoyed them G x

      March 26, 2018
      Reply
  4. Anja says

    5 stars
    Just made the chocolate treat and they are delicious. I used two ripe bananas instead of the rice malt Sirup and it work really well. Even if the mixture feels a bit more wet it will set in the freezer. Thanks for sharing

    March 26, 2018
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    • Georgia Harding says

      Brilliant Anja, thanks for sharing your ‘tweek’ – so great to know G x

      March 28, 2018
      Reply
  5. Samantha Ashley says

    5 stars
    These are fantastic! Love your work Georgia. Another five star recipe. Thank you

    March 28, 2018
    Reply
    • Georgia Harding says

      Yay – thanks so much Samantha, so please you enjoyed them G x

      March 28, 2018
      Reply
  6. Kelly Boyce says

    Awesome treat…made these for a ‘ladies night’ and they were a hit. So simple to make, love your recipes. Thank you ?

    March 31, 2018
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    • Georgia Harding says

      Thanks so much Kelly – so pleased they were enjoyed all round. G x

      March 31, 2018
      Reply
  7. Michelle says

    5 stars
    OH. MY. GOODNESS. These truffles are divine!! I made them as Easter gifts for my family and neighbours (ok and inadvertently for myself when taste testing got out of hand!!). They honestly were really easy to make and although I had no intention of feeding them to my fuss pot children who rarely, if ever, eat raw carrots, they thought they must have been missing out on something amazing from everyone else’s rapturous scoffing… they joined in and were quite pleased with the new found treats!! Thanks Georgia for never failing to inspire me to make delicious wholesome food for my family xxx

    April 9, 2018
    Reply
    • Georgia Harding says

      That’s so great Michelle, you’ve really made my day. Sometimes I feel like reaching people in this cyber space is just too tough but feedback like yours re-inpires me to continuing being creative and sharing. Thanks so much for taking the time to post your comment (and rating) G x

      April 10, 2018
      Reply
  8. Paula says

    5 stars
    Your recipes are amazing thank you

    May 13, 2018
    Reply
    • Georgia Harding says

      Somehow missed your comment sorry Paula. Thanks so much, just thrilled you think so G x

      October 30, 2018
      Reply
  9. Elisha says

    5 stars
    I made these for a dinner party. Gorgeous! Everybody loved them!

    November 9, 2018
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    • Georgia Harding says

      Glad everyone enjoyed them Elisha, thanks for your feedback and the 5 stars!! G x

      November 9, 2018
      Reply
  10. Cathrine McInerney says

    These look delicious, can’t wait to try them!

    April 13, 2019
    Reply
    • Georgia Harding says

      Enjoy Cathrine Gx

      April 15, 2019
      Reply
  11. Jodie says

    I’m making these tomorrow but just want to check and make sure it is 1 1/2 tablespoons cinnamon, it might be right but just seems a lot.

    April 14, 2019
    Reply
    • Georgia Harding says

      Yes, I’m a huge fan of cinnamon. Feel free though to adjust if you like. You can always add a little, taste and add more if you think it needs it. Enjoy G x

      April 15, 2019
      Reply
  12. Kylie says

    5 stars
    Made these for Easter – they are amazing! The flavours worked so well. Will be making these again.

    June 14, 2020
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    • Georgia Harding says

      Yes, I always mean to make these more often too, not just at Easter. So glad you loved them G x

      June 15, 2020
      Reply
  13. Joanne Hancock says

    4 stars
    My 73 year old Mum thinks these are better than Ferrero Rocher.
    Great for diabetic Dad and was a perfect treat while down the river fishing for his birthday. First day out of lock down!
    Only 4 stars as had to keep it on ice.
    Will be doing this one again.
    Thanks for your creative culinary skills.

    August 10, 2021
    Reply
    • Georgia Harding says

      So glad they are a winner for your parents Joanne. Unfortunately unprocessed raw treats are so heat stable so freezing preserves them in an additive free way G x

      August 12, 2021
      Reply
  14. Terr says

    I do not have a scale to measure 150 grams. How much grated carrots are needed?

    April 11, 2022
    Reply
    • Well Nourished Team says

      Hi Terr, its around 2 1/2 smaller type carrots ☺️

      April 11, 2022
      Reply

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