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Health benefits
Avocado gives you a dose of healthy monounsaturated fats that support steady energy and keep you satisfied, while dark chocolate provides antioxidants and a lovely richness. Because these truffles rely on wholefood ingredients with no fillers, they’re far more satiating than traditional store-bought chocolates.
Ingredients
The mixture comes together with ripe avocados blended with melted chocolate (dark), a touch of vanilla extract and your choice of natural sweetener. A little cacao powder (or cocoa powder) finishes them off, though you can easily coat or mix in nuts, coconut or other add-ins.
How to make Avocado Chocolate Truffles
To make these healthy truffles, everything blends into a smooth paste in just a few minutes, then rests in the fridge until firm enough to roll. Once chilled, scoop and roll into small balls, dust in cacao or your chosen coating and keep chilled until ready to serve. It’s a very forgiving recipe, so you can adjust the sweetness or add flavour variations as you go.
Serving suggestions and how to store
These are best served cold, so the texture stays fudgy and firm. Keep a batch in the refrigerator for the week or store them in the freezer for longer. They thaw quickly, making them a handy treat to have on hand when guests pop in or when you want something sweet after dinner.
Vary these Avocado Truffles to suit your dietary needs
These are already suitable to a gluten-free diet. You can easily adapt these to vegan by choosing a dairy-free chocolate, using rice malt syrup for a lower-fructose option or rolling them in nuts, coconut or dried raspberries for extra texture. A splash of rum or a little peppermint or orange zest also turns them into a completely different style of truffle without needing a new recipe.
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Avocado Truffles
Ingredients
- 170 g dark chocolate – melted
- 2 avocado/s – I used the flesh of 2 x 200g avocados
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 85 g rice malt syrup, honey or maple syrup – (¼ cup)
- 1 tbsp cacao powder (to roll in)
Instructions
- Melt the chocolate by placing it in a bowl over just boiled water. Mix until melted.
- In a food processor or blender, process all the ingredients (except the cacao powder) until a smooth paste is formed. Mix through any of the flavour options.
- Place into an airtight container in the fridge for 2 – 3 hours.
- Once the mixture is firm, scoop out a heaped teaspoon and roll into balls.
- You can roll in cacao powder as I have done in the photo, or roll in any of the other options (nuts, coconut, etc)
Thermomix Method
- In a completely clean and dry Thermomix bowl, melt the chocolate (broken into rough pieces) for approx 3 minutes, 70deg, speed 2. (Adjust time as needed until all chocolate melted.)
- Add avocados, vanilla, sweetener and any flavour options. Mix 1 minute, speed 4, until a smooth paste is formed.
- Follow from Step 3 above, using a rubber spatula to thoroughly scrape out the Thermomix jug.
Store
- Store in the fridge or freezer and serve well chilled.
Notes
Flavour options
- Orange zest or orange oil, to taste
- Peppermint oil or essence, to taste
- Add in Rum/ conjac (for a Festive flavour)
- Add or roll in toasted crushed nuts
- Add or roll in coconut
- Add or roll in dried raspberries
Dairy-free
Make with a dairy-free chocolate.Low Fructose
Use rice malt syrup as your sweetener.What did you think of these nourishing avocado truffles…let me know in the comments below…
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