Sugar-free Cacao Truffles
Updated Jul. 29th, 2024
Add a little more love and chocolate to your life with these sugar-free truffles. You can enjoy them 100% guilt-free because these truffles fit even the most restrictive eating styles, such as paleo, vegan and even candida friendly! Make up a batch for your dinner party, or keep them stored in your freezer so you can grab one when you’re craving something sweet. These tasty treats are best served with a tall glass of almond milk and you’re favourite television series!
- Gluten Free
- Dairy Free
- Egg Free
- Sugar Free
- Vegetarian
Ingredients:
| chocolate butter | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1/2 cup sunflower seed butter | 3 tablespoons cacao powder | 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract |
| 2 tablespoons grape seed oil | 5 drops stevia concentrate |
| truffles | ||
|---|---|---|
| ½ cup extra virgin coconut oil | ¼ cup xylitol, ground | 1 teaspoon alcohol-free pure vanilla extract |
| 100g cacao paste or unsweetened chocolate, chopped | ½ cup cacao powder, divided | 25 drops stevia concentrate |
Directions
Coconut Butter: combine all ingredients in a bowl and mix until fully combined. Tip: Sometimes sunflower butter can be a little on the oily side, if this is the case just adjust the recipe by removing the grapeseed oil. Set aside.
Truffles:
- Over low heat, melt your coconut oil and stir in your cacao paste, xylitol and your chocolate butter. Stir consistently to avoid burning or sticking.
- Once combined, slowly add half of your cacao powder, making sure it is fully incorporated before removing the pan from the heat.
- Stir in your remaining ingredients and place in the fridge for 2-3 hours – you will want the mixture to be a little more firm and easier to handle.
- Place your remaining cacao powder in a small dish. Set aside.
- Using your hands, take the firm mixture and create bite sized, truffle balls. Roll in the cacao powder and place on a serving dish or in an airtight container. Repeat until all mixture is gone.
- Serve right away, or store in the fridge/freezer until you’re ready to serve!
Make It This Way
For best results, try grinding the xylitol in a coffee grinder in order to get the right consistency. If you don't have xylitol on hand, then ground coconut palm sugar can be substituted- it is also a much healthier alternative.
Try This
Try these cacao truffles with a tall, cold glass of almond milk. YUM!
Wow, these sound delectable and sugar free to boot! Going to make these this weekend.
Easy to make
Oooooooh yes, ooooh yes. I am a chocolate lover. And, I am a big fan of stevia as a sweetner as well. And coconut oil. And vanilla. And xylitol. And, while I don't always like sunflower seeds, I think that sunflower seeds will add a delightful flavor aspect here too (they are a rather versitile ingredient; I recall recently being rather impressed by a sunflower seed chocolate spread that I had the pleasure of trying). Thank you for giving me a delicious idea :D I am looking orward to giving it a try!!! (although I might replace all the grapeseed oil with coconut oil haha)