Dark, AvoChocolate Truffles
Truffles
SUPER Flippin EASY
~~~yet mind numbingly GOOOOOD~~~
Somewhat healthy way:
- 1 mashed avocado
- 1 cup organic, dark chocolate chips
- A little organic, raw honey or stevia if you really need it (chocolate chips are most likely sweetened and shouldn't need any extra sugar). You better be really trying to impress someone if you take this step...
- 1/2 to 1 tsp vanilla
Melt chocolate chips on the stove at a low heat
(And no, NOT in the microwave)
Mash avocado in a bowl, add melted chocolate, then add
vanilla and, but not preferably, honey/stevia/xylitol
Mix well with hand blender, cool in fridge for at least 1 hour, or until cool and firm. Sometimes it takes longer, be patient, I know its tough.
Roll in minced coconut, hemp seeds, chia, cacao nibs, whatevs.
Cool again.
Devour.
Superfood, advanced plan, no sugar (errrr maybe a touch of sugar), antioxidants galore way to make TRUFFLES
- 1 avocado
- (I usually use 2 and add more ingredients as necessary. Much taste testing involved!!)
- ~1/2c - 3/4c coconut oil (I'll have to measure this someday, without eyeballing it)
- Dash of cinnamon
- Dash of Himalayan salt
- Raw cAcao powder (1/2c, although many cacao's differ in potency, so a little experimentation may be needed!)
- 1-2 tsp vanilla
- (optional) Grassfed, cold-processed, undenatured, chocolate whey protein.
- 1 tbsp grassfed butter (optional)
- 1-2 tbsp chia seeds (optional)
- (optional) 1/4 cup full fat organic coconut milk
- 1-2 tbsp raw, organic honey. Or a couple drops of liquid stevia, if you're into that thing.
At a very low temperature, melt the coconut oil in a small pan on the stove, add the cacao powder, and possibly honey, and stir ingredients together. Add to the mashed avocado and stir.
Makes about 15 truffles. By all means go ahead and double, triple the recipe! And remember, taste test along the way! The mixture will taste better after cooling.
If you add to a food processor, you can add de-pitted dates, which will help sweeten the dish, while adding fiber to aid in balancing blood sugar.
Get creative.
- Add crushed pecans or almonds.
- Add more coconut milk (a full can) and freeze it. Turns in to a nice ice cream!!
- Add a couple drops of Peppermint essential oils (doTerra or YoungLiving)
- Ripe bananas always pair well.
And yes, RAW CACAO, not cOcoa.
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And why you should just make your own chocolate and take all the guessing out of the quality and what you are putting into your body!
http://foodbabe.com/2012/10/31/getting-conned-cheap-toxic-chocolate/
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