Happy December!
This year I'm going to be making lots of my Christmas presents. These truffles are a really great gift idea to give to someone for Christmas or just as a treat. The truffles are not only delicious but packed full of nutritious ingredients and I promise you that they taste even better than traditional truffles which contain dairy ( and often lots of sugar too).
I have put my truffles in a glass jar tied with ribbon, but you could use a box or dish too.
Just remember to store the truffles in the fridge until they are eaten.
So, here is my recipe..
Christmas chocolate orange truffles
You will need:
1/2 cup ground almonds ( you could substitute more oats if you are making them for someone with a nut allergy)
1 cup ground oats*
3 tbsp coconut sugar or your favourite unrefined sugar
The juice from 1/2 orange
1 chia or flax seed 'egg'
zest of 1 orange
2 tbsp of raw cacao powder
1 tbsp hemp protein powder ( or your favourite superfood powder)
1 tbsp maca powder
for rolling truffles choose from raw cacao, chia seeds, coconut
Method
Put oats in to a food processor or similar and pulse for a minute until the oats have turned into flour.
Mix the chia egg together and allow to stand for a few minutes. Put all the dry ingredients into a bowl & mix together. Add in to the bowl the orange juice, orange zest & chia egg. Mix together until you have a sticky dough. Place the bowl into the fridge for around 15 minutes. Once chilled take a desert spoon of the mixture and get rolling! roll the truffle around in one of your coatings, place on a lined baking tray.
When all the truffles are rolled chill for another 15 minutes ( re shape if necessary) before you put them in to your gift box or jar.
*The base is a mix of almonds and oats. If you are making the truffles for someone who is Coeliac you will need to ensure that the oats are certified gluten free.
I hope that you enjoy making them!
Love from Moo x
don't forget to tag me @moosfood
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