An easy classic, this recipe for the raw chocolate date truffle is a total delight.
With just 3 main ingredients (plus a little fresh water), this is a fun and easy recipe for kids and the whole family to enjoy making, and eating -- especially during holiday time.
Here’s the recipe:
Ingredients:
- 16 pitted medjool dates
- 1 and 1/4 cups of raw cacao powder
- 1 tbsp vanilla extract
- 2 tbsp water
Optional Ingredients
- Your favorite chopped nuts
- Shredded coconut
Directions:
- Set aside 1/4 cup of cacao powder and do not add into the main mix (we will use this 1/4 cup of cacao for the final coating)
- Put the pitted dates, about 1 cup of cacao and vanilla extract in a food processor and blend until creamy
- Put this creamy mixture in a regular mixing bowl and chill in the refrigerator for 2-3 hours
- By the teaspoonful, roll into a ball and then roll the ball in the extra cacao powder
- At this point the raw chocolate date truffles are ready to eat
- For an extra great treat, now roll the balls in chopped nuts
- Another option is to put the nuts inside the mix and roll in the cacao powder
- If you’d like a delicious, festive snowball plate, roll these balls in shredded coconut
Have fun and enjoy this simple, easy, delicious, family-fun recipe!
About Denise Girard, ZNF Master Chef
Denise Girard is a classically trained chef and an award winning film writer. Certified by the Institute of Integrative Nutrition (IIN) as a Holistic Health Practitioner (CHHP), Denise brings a unique set of training and skills to the food industry.
Being trained worldwide, she has been advised and educated by leading Medical and Naturopathic doctors in North America and Western Europe, including England, Switzerland, Italy and France, as well as, being trained using a wide array of the unique foods and spices of India. Denise also studied herbalism at the East West school of herbology in Santa Cruz and with Dr Schulze in Los Angeles, CA, gained extensive knowledge from Dr. Francesca Borella, Dr. Johanna Budwig of Germany, Dr. Schulze, and Bruce Lipton -- one of the fathers of the science of Epigenetics.
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