Sprinkle some positivity on everything… Life looks so much better that way… Coconut will work, too
As I promised earlier, in the Coconut Cream Pie post, we are continuing the coconut series. This time with my interpretation of favorite childhood sweet – Raffaello coconut truffles.
I have decided to try my best and note the measurements for the future recipes, so hopefully, this one is the last with just an ingredients list. Nevertheless, I hope you give them a try, they deserve it. Just don’t be afraid to taste it once in a while, and you can’t go wrong.
OK, let’s go.
White, outside part: pre-soaked raw cashews and dates, desiccated coconut, vanilla powder, coconut oil. Drain and rinse cashews and dates and place them into the food processor. If needed, add a little coconut oil, to make the mixture a little creamier. In the processor or in a bowl, after you created your cashew-date base, add the rest of the ingredients: coconut, vanilla and coconut oil.
*Instead of coconut oil, you can use cacao butter, which is going to make creating balls a little bit easier. If you decide, like me, to use coconut oil, the finished mixture should be placed for a while (not more than half an hour, even less) in a freezer, to allow it to firm up and make it more manageable.
Filling: pre-soaked cashew nuts and dates, cacao and carob powder, melted cacao butter. Just as before, mix drained cashews and dates in food processor. Instead of dates, you can also use stevia, agave or maple syrup. Add cacao and carob powder and melted cacao butter.
*With using some liquid form of sweetener, the filling will probably be more of a creamy texture, which is good. My filling was a little hard to work with because of the cacao butter, so you can either opt it with coconut oil, or add a little coconut oil if it is too firm.
The rest is easy and messy. Take a spoonful of whitish mass, place it in a palm of your hand, make it flat. Add a little filling, close up the truffle and roll it in your palms until you get a nice round shape. Coat finished balls in some desiccated coconut, place in a fridge to firm up and enjoy!
Be warned: the flavor combination of coconut sweetness and rich chocolate filling is very seductive! 🙂
yum yum yum yummm! Those treats look amazing!
I must make these soon! 🙂
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Give them a go, but beware, they are very addictive! 😉
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Ohh my, the photos alone are seducing me. These look fantastic!
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Thank you Brittany! The flavor combo of coconut and chocolate is definitely special! 🙂
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Looks tempting
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Thank you! We really enjoyed them but were kinda sad I made just five 🙂
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Oh my, this recipe has SOOO been pinned! They look amazing. Just have to find vanilla powder! 🙂
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Thank you dear! Vanilla is not necessary, though it will give them an extra aroma. Hope you like them! 🙂
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Oh dear. I’m just going to HAVE to make these! Pretty pics! Nice light!
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Thanks! Coming from you, that really means a lot! 🙂 These are not to be missed out on. But they are super addictive. Good thing is to make a small batch, so there is no real temptation 🙂
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I know what you mean! My whole life is about resisting temptation! 😊
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The curse of true food lovers! 😀
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