Healthy Prune Truffles Recipes

EASY CHOCOLATE PRUNE TRUFFLES (GLUTEN FREE, PALEO)

Steps:

• Place prunes in a food processor or high speed blender and pulse until smooth. If your prunes are hard, you may need to soak them for 1-2 hours in water and heat them just a bit until soft.
• In a double boiler melt the cacao paste.
• Add the cacao paste and vanilla extract to the prunes and pulse to combine ingredients.
• Roll the mixture into 1" balls then chill in the freezer for about 10 minutes.
• To make the chocolate shell, melt the cacao butter and chocolate chips in a double boiler until smooth.
• Remore truffles from the freezer and dip each one, one at the time in the melted chocolate and place them in a pan lined with parchment paper.
• Place truffles in the fridge for just 10 minutes so the chocolate hardens and then store at room temperature.

HEALTHY TRUFFLES

Steps:

• Combine peanut butter, cocoa powder, honey, coconut oil, butter, and vanilla bean paste in a saucepan over low heat; cook, stirring constantly, until melted and smooth, 3 to 5 minutes. Remove saucepan from heat and transfer peanut butter mixture to a bowl.
• Refrigerate mixture, stirring every 5 minutes, until truffle mixture is firm yet sticky and soft enough to shape, about 15 minutes.
• Pour coconut flakes into a bowl. Drop truffle mixture, about 1 teaspoon per truffle, into coconut and roll to coat. Refrigerate until firm, about 15 minutes.

CHOCOLATE PRUNE TRUFFLES

Steps:

• Place prunes in a bowl and cover with cherry juice
• Soak for 1-2 hours
• If your prunes are hard, not juicy, you may need to heat them just a bit in the cherry juice until soft
• Place prunes and juice in food processor and pulse until smooth, about 30 seconds
• Pulse in vanilla, then melted chocolate
• Scrape mixture into a bowl and place in freezer for 30-45 minutes, until almost smooth
• Remove from freezer, and roll into 1" balls in palm of hand
• Roll in coconut to coat
• Serve

HEALTHY PRUNE TRUFFLES

Steps:

• Stuff a whole almond into the space where each prune pit was. Fold and press the prunes around the almonds (it's fine if the almonds peek through a bit). Put the prunes on a baking sheet lined with waxed paper and refrigerate 30 minutes.
• Put the raspberries into a resealable plastic bag and crush into a fine powder. Place the powder in a small shallow bowl.
• Put the chocolate in a small microwave-safe bowl. Microwave at 70 percent power for 1 minute. Remove from the microwave; the chocolate will still look solid but will be softened. Stir until smooth.
• Dip one end of a prune in chocolate, let any excess drip back in the bowl, and then dip the chocolate end into the crushed raspberries to coat. Put the prune back on the baking sheet, almond-side down, and repeat with the remaining prunes. Let the prunes stand until the chocolate hardens enough to come away cleanly from the paper, about 15 minutes.

PRUNE MUFFINS

Steps:

• In large bowl combine flour, flaxseed, sugar, baking powder and salt.
• In medium bowl whisk eggs, milk, melted butter and vanilla.
• Pour liquid ingredients into dry ingredients; add prunes. (Optional: add chopped nuts). Combine just until mixed. Do not overstir.
• Spoon batter evenly into 12 greased muffin cups.
• Bake in a preheated 400 degree F oven for 20 mintues or until golden brown.
• Serve warm with butter.