Pumpkin Chocolate Truffles

Spiced pumpkin, nut butter and oat truffles dipped in 80% dark chocolate.

Truffles that stand up to any New Year's cake — spiced pumpkin, nut butter and oats rolled into balls and dipped in 80% dark chocolate.

Makes about 15

Nutrition (per truffle, estimated)

  • Calories: ~170 kcal
  • Protein: 3 g
  • Fat: 12 g
  • Carbohydrates: 13 g
  • Fibre: 2 g

Estimated values.

Ingredients

  • 300 g cooked pumpkin purée
  • 4 tablespoons sugar-free peanut or almond butter
  • ½ çay bardağı (about 50 g) coconut oil, melted
  • 2 tablespoons carob molasses (or maple syrup)
  • 1 teaspoon rock salt
  • 1 handful walnuts
  • ½ cup gluten-free rolled oats
  • 1 tablespoon flaxseed
  • 1 dessert spoon pumpkin pie spice (cinnamon, clove, ginger, nutmeg)
  • For the coating: 200 g 80% dark chocolate

Method

  1. Blend everything except the chocolate; roll into balls on baking paper.
  2. Freeze the balls until firm.
  3. Melt the chocolate over a bain-marie, dip the frozen balls, and return to the freezer.

Originally shared on our Instagram.