Sugar Free Chocolate Truffles
These dark chocolate sugar-free truffles have a slightly sweet flavor from the almond butter and vanilla, with no sweetener required! Keep a batch of these truffles in the freezer for a quick treat anytime you need it!
We’ve been sugar-free for a few weeks now and my sugar cravings have subsided a lot but sometimes, I just want some chocolate. So after being inspired by this recipe from the I Quit Sugar website, I decided to make my own version.
Admittedly, these are not necessarily sweet. If you have been eating sugar on the regular then you might want to add a little sweetener. To me, they honestly tasted chocolatey but I think if your tastebuds are used to something sweeter, you may want to add something. I Quit Sugar would recommend a tablespoon of brown rice syrup but maple syrup or agave would work, too.
Tips for Sugar Free Chocolate Truffles
- Be sure to melt the coconut oil completely and mix with the almond butter until smooth. This will ensure you end up with a smooth texture.
- If you want to make these sweeter, you can sweeten these truffles with honey, maple syrup, brown rice syrup, stevia, or monk fruit sweetener.
- You can use smooth or crunchy almond butter. I prefer smooth because it’s easier to mix but both are delicious.
- Add salt to taste. It will depend on if your almond butter is salted or not.
Sugar Free Chocolate Truffles
- Prep Time: 5 mins
- Cook Time: 5 minutes
- Total Time: 5 mins
- Yield: 12 1x
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Dessert
- Cuisine: No Sugar
- Diet: Vegan
Description
These dark chocolate sugar-free truffles have a slightly sweet flavor from the almond butter and vanilla, with no sweetener required! Keep a batch of these truffles in the freezer for a quick treat anytime you need it!
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup coconut oil
- 1/4 cup almond butter
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 1 cup almond meal or almond flour
- 1/4 cup cocoa powder, plus extra for dusting
- Pinch of sea salt
- Sweetener to taste (optional)
Instructions
- Melt the coconut oil and almond butter in a small bowl.
- Add the vanilla and stir until combined.
- If you want to add a sweetener, stir it in here. You could use 1 tablespoon maple syrup or a few drops of liquid stevia. I didn’t add any extra but if you’re used to eating sugar, you’ll want to add a little something.
- Stir in almond meal, cocoa powder and salt.
- Pop it into the freezer for a few minutes until it hardens a bit.
- Shape into small balls and roll in cocoa powder to coat.
- Store these in the freezer!
- It should make about 10-12 balls. They’ll have around 120 calories each.
Alex thought these tasted a little bitter since I didn’t add any sweetener to ours, but I loved them! With a pinch of stevia or a bit of honey, I’m sure these would taste plenty sweet for anyone. I’m going to make another batch of these to store in the freezer for when a chocolate craving hits. These are packed with healthy fats and protein!
How to Store Sugar Free Truffles
- I like to store these in the refrigerator. They will get slightly sticky if left out at room temperature.
- You can also store these in the freezer to make them last even longer.
Craving more healthy chocolate? Try one of these recipes:
We haven’t decided how long we’re going to continue this sugar free thing but I think we’ll give it another week or two. I don’t feel super different although I do think I’ve had more energy in the afternoons!
I did not have almond meal at my grocery store, but I used Quinoa flour at the recipe came out amazing.
I love the bittersweet flavor of chocolate too – no sweetener needed here! 🙂
I love dark chocolate Liz. These look like perfection. And they are rolled in cocoa powder. It does not escape me that you posted this recipe on my birthday. It was meant to be…..