Hello my dearest Foodies,
So I made a very short video to show you an easy way to dip truffles into chocolate and I was trying to publish it on Dtube, unfortunately, I was not able to. After the video was finally uploaded, which took forever, I got notification that unknown error occurred and that was that! No problem at the old YouTube, lol. So here I am and it's already midnight, so I better hurry up.
Anyway, these truffles are easy to make and you don't need any special tools. They are absolutely to die for and full of nutrients. Much better for you and your loved ones than Ferrero Rocher. Also, they are great addition to your Holiday table.
FESTIVE TRUFFLES
Chocolate Truffles with Rum Flavor & Hazelnuts
Vegan –Gluten Free- Refined Sugar Free
Author: Lena’s Vegan Living
INGREDIENTS FOR 16 TRUFFLES
• Pitted dates 1 cup (soaked for 15 minutes and drained)
• Almond flour 1 cup
• Rum or rum extract 1tsp
• Cacao powder 3tbs
• Virgin coconut oil ¼ cup (melted above the steam)
• Canned coconut cream ¼ cup (only the thick part)
• Hazelnuts 1 cup
• Mini ice cream scoop
• Tooth picks
• Tray lined with parchment paper.
PROCESS
• Save 16 whole hazelnuts and chop the rest in the food processor, transfer into a dish and set aside.
• Start blending the dates by pressing pulse button, while scarping the sides and adding rest of the ingredients.
• Set the blender at the full speed at the end until you get smooth mixture.
• Transfer it into a sealed container and store in a refrigerator for couple hours.
• When ready, begging to measure with your ice cream scoop just the right amount of the mixture you need for one truffle.
• Take one hazelnut and press it in the middle of your portion.
• Scoop it out into your palm and make a nice round ball.
• Continue until you have all done and please each on your tray.
• When ready, take your toothpicks and gently insert them on top of each ball.
• Place them into freeze for one hour, to secure the toothpicks.
CHOCOLATE
• Dark chocolate chips 1 cup
• Light coconut milk or other plant based milk 1/2 cup (you can add more if needed)
• Maple syrup ¼ cup (you can add more if needed)
PROCESS
• Start by melting the chocolate chips in a small pot over steaming water on medium heat.
• When ready, slowly pour the chocolate into the coconut milk in a bowl, while stirring.
• Add the maple syrup and keep stirring.
• If the chocolate become too thick, you can add more milk.
• Take it off the heat and stir some more until completely smooth.
• Take only couple balls from the freezer for dipping and leave the rest there. Have a tray ready in the fridge to place them there after you done.
• Have your hazelnuts ready on your side and begging to dip.
• This part is hard to explain so I made a video.
And don't laugh, I don't have the right equipment to make videos, so it's little bit silly and I had to speed it up little. Otherwise it would be too long and boring. But make sure you pay attention to my fancy apron, lol.
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Thank you and you got it!
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Hi lenasveganliving,
Visit curiesteem.com or join the Curie Discord community to learn more.
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Thank you so much, I think Christmas came early for me this year. It's an honor; really appreciate it 😊
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Actually it is an easy recipe. I have the need it to create desserts like yours... I preffer when steemians share videos on youtube. cause Dtube is very slow, and as you say always give error... i like to think when and ready for cooking gonna took the same time then the video lol. but thats not the true... anyway even the musical selection was great... wonderfull recipe.
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Thank you so much I am glad you think so and I am happy you like this recipe. I hope you make some of your own 😊
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since I use steemit, must of the dishes a create. it's because other steemian share it... for sure when I make my own. definitely going to use your recipe.
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oh wow, that is amazing. So happy to hear that 😊
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It looks amazing. I might make this for Christmas, but I'm not sure I can find coconut cream here in Romania.
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Thank you so much my Dear and I hope you find coconut cream. It comes from Asia, which is much closer to Romania than to Canada, so you might be surprised.
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wow, Lena that looks fantastic and I love truffle balls, thanks for the recipe and the video 💖
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I am glad you like it Sweetie and thank you so much 🌸💖🌸
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Like my good friend @blacklux would say : I WAAAANT !!!!
Ps : I love your Apron ! ;-)
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aahahah I DO WANT! and it's vegan so I don't have to worry about my diet!
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Thank you so much 🌸💖🌸
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Oh guys, I wish I could send you some, thank you so much Luigi 🌸💖🌸
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Those look delicious! And look at you making instructional videos! I'm impressed!
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Oh my gosh Melinda, thank you so much. I am still editing , lol.
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Hahaha, I'm dipping like this too! And I love your apron!! I'm thinking about one with a message too :)
This is such a lovely recipe! I made similar truffles last year for Christmas. My family barely touched them (they refuse to eat anything what I make since it's vegan - I know ridiculous :D) so I ate them with my husband and gifted a few of them to my friends. They were delicious!
You gave me an idea to make them again this year and torture my family a little bit :D I hope they will try them this time though :)
Thank you for sharing and I'm happy to see that curie paid you a visit ;)
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I am so sory to hear that Martina. I guess I should be thankful that my family even if not vegan likes my vegan food.
Anyway thank you so much for stopping by; I am happy you like it. By the way, are still curating for Curie?
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I'm fine with the fact that they don't even want to try. I got used to it. I just feel sorry for them because I see how they simply don't feel good and how their health is getting worse. Especially my mom's health. But she is grown up and she needs to see it for herself..
Not at the moment as it takes so much time. There are not that many posts around and I'm involved in various projects so can't spend a lot of time on curie. Are you still curating?
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I am very sorry to hear that Sweetie, Although my family is not vegan they are very healthy and they eat considerably healthy for not vegans, lol. But as I said, they like my food.
I am also not curating since the time you asked me to join, for same reasons as yours and few other reasons. Oh well, we tried, lol. Wish you all the best with your projects Martina 😊
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Oh my gosh, they made my mouth drool :-) You can send me a box for Christmas, thank you!
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Thnak you so much Dear Icy and I will send you box for sure, lol 🌸💖🌸
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You reminded me of last Christmas when I had so many of these...bit it was from the store. You made it very simpler to have it made at home...hopefully I manage to get some this time ..and for sure the taste is much better than the one I had last year.....Christmas is near now....thanks for sharing some great delicies....
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I really hope you will. Much better for you my Friend. Thank you so much 🌸💖🌸
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What a cool video Lena! I still haven’t mastered how to make videos yet. These truffles look amazing! Scoot over Ferraro Rocher, @lenasveganliving presents to you Truffle Ro-better :). Great recipe Lena! I’m glad curie recognized this- well deserved my friend.
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Awwwwww, you are so sweet my Dear Puravidaville. I ma happy you like my silly video, lol. Thank you so much and yes I am very grateful for Curie's early Christmas present 🌸💖🌸
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My mom would love these!! I am running out the door now, but I'm definitely stopping back in to watch the video! YUM!!
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I am sure you can make these for your mom Katie. Thank you so much 🌸💖🌸
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I'd like to have them all please, if possible 😊
Nice to see you again my dear Lena! Long time no see. 🌷🌺
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Thank you so much Erika, nice to see you too. I wish I could send you some 🌸💖🌸
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Love this! Your apron is just too cute! As for the video, well done my dear! I haven't tried to do one yet...perhaps 2019 lol. I cannot wait to try these truffles, looks like an amazing Christmas treat, yum! Congnrats on the Curie, much deserved!!
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Awwww, you are always so sweet to me my Dear Mrs. Bird. Thank you so much, I know for sure you can make few dozens of these in no time, lol. The video was just a spare of a moment thing, which I am not going to do anytime soon again, lol
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Oh my! This is such a detailed and yummy post, @lenasveganliving! We were just talking about truffles yesterday. I have to make this for my family SOON.
Thank you so much for sure!
@saffisara - Doesn't this look wonderful?!
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Thank you so much my Dear you are very kind and I am very happy you like it. They are easy to make so I really hope you try 🌸💖🌸
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Hi Lena - this looks so delicious, but I think you are over my head in skills :)
I am posting to dtube now after many false starts. Someone told me to log out and log back in directly - not with steemconnect or whatever the other option is. Then - do not try to post videos over 3 minutes. This finally did the trick for me.
Good luck with trying again. I think you would get good attention over there. One minutes videos to the dtubesnap tag can sometimes give you great results :)
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Hello Dear Sharon, long time no see. Thank you so much for stooping by and for the advise. I will definitely keep that in mind, although, I am not planing to make any videos in the near future 🌸💖🌸
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It's hard to keep up in this place! I have not been posting food at all lately and need to get back to it :)
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Well, you know me, I am posting mostly food, it's I am not fully equipped for cooking videos. Hopefully next year 😊
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Goals! This is a complicated place and you have your niche :)
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There is always room for improvement, lol
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Great recipe!
Yesterday I wrote a post about chocolate, but it is in Italian language.
However in Italy se have Ferrero Rocher that are chocolates very similar to yours.
I love hazelnuts!!!
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Oh yes, I am very familiar with Ferrero Rocher; I mentioned it in my post. It is delicious, but unfortunately, very unhealthy compare to my recipe, because of processed sugar and cholesterol.
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Of your recipe is healthy as beautiful I nave to reply as soon as possible!!!!!!!
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Thank you so much my Dear 😊
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Mmm, these look really good. Thanks for the inspiration! ^_^
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My pleasure and thank you too. I am happy you like it 😊
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howdy MIss Lena! my my my....this is indeed a marvelous surprise. These almost look too good to be true! I mean no white sugar, vegan, gluten free, they gotta almost be calorie free, they're probably Kosher, and I can eat as many as I want to! lol.
Hey what does your apron say on it? I like that little wave at the end of the video! lol. very very very good and I see that I'm not the only one who thinks that! Wonderful job!
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Howdy Janton, I am glad you stopped by. I knew these would be something to satisfy your sweet tooth without guilt, lol. Altough, they are not calorie free, but they contain lots of nutrients such a protein, fiber, antioxidants and more. But you should not eat more than couple a day anyway, lol. The thing is, you will be satisfied after one. And than you can have another one later.
Just so you know, vegan is waaaaay above Kosher, lol. Nevertheless, my apron says "GO VEGAN and NOBODY GETS HURT". I got it from Italy as a present form a friend. Anyway, thank you so much, I am happy you like it 😊
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howdy today Miss Lena! oh you have a friend in Italy? Well I really like that saying on the apron! As far as the truffles, I don't know if I could eat just one, they look kind of small and I'm a big eater when it comes to sweets or semi sweets! I would first have to quadruple the recipe for it just to last one day. lol.
As far as kosher, that's for sure but I thought it went well with my joking around. But there are some things the Jewish people don't eat, at least they don't eat pork which I think is yucky, the pork not the non eating of pork!
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Oh, so you are not eating pork as well? That's good! Less animal products you eat the better.
As far as the truffles, they are a regular size, just like any other chocolates. I suggest you learn how to have a little bit of guilt free treat everyday, instead of a big pile once a month, or how often you do, lol.
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howdy again Miss Lena, did you like the redneck jokes lately? I particularly like the one about the fly. remember that one? No we haven't eaten pork our whole lives except occasionally. We are fairly close to Biblical dietary guidelines and don't eat shellfish or lobster, shrimp. What was your diet like before you started eating vegan?
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Howdy Janton,I just realized that I missed your comment. Oh yes, I love that joke about fly, that's a good one, lol.
What was my diet before? Well I grew up in communism, but family manged to get everything and my grandmother had a small garden in the middle of city until communists tear that part down for a modern development and we had to move to new apartment buildings. Nevertheless, shellfish was not available in our country, but I liked it when I came to Canada. Pork was one of the most popular as is in everywhere in Europe. However, I started thinking about going vegetarian just before I came to Canada in 1990, but when I came here, I did not stick with it. It was not the right timing yet.
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Miss Lena..so under the communist system you had many shortages of food? Was it all kinds or just fresh fruit and vegetables?
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Well, it wasn't like here in Canada, but we had we needed and when we had garden, we had plenty.
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Yuummmmm.. The truffles look really delicious @lenasveganliving. I love that it is all cocoa inside and nicely wrapped in nuts! Thank you for the recipe! It looks fun to make isn't it? But I can imagine myself licking away every chocolate bit and drip and probably eating half before they are served :D They look like a full Ferrero Rocher :) Will the taste change much if I omit the rum, do you think?
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Thank you so much my Dear, I ma happy you like it. The rum gives them a nice flavor, but they will be still delicious without it 😊
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Ah nice.. am thinking of making them for kids.. not sure how will rum affect them :D
Happy weekend to you @lenasveganliving :)
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Oh, I was using only rum essence. Our 2 1/2 years old boys ate them too, lol. There is no alcohol, just a flavor 😊
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Ooo rum essence haha. Ok ok. I have never looked for it and when there is rum, my first thought is alcohol, lol. Happy Sunday there @lenasveganliving!
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Happy Sunday to you too my Dear 🌟
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Thank you :)
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OMG Lena! YAAASSSSSS
send me a box!
I wonder if they would last on shipment Ontario to BC tho :D
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Thank you so much Sweetie, but you can make few dozens of these no problem, lol 🌟
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That is looking really delicious, I love all sweet stuff and truffles are one of my favorites. I have never thought you can do them at home and in such a beautiful form, very appetizing and the way how you dipped them into chocolate, that was really great. have you tried already one while dipping them into chocolate I would probably do and of course my son definitely will try few so by the time when everything is really we probably are full :) Thank you for this interesting recipe, will definitely try :)
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Oh yes, I did eat couple while I was making them, but only because they were misshaped, lol. Thank you so much, I am glad you like it 🌟
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Did somebody mention the word, 'Truffles?' Oh YES! My friend Lena has come to my assisitance once more. What a fabulous post @lensveganliving and a very timely one too, with Christmas fast approaching. They look absolutley delicious and I love hazelnuts, so I will just have to give these a go. (U & R )
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It would be awesome if you give them go Trudee, you would not regret. Thank you so much for stooping by, I really appreciate it 😊
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I'm sure I would really enjoy them Lena.
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Yummm! These do indeed look like a great vegan version of an old favourite of mine- Ferrero Rocher 😋
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Thank you so much Sweetie, I am glad you like it 🌟
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