These fantastically healthy dark chocolate truffles are full of antioxidant rich cacao powder and sweetened with honey and just a bit of vanilla stevia, which leaves a lot of room for the other flavors to come through.
Although I experimented and made these truffles with vanilla and raspberry, I ended up loving orange the best. I think orange zest and dark chocolate are a wonderful flavor combination.
Dark Chocolate Truffles
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons coconut oil
- 2 tablespoons coconut butter
- ¼ cup honey
- ¼ teaspoon vanilla stevia
- 1 tablespoon orange zest
- ¾ cup cacao powder
- ½ cup cacao butter
- ¼ cup cacao powder
- 1 tablespoon honey
- ⅛ teaspoon vanilla stevia
Instructions
- In a food processor combine coconut oil and coconut butter
- Pulse in honey, stevia, and orange zest
- Pulse in cocoa powder
- Refrigerate for 30 minutes, or until very firm
- Use a 1 teaspoon sized scoop to measure out truffles
- Roll into a ball and place on a parchment paper lined baking sheet
- In a saucepan over very low heat, make shell for truffles
- Melt the cacao butter, then stir in cacao powder, honey and stevia
- Using a toothpick, dip truffles in shell one by one
- Chill for one hour
- Top with coarse sea salt if desired, then serve
Equipment
This Dark Chocolate Truffle recipe is based on one from Against All Grain. While that recipe is delicious I have made a number of changes in order to cut down on the prep time and simplify the recipe quite a bit. I’ve also added stevia to this Paleo candy recipe in order to reduce the amount of honey and make it lower in carbohydrates.
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Shirley @ gfe & All Gluten-Free Desserts says
Love this recipe, Elana! Shared on All Gluten-Free Desserts! :-)
xo,
Shirley
Cassandra says
Wow, Elana! Thank you for the truffle mention! I can’t wait to try this recipe.
Debra Estes says
Where can I find raw cacao butter?
bev says
yes, i’d love to know where i could find cacao butter as well! i’m in canada…any one have any ideas? i’d LOVE to try these!
Lynnette says
Heard you on NPR tonight and adored hearing you advocate so articulately for all of us trying to heal our bodies with paleo diets.
Thank you Elana!
Lynnette
Sarah@WholeandHeavenlyOven says
Ohh yes..These look crazy good. :D I love how the coating has cacao butter in it!
Jacqui says
These truffles look AMAZING! I love that the filling uses coconut butter – one of my all-time favorite foods. I’ll bet the orange zest makes the favors pop. This will be on the “to make” list for this weekend!
Caralyn @ glutenfreehappytummy says
oh wow. yes please! :)
Holly @ EatGreatBEGreat says
Mmmm…so delicious! Thanks for another awesome recipe!
Mia says
Thank you for another wonderful recipe! I am looking forward to trying it!
Danielle says
Awe thank you Elana! So happy you enjoyed them. Will have to try this version without the cacao butter in the filling! Xo