Vegan Christmas Spiced Truffles Bosh TV

Christmas Spiced Truffles

  • Simple
  • 0:35 m
  • 9 ingredients

Wow... what a treat you are in for! If you're looking for homemade vegan chocolates recipe.. you MUST MAKE THIS! This is one of our fantastic recipes that we created for Tesco's #Vegmas Supper Club! These homemade dairy free truffles are chocolatey, creamy and super festive. They're a chocolate lovers dream. The perfect little bite! Also a great homemade gift idea for a vegan friends and family.

Serves: 4

Ingredients

For the recipe

  • 2 tbsp maple syrup
  • 2 tbsp cocoa powder
  • 150ml full-fat coconut milk
  • 3 cinnamon stick
  • 3 cloves
  • 2 whole allspice
  • zest of 1 clementine
  • 250g dark chocolate
  • Pinch of salt
  • olive oil
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract

Before you start

Saucepan | Heatproof bowl

Step 1

For the coconut milk

  • Prepare a bain marie
  • Place the coconut milk in a saucepan, add the spices and the clementine zest
  • Place over a medium heat and bring to a boil. Remove from the heat and allow the flavours to infuse for 30 minutes
  • Return to a boil and then Strain the coconut milk through a sieve and discard the spices

Ingredients

  • 150ml full-fat coconut milk
  • 3 cinnamon stick
  • 3 cloves
  • 2 whole allspice
  • zest of 1 clementine

Step 2

Add the chocolate

  • Break up the chocolate into small chunks
  • Put the chocolate and coconut milk in a bain marie and melt them together over a very low heat

Ingredients

  • 250g dark chocolate
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract

Step 3

Add the rest of the ingredients

  • Take the bowl off the heat, add the salt, vanilla extract, maple syrup and olive oil to the bowl and fold everything together to combine
  • Pour in to a container and place in the fridge to set

Ingredients

  • 2 tbsp maple syrup
  • Pinch of salt
  • olive oil

Step 4

Shaping the truffles

  • Scoop equal portions of the mixture out of the bowl and roll all the portions into ping pong ball sized balls with cold hands

Step 5

Finish and serve

  • Put the truffles on a plate and lightly dust with cocoa powder
  • Put the plate in the refrigerator and leave them to chill until firm

Ingredients

  • 2 tbsp cocoa powder