Halloween is just around the corner. These high-protein truffles are great for parties or potlucks when you know you might be tempted by something made with white sugar.
Ingredients:
4-6 Meedjol Dates (soak first and extract seeds)1 cup of raw almond butter
½ cups cashew (run through a nut grinder)
2 TBS Vanilla Spice Living Harvest Protein Powder (you will use more to dust truffles with later)
Pinch of sea salt
½ tsp vanilla extract
1 TBS chia seeds
2 TBS cocoa powder (or carob, raw cocoa powder)
Place all ingredients in a food processor or Vitamix and blend. It may take a while to fully blend but when it does it should like something like a Larabar. This mixture will also be kind of warm which doesn’t work for rolling into little balls. I recommend putting it in the fridge for a few minutes.
Next, on a plate or paper towel sprinkle a good portion of the protein powder with a dash of salt. Make into 1” balls and roll into the protein powder mix. Serve as is or add a chocolate coating:
In a small bowl mix 2 TBS coconut oil, 3 TBS cocoa powder and 1-2 TBS Agave nectar to taste, you can also substitute a few drops of stevia liquid.
Dip each of the truffles into this mix and set in the refrigerator for roughly 10 minutes and serve. These can also be stored covered in the refrigerator. I experimented with freezing the truffles and they still tasted wonderful. You should have about 20 truffles
This recipe is pretty fool proof. You can even add coconut flakes, use plain protein powder and substitute the vanilla extract with peppermint to make High-Protein Peppermint Patties. Raw foodists can play with various nut or seed butters, add goji berries or cacao nibs for extra crunch. These are great for hiding bad tasting medicine for sick kids. They can also be wrapped individually and given out to Trick or Treaters.