5 Ingredient Vegan Turtle Truffles

Date caramel, cocoa powder, almonds, chocolate chips, and sea salt are combined to make the most delicious little turtle bite ever.

This isn't like the traditional turtle candy you normally see. It's okay, because this is truffles. And truffles are smaller flavored balls that are finer than large lumps of caramel coated with chocolate and nuts that make up a turtle.

Truffle vegan turtle 5 ingredients. Like everything I share on this blog, it has to be thumbs up from my husband and friend. I took their box to my neighbor's house and asked him and his daughter to try it. They like it. They can't stop blabbering about them and give them an A +

INGREDIENTS:

1/3 cup of cocoa powder
1 cup of vegan chocolate chips – melted
8 tablespoons* of non-dairy milk or water
1/4 teaspoon of ground sea salt
1 cup of unsalted almonds (you can use pecans, walnuts, peanuts, or any nut you like) – chopped in a food processor
1/2 cup of date caramel (see ingredients and recipe below)
Sea salt
For the date caramel:
1 pound of medjool dates (approximately 20 dates) – remove pits and stems

INSTRUCTIONS:

Make the date caramel:
In a food processor or a high powered blender process the dates, milk or water, and sea salt until the dates are smooth and creamy.
You can use water in place of a non-dairy milk but it won’t be quiet as creamy and it won’t taste exactly the same as date caramel made with milk.
If your dates aren’t fresh (plump and squishy), soak them in warm water for an hour or two. When they feel soft and look hydrated drain and rinse them.
This recipe makes about on full cup of date caramel. Store it in an airtight container in the refrigerator and it will keep for a week. Drizzle it over ice cream, put it in your morning smoothie, add it to your oatmeal, or spread it on toast. Let your imagination soar.
For the Turtle Truffles:
Line a cookie sheet or plate (that will fit in your freezer) with parchment paper.
Coarsely chop the nuts in a food processor. Add the date caramel and the cocoa to the nuts and process until the mixture forms a ball. Carefully remove the blade from the bowl. Spoon out the mixture by the tablespoon and form into balls. Set them on the parchment paper.
Melt the chocolate chips until the chocolate is thin enough to pour over the truffles. Spoon the melted chocolate over the truffles. Sprinkle with a pinch of course sea salt and place the tray in the freezer to set. You can also place them in the refrigerator if you’re not planning on eating them right away.