These easy chocolate truffles with dates are completely decedent and made with no refined sugar, butter, or oils. Just simple, delicious, melt-in-your-mouth goodness.
I have made many recipes using dates, these homemade lara bars or these Superfood Energy Bars or this pecan pie with dates that is just perfection.
I made these little date balls to have for the weekend camping and literally latest just one day! They are so quick to make so feel free to make a double batch.
Just toss the ingredients in a food processor and pulse for a few minutes until it’s a smooth dough. Then roll into balls and then coat in cocoa powder for the finishing touch.
Ingredients Needed
The complete list of ingredients with amounts are listed in the full recipe card below.
- Medjool dates – Be sure to pick pitted dates.
- Peanut butter – I use all natural peanut butter but use any favorite. You can also use almond butter.
- Cocoa powder – plus 2 tablespoons for rolling
- Almond milk – I use unsweetened almond milk. But you can use oat milk, soy milk, coconut milk or even regular milk
- Vanilla extract – choose a quality brand and not imitation vanilla extract.
How to Make Chocolate Date Truffles
Step 1: Theses are the easiest to make. Just place all ingredients into a food processor and pulse until everything is blended into a completely smooth dough, for approximately 4-5 minutes.
Step 2: Place the extra tablespoons of cocoa powder on a plate and spread it out evenly.
Step 3: Moisten your hands slightly and scoop a tablespoon of the dough and roll it into a ball. Roll each date ball in the cocoa on the plate.
Step 4: After rolling all the dough into balls, sprinkle with a little more cocoa powder over top if you’d like.
How to Store Date Balls
Refrigerate: store in an airtight container in the fridge for up to a week.
Freeze: These do freeze well for me in a freezer bag for up to 2 months.
Easy Chocolate Date Truffles
Ingredients
- 222 grams Medjool dates pitted (222 grams)
- 1 ½ tablespoon smooth all natural peanut butter or almond butter 24 grams
- 1 ½ tablespoon unsweetened cocoa powder plus 2 tablespoons for rolling
- 1 tablespoon almond milk coconut milk or other milk of choice will work as well
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Place all ingredients into a food processor
- Pulse until everything is blended into a completely smooth dough, for approximately 4-5 minutes.
- Place 1 tablespoon of cocoa powder on a plate and spread it out evenly.
- Moisten your hands slightly and scoop a tablespoon of the dough and roll into a ball.
- Place the ball onto the cocoa powdered plate.
- After rolling all the dough into balls, sprinkle another tablespoon of cocoa powder over top.
- Then roll each truffle in the cocoa powder on the plate until completely covered with a thin layer.
- Store in an airtight container in the fridge for up to a week
- ENJOY!!
Nutrition
Nutritional Disclosure
Nutrition information is automatically calculated and should only be used as an approximation.
Megan Johnston
How many calories do you estimate one truffle to have?
Sherri
When I divided the ingredients evenly (by weighing on my scale), each truffle is 73 calories | 15 grams Carbs | 1 gram protein | 1 gram fat. 🙂
Kathlene S
Do you suggest any alterations to the Chocolate Truffle recipe if using Deglet dates?
Sherri
You would probably need to use about twice as many Deglet dates as Medjool since they are usually significantly smaller in size. I did weigh the amount of dates I used in this recipe so try to get close to 220 grams. From what I have heard, Deglets are also not quite as sweet as and a little harder than Medjool as well. (to soften them you can soak overnight in water)
swathi
Delicious and very nice, thanks for sharing with Hearth and soul blog hop, pinning and tweeting.
Jann Olson
A little bit of heaven plopped into your mouth. 🙂 Thanks for sharing the recipe with SYC.
hugs,
Jann
easypeasylifematters
These sounds so tasty and healthy! Gotta love it! 🙂
Sarah Shelly
Chocolate Truffles? And they’re healthy?!?! Sign me up. I’m always looking for inexpensive ways to help with my chocolate craving so you are literally saving my life, lol. I can’t way to give this recipe a try. Thanks for sharing. Visiting from Share Your Cup link party.
xoxo,
Sarah @ Gypsy Girl Revivals
Kari Wagner Hoban
I have always wanted to try these.
I have seen several variations on Pinterest but I think I am finally going to make them.
Courtney
Yay, truffles! These look perfect! 🙂
Suzie from Munchkin Time
This looks so delicious! Thank you Sherri for posting this amazing recipe! Perfect for parties and get togethers! – Suzie
Jessy @ The Life Jolie
You had me chocolate and healthy- these look amazing!
Valerie
You had me at CHOCOLATE! Both my husband and I are chocoholics so we would have these gone quickly if I were to make them at my house.