Chocolate, Date & Fig Truffles

This was qwik and easy to prepare, so easy to prepare my 3 year old nephew helped me.

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Servings: 30

Ingredients

150 g dates, pitted
¼ cup hot water
150 g dried figs stems discarded, quartered
¼ cup toasted pumpkin seeds
½ cup toasted pecans
½ cup almond meal
¼ cup cocoa powder plus 1 tablespoon extra for rolling
2 tsp vanilla extract

Instructions

Soak dates in water for 30 minutes. Reserve water.
In a food processor, blend or process dates, figs, pumpkin seeds, pecans, almond meal, cocoa and vanilla until almost smooth and combined. If mixture is too dry, add a little of the date water and blend further.
Roll rounded teaspoons of mixture into 30 balls, then roll in extra cocoa. Store truffles in the fridge in an airtight container.

Notes

From: Macri, Liz (Jul 2017) in: Sweet Treats Healthy Food Guide