Dark chocolate and coconut truffles

Name: Dark chocolate and coconut truffles
Total time: 20 min
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 200g nut free dairy free dark chocolate, chopped; 150ml coconut cream; 1 tbsp coconut oil; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 30g cocoa powder, for rolling; 30g desiccated coconut

Rich, melt in the mouth chocolate truffles made with coconut cream, simple enough to make with children.

Time20 mins plus chilling
LevelEasy
Costabout £0.21 a head

20 servings

Ingredients

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200 gnut free dairy free dark chocolatechopped
150 mlcoconut cream
1 tbspcoconut oil
1 tspvanilla extract
30 gcocoa powderfor rolling
30 gdesiccated coconut

Method

1
Heat the coconut cream in a pan until just steaming.
2 min
2
Pour over the chopped chocolate and coconut oil in a bowl. Leave for 2 minutes then stir until smooth and glossy.
2 min
3
Stir in the vanilla.
4
Chill for 2 hours until firm enough to scoop.
120 min
5
Roll teaspoons of the mixture into balls and coat half in cocoa and half in coconut.
6
Keep chilled and eat within 5 days.

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