*HEALTHY* Chocolate Truffles

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 I know, IS there such a thing, right?

But the ingredients here sure look healthy enough, and it really is only 80 calories per truffle! They’d work pretty well for you low-carb folks, too, and the original recipe I found called them, “Best Keto Chocolate Truffles’!

So, here we go with them, and we’ll see, right?

Dark chocolate chips - I used Ghirardelli, because if I’m making truffles, only the best, right? - measure out a cup of them and melt in the microwave. I started with a minute, stirred, and went from there until they were smooth. It might depend on your microwave, how many minutes!

Cut your avocado in half and pop out the pit. Some cooking folks say to do this by stabbing the pit with a sharp paring knife and pulling it out. I tried that once. It’s a really good way to stab yourself in the palm of the hand, I discovered. Ouch! Pop the pit out with your fingers, is my recommendation!!

Scoop the avocado into the melted chocolate with a spoon. Add one teaspoon of vanilla extract and a small sprinkling of salt. I just twisted my salt-grinder over the bowl a couple times.

Now, somehow, you’ve got to mash the avocado into the chocolate chips until it gets smooth. I used my actual potato-masher there in the background of the picture. (If you don’t have one of those, I really do recommend getting one! No, I don’t usually use it to mash potatoes, but it comes in super-handy!)

It didn’t wind up the same ‘creamy-smooth’ that melted chocolate by itself does. It looks more like ‘grainy’ chocolate, if that makes any sense at all? I can’t get a real good picture of it to show you. In any case, it’s going in the fridge to chill a bit now!

*Returning quite a while later*

The recipe said to chill in the fridge 15-20 minutes, but my evening wasn’t working out like that. Mine actually chilled in the fridge ten minutes, and then sat on the counter for - maybe half an hour now? Whatever works. You’re trying to let them firm up enough to roll them into balls. 

Roll them into truffle-sized balls (about an inch, I’d say), and then roll them in cocoa powder.

THESE THINGS ARE AMAZING!! Seriously, you’ve got to try them. I’ve never tried truffle recipes before, because they’re always so complicated - this is by far the easiest one I’ve ever seen, and the healthiest. 

You see mine in a tupperware, here, because I was making them for vacation next week. 

HEALTHY CHOCOLATE TRUFFLES

Ingredients:

1 medium avocado

1C dark chocolate chips (I splurged and used Ghirardelli’s)

1 tsp vanilla extract

A bit of sea salt

Unsweetened cocoa powder, for rolling (I used maybe a quarter cup)

Place your chocolate chips in a microwave safe bowl and melt them in the microwave. Stir until smooth. Add avocado, vanilla, and salt. Mix until combined well. (Should I say mash until combined well? Whatever!) Chill in the fridge 15-20 minutes, or until it is set enough to roll into balls.

Using a spoon or a small ice cream scoop, roll into one inch balls with your hands. Roll in cocoa powder to coat. 

Store in refrigerator.

Servings: 16 truffles

Calories per truffle: 80