Vegan Ferrero Rocher
These lightened-up vegan Ferrero Rocher truffles are a healthier version of the classic Ferrero Rocher recipe! These treats are chocolatey, nutty, and easy to make - and they taste just like the real thing!
Servings: 12 bites
Calories: 128.6kcal
Equipment
Ingredients
- 8 Pitted dates
- ¼ cup Almond meal
- 2 scoops Vanilla protein powder Choose your favorite variety, just make sure it's refined sugar free and 2 scoops is approximately 150-200 calories and 20-24 grams of protein
- 1 cup Hazelnuts
- ¼ cup Water
- 1 tbsp Chia seeds
- 1 tbsp Unsweetened cacao powder
- 3 tbsp Desiccated coconut
- 43 grams 80% dark chocolate About ½ a bar of chocolate
Instructions
- Soak the dates in 1/4 cup of water for 10-15 minutes or until soft.
- Roast the hazelnuts in the oven for 10mins at 350 degrees F.
- Place the soft dates, the water used to soak the dates, roasted hazelnuts (leave a handful aside to place in the center of the balls), almond meal, protein powder, chia seeds and cacao powder in a food processor, then blitz and combine.
- Roll mixture into balls, making sure to place a hazelnut in the center of each ball.
- Coat balls in desiccated coconut. Place balls in the fridge to harden for 1 hour. Dip the balls in the melted chocolate. Refrigerate up to 8 hours or freeze to let the chocolate harden quickly. Serve cool.
Notes
Variations and Substitutions
- Different Nuts: If you want them to taste like Ferrero Rocher, they need to have hazelnuts. However, if you are not a fan of hazelnuts, then you can swap the hazelnut for almonds, pecans, or even walnuts. Try them to see what you like the most and go from there.
- Sub the coconut: If you’d prefer, instead of rolling the balls in coconut, you can roll them in crushed hazelnuts, puffed brown rice, or even puffed quinoa for a different crunchy texture.
- Make it keto/low-carb: Just swap the dark chocolate for a sugar free dark chocolate.
- Try adding nut butter: 1-2 tbsp of Hazelnut butter would taste great in the mixture for even more hazelnut flavor, but you could also use almond butter or peanut butter for a more creamy interior.
- Don’t skip soaking the dates. They need to be softened to give you the proper results.
- You really need to use a food processor to get the correct texture.
- To make the chocolate flavor even more intense, add a pinch of espresso powder to the cocoa mixture.
- You don't have to keep these in the fridge for 8 hours before eating them, although 8 hours (or even overnight) would make the chocolate really solidify. But you can enjoy these after just an hour or two of being in the fridge - enough so the chocolate can set.
Nutrition
Serving: 1bite | Calories: 128.6kcal | Carbohydrates: 8.6g | Protein: 4.4g | Fat: 8.6g | Saturated Fat: 0.6g | Sodium: 11mg | Potassium: 123mg | Fiber: 2.8g | Sugar: 4.2g