Spiced Orange Cherry Walnut Truffles

Name: Spiced Orange Cherry Walnut Truffles
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 40 min
Yield: 15 Truffles
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 cup walnuts ((soaked overnight, drained and rinsed)); 1 cup cashews; 2 Tbsp orange juice ((fresh is best)); 1 orange ((zest of)); 1 tsp vanilla extract; 1 cup cherries ((dried, unsulphured and unsweetened)); cinnamon ((for rolling)); coconut sugar ((for rolling))

Posted on April 28, 2016 by Christine Roseberry in Desserts

Serves

Level

Easy

Ingredients

Ingreds.

Total

40min

Serves

Level

Easy

Ingredients

Ingreds.

Total

40min

Various different versions of fruit and nut balls are a classic staple of the raw food repertoire. Simple, delicious, portable, and quick to make, dessert balls are a great go-to recipe that you can pack with you for a snack at work, or bring to the beach for that picnic.

Much of the time, these sorts of desserts are made with dates. While dates are quite nice, it's good to change things up! These tasty orange cherry walnut truffles combine two of the absolute tastiest fruits.

Ingredients

1 cup walnuts (soaked overnight, drained and rinsed)
1 cup cashews
2 Tbsp orange juice (fresh is best)
1 orange (zest of)
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup cherries (dried, unsulphured and unsweetened)
cinnamon (for rolling)
coconut sugar (for rolling)

Servings: Truffles

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Directions

Prep

10 min

Total

40 min

Blend in the food processor the cashews until it becomes a coarse meal.
Add the cherries, orange juice and zest and blend until it becomes a sticky mix.
Add the walnuts in and pulse blend a few times, not too much you want to have some chunky pieces, just enough to blend it in well.
Scoop into bite size balls and chill in the freezer for 30 minutes.
Take out of freezer and dust them with a mix of cinnamon and coconut sugar.