Healthy Keto Avocado Chocolate Truffles
Healthy Avocado Chocolate truffles are easy and delicious fudgy chocolate truffles, 100% dairy-free, vegan, and paleo. These no-bake dark chocolate truffles make a lovely addition to your Christmas or Valentine’s truffle plate, and nobody will spot the avocado.
Healthy Avocado Chocolate truffles: how to ripen avocados?
I love dark chocolate truffles. I think there is no celebration without chocolate truffles. Here I am sharing with you my healthier chocolate truffle recipe. These easy avocado chocolate truffles are super easy to make – all you need is a super ripe avocado.
I know that finding ripe avocados in winter is a challenge if you live in the US or Europe. So here is my trick.
To ripen an avocado quickly, place them in a fruit basket near bananas or wrap them into a piece of foil. Within 3-4 days, they should turn into smooth, ripe avocados. That’s how it looks like for me. Well, I am living in New Zealand, the country where I found the most delicious avocados. 
The batter will be moist and sticky. You will have to store it in the fridge for at least 30 minutes to firm up. Then, I recommend slightly rubbing your hands with coconut oil before rolling the truffles into your hands. It makes the process easier, and it won’t stick to your fingers.
I place all my truffles on a simple chopping board covered with parchment paper and decorate most of them with dust of unsweetened cocoa powder.
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To create beautiful Christmas colors on these avocado chocolate truffles, I played with natural powders. The red ones are made with beetroot powder, the green ones with matcha powder, and the white ones are rolled into desiccated coconut. I also used a tiny bit of sugar-free icing on some of them. It is basically erythritol icing powder.
I made this recipe two times. First time I used a strong 90% dark chocolate. The darker, the better! But the kids prefer lighter chocolate, around 80%. Look how fudgy they are! and they taste amazing, no avocado aftertaste at all!
This recipe makes 25 truffles. You can easily store them in the fridge in an airtight container for up to 4 days. But believe me, you will eat them before.
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Healthy Avocado Chocolate Truffles
Ingredients
- ⅔ cup mashed ripe avocado about a medium avocado
- 2 tablespoons Sugar-free flavored maple syrup or maple syrup if not keto
- 6 oz Sugar-free Dark Chocolate or >85% or stevia sweetened
- 4 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
- ½ teaspoon Vanilla Extract optional
- 2-3 drops stevia optional, add to increase sweetness if you like
Instructions
- Place the ripe avocado flesh in a bowl. Using a fork, mash the avocado into a smooth puree. You can also process the avocado flesh in a food processor.
- Add the sugar-free maple syrup, melted chocolate, unsweetened cocoa powder, vanilla, and stevia drops if you want to increase the sweetness. Stir to combine.
- Cover the mixing bowl and refrigerate for 30 minutes to 1 hour. That's an important step to firm up the batter and make the truffles easy to roll up.
- Slightly grease your hands with coconut oil and shape the truffles with your hands.
- Roll each truffle into the coating of your choice: unsweetened cocoa powder or desiccated coconut, and place the truffles on a plate covered with parchment paper. Store in the fridge 30 more minutes before eating. The texture will be even better.
- This recipe makes about 25 truffles. Store well in the fridge for up to 4 days in an airtight container.
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What are the net carbs for your avacado truffles?
Scroll down to the bottom of the recipe card to see the full nutrition panel. Enjoy, XOXO Carine
Could you maybe share how much of every ingrediënt you use, to get the right balance? I wiuld like to make these tonight
Hi, I am not sure I understand your question my dear. You have got the full recipe ingredients listed in the recipe card on this post with exact amount of every ingredients you need to make those avocado truffles. Instructions are also on the recipe cards. Let me know ! xoxo Carine.
I finally got around to try your awesome recipe Carine! The avocados here in Germany are impossible to turn into a purée with a fork so I used a mixer otherwise there would still be pieces of avocados hanging around. I used rice malt sirup as sweeterner and cinnamon for spice which covers very well the avocado taste. So simple and easy. Perfect for my son’s birthday next week!
Hi Emilie, It is better to use ripe avocado for this recipe. I agree, here in New Zealand and specially in summer it is pretty easy to find ripe avocado. If you can’t I recommend to leave your avocado in at room temperature in a bowl near banana. Bananas release lots of ethylene the hormone that makes avocado ripe quickly. It should not take more than 4 days to gets soft and creamy avocado that you can smash with a fork. A nice trick to make guacamole in winter too 🙂 Also if you use honey in this recipe you should barely taste the avocado flavour. I hope little Alexander enjoy them as Tata Carine do! Love from NZ! xoxo Carine.
These look delicious! I love the addition of avocado. 🙂
It makes the truffles so soft and fresh! A must try Lauren 🙂