Vegan Spicy Avocado Dark Chocolate Truffles
The avocado brings an added creamy element to the decadent dessert with a little spicy twist no one can resist.
Ingredients
- 1 Avocado medium, peeled, pitted and flesh removed
- 10 ounces Dark Chocolate Chips divided
- 2 tablespoons Unsweetened Cocoa Powder plus 1/2 cup, divided
- 1 tablespoon Grand Marnier
- 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon Ground Cayenne Pepper
Instructions
- Mash avocado flesh in a bowl with a fork, ensuring there are no more chunks left.
- Melt 5 oz dark chocolate chips in a microwaveable bowl in 30 second increments, stirring in between each, until smooth. Remove from microwave.
- Add melted chocolate to the mashed avocado, and stir until combined.
- Chop remaining dark chocolate chips roughly. Stir the chopped chocolate into the chocolate avocado mixture.
- Stir in Grand Marnier and 1/4 tsp of cayenne pepper. Taste to determine if you would like more heat to the mixture. If so, add another 1/4 tsp of cayenne pepper. Refrigerate mixture for at least 1 hour.
- Add cocoa powder to a shallow baking dish or bowl.
- Using a tablespoon measurer, scoop out 1 Tbsp at a time of the mixture. Roll each tablespoon into a ball and roll in cocoa powder until covered. Set finished truffle on a separate plate.
- Repeat process with the remaining truffle mixture. Serve immediately or keep in the refrigerator until ready to serve.
