Avocado Chocolate Truffles
By Carine Claudepierre
Published on 01/25/2016 - Last updated on 09/07/2023
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These 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.
What Are Avocado Chocolate Truffles?
I love dark chocolate truffles. I think there is no celebration without chocolate truffles.
These Avocado Chocolate Truffles are the healthier version of the classic chocolate truffle recipe.
These truffles are super easy to make – all you need is a ripe avocado and a handful of other ingredients.
Why You’ll Love This Recipe
This recipe is super simple and delicious, but it’s also:
- Gluten-Free
- Low-Carb
- Keto-Friendly
- Dairy-Free
- Egg-Free
- Vegan
- Paleo
- 4 Ingredients
- Ready in 30 Minutes
How To Make Avocado Chocolate Truffles
This chocolate avocado truffle recipe is super easy to make and requires no baking.
Ingredients
- Avocado – choose a ripe avocado. To know if your avocado is ripe, it should be slightly squishy when touched and the flesh under the stem should be bright green.
- Maple Syrup – pick sugar-free maple syrup if you’re on a keto diet. Otherwise, you can use regular maple syrup or coconut nectar for a honey alternative.
- Dark Chocolate – prefer unsweetened dark chocolate with at least 70% of cocoa.
- Cocoa Powder – choose unsweetened cocoa powder.
Instructions
Combine the avocado flesh, maple syrup, melted chocolate, cocoa powder, and vanilla.
Process for 30 seconds to a minute to combine the batter.
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.
Roll the truffles between your hands to form perfect small balls.
Decorating The Avacado Truffles
Place the avocado chocolate truffles on a simple chopping board covered with parchment paper and decorate most of them with a dust of unsweetened cocoa powder.
To create beautiful Christmas colors on these avocado chocolate truffles, play 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.
You can also use some sugar-free icing on some of them.
Storage Instructions
This recipe makes 25 truffles. You can easily store them in the fridge in an airtight container for up to 4 days.
I don’t recommend freezing them as they are better enjoyed fresh, but it’s possible to keep them in the freezer for up to 3 months.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I Quickly Ripen An Avocado?
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.
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Chocolate Avocado Truffles
Ingredients
- ⅔ cup Avocado mashed
- 2 tablespoons Sugar-Free 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 Monk Fruit Drops or Stevia Drops 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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About The Author
Hi, I'm Carine, the food blogger, author, recipe developer, published author of a cookbook, and founder of Sweet As Honey.
I have an Accredited Certificate in Nutrition and Wellness obtained in 2014 from Well College Global (formerly Cadence Health). I'm passionate about sharing all my easy and tasty recipes that are both delicious and healthy. My expertise in the field comes from my background in chemistry and years of following a keto low-carb diet. But I'm also well versed in vegetarian and vegan cooking since my husband is vegan.
I now eat a more balanced diet where I alternate between keto and a Mediterranean Diet
Cooking and Baking is my true passion. In fact, I only share a small portion of my recipes on Sweet As Honey. Most of them are eaten by my husband and my two kids before I have time to take any pictures!
All my recipes are at least triple tested to make sure they work and I take pride in keeping them as accurate as possible.
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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 🙂