Dessert for 18

Chocolate Date Truffles

Name: Chocolate Date Truffles
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 18 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 14 medjool dates; 1/2 cup nuts; 3/4 cup almond meal; 1/4 cup cocoa powder; 1 tsp vanilla; 1/2 tsp sea salt (optional); cocoa (optional)

$2.42for 415 minServes 18

These rich truffles blend dates, nuts, almond meal, cocoa, vanilla, and salt into small round treats.

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What it costs

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Ingredient	Amount	Cost
	Dried fruit and raisins, 14 oz$0.45/oz typical	14 oz	$6.30Typical price
	Nuts and seeds, 5.75 oz$0.70/oz typical	5.75 oz	$3.94Typical price
	Chocolate chips and baking chocolate, 0.5 oz$0.45/oz typical	0.5 oz	$0.23Typical price
Total for the servings shown		$10.90

Pantry staples you likely have

Cornstarch, vanilla, yeast, cocoaSalt and pepper

Not included in the cost.

15 minstart to table
Easydifficulty
18servings as written
$typical cost tier

American Vegetarian Vegan Dairy-free Gluten-free Budget Desserts

Typical price

$0.61 per serving$2.42 for 4

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Ingredients

14 medjool dates
1/2 cup nuts
3/4 cup almond meal
1/4 cup cocoa powder
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 tsp sea salt (optional)
cocoa (optional)

Steps

Process the dates, nuts, almond meal, cocoa powder, vanilla, and salt for 2 minutes.
Scrape down the bowl and process again until the mixture forms a thick dough.
Roll the mixture into 18 small balls.
Coat the truffles with extra cocoa powder if desired.
Chill the truffles for 5 minutes before serving.