Peanut Butter Truffles
A simply easy no bake treat that has only 7 ingredients! Perfect for the holidays, a sweet treat as a gift, dessert or even just to satisfy that chocolate and peanut butter craving.
Equipment
- Blender or Food Processor
Ingredients
- 1 Cup Dry Roasted unsalted Peanuts
- 1/3 Cup Smooth Peanut Butter
- 4 Dates
- 1/4 Cup Real Maple Syrup
- 1/4 tsp Salt
- 1 Cup Semi sweet Chocolate Chips
- 1 Tbsp Smooth Peanut Butter
- Course Salt Optional. Can be sprinkled over the chocolate.
Instructions
- Add peanuts, peanut butter, maple syrup, salt and dates into a blender or food processor and blend until all is chopped and combined.
- Prepare a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Scoop out 1 tablespoon of the mixture and form into a 1 inch ball, place onto the parchment paper. Continue until all the mixture is formed into balls.
- In a small bowl add together the chocolate chips with a tablespoon of peanut butter.
- Melt in the microwave at 30 to 35 second intervals, stir after each 30 seconds until smooth.
- Once the chocolate is smooth, roll each peanut butter ball into the chocolate until covered and place back onto the parchment paper.
- Optional: Sprinkle coarse salt over the chocolate covered truffles before placing into the refrigerator.
- Place the truffles into the refrigerator for about 1 hour or until the chocolate has set.
- Once the chocolate has set, place truffles into a air tight container and store in the refrigerator or freeze.