These truffles are healthy, full of nutrition and oh so good!

If you’re facing a slump in your day, the citrusy orange provides a nice little zesty, zingy uplift to carry you through.

These truffles have been so handy to just grab out of the freezer when we need a little pick me up, and my son has loved having them in his school lunch box too and they make a great nutrient-dense, filling healthy snack for kids.

Enjoy this Vitamin C-packed party in a bliss ball! We’ve always got a batch of bliss balls stashed away in the fridge or freezer like these nut and date-free Raw Cacao Balls,  the Apricot, Orange, and Coconut Bliss balls from my Easy Wholefood Lunchboxes ebook, and these Chocolate Peanut Butter Bliss Balls.

Many of the ingredients in this recipe can be sourced from my one-stop-favourite, organic wholefoods online store, The Wholefood Collective. They go to great lengths to ensure everything they source is amazing quality, they stock all my favorite products and I don’t even have to leave the house! Oh, and the cherry on the cake is they donate profits to improve food security for vulnerable Aussies.

Here are some of the ingredients you’ll need:

Cacao Powder
Walnuts
Pepitas
Chia Seeds
Medjool Dates
Desiccated Coconut
Cinnamon Powder
Salt 
Maple Syrup 

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Chocolate Orange Truffles

Total Time 10 minutes

Author Brenda Janschek

Ingredients

• 2 cups desiccated coconut
• 6 medjool dates seeds removed
• 6 prunes seeds removed (provides a fudge-ier consistency and has less sugar than dates)
• 1/2 cup walnuts you can leave these out to make lunch box friendly
• 1 tablespoon chia seeds
• 2 tablespoon pepitas
• zest of 1 medium orange
• juice of half an orange
• 2 - 3 tablespoons cacao
• 1/2 teaspoon natural vanilla extract
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon powder
• pinch sea salt
• 1 tablespoon maple syrup optional

Instructions

• Place the ingredients into your processor and blend at high speed until the mixture is all blended and comes together. Roll the mixture into balls, roll through desiccated coconut and place in the freezer to set

If you make this recipe please do take photos and send them to me.

If you share them on instagram, remember to tag me @brendajanschek. Otherwise feel free to pm me your photos via Facebook. I get a total kick out of seeing you bring my recipes to life. 

If you’re looking for more recipe inspiration, take a look at my new recipe ebook, Easy Wholefood Lunchboxes.

It’s packed with 40 delicious nut-free, refined sugar free sweet and savoury recipes which have all been kid-tested and approved!

Bren x