Vegan truffles are an easy & healthy holiday dessert! A creamy coconut and chocolate base rolled in pistachios makes a yummy, no-bake, gluten-free treat.

holiday / vegan / gluten free

All you non-bakers out there, this one is for you. So far in this holiday season I haven’t baked one cookie, shopped for one gift… and I have a tree somewhere in a storage unit.

So, today, I have the perfect busy-person dessert that’s fast & easy, yet tasty & impressive. And you likely already have these few ingredients in your kitchen.

It’s a super basic recipe, but feel free to get creative and make a few variations. Add liqueur into your chocolate if that’s your thing… cinnamon, chiles, orange zest, espresso powder… whatever you like. Your pantry is the limit.

adapted from Vegetarian Times

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Vegan Pistachio Coconut Truffles

  PrintAuthor: Jeanine DonofrioIngredients

• 1 (12 ounce) package of dark (65% cacao) chocolate chips, or chopped semi-sweet baking chocolate (I enjoy the Sunspire brand, which is vegan & gluten free)
• ½ cup full-fat coconut milk
• Tiny splash of vanilla
• ½ cup raw chopped pistachios
• ½ cup unsweetened shredded coconut (optional)
• Sea salt

Instructions

Melt the chocolate chips in a large glass bowl over a small pot of simmering water, stirring until smooth. Remove from heat and stir in the coconut milk and vanilla.

Refrigerate for at least 4 hours.

Toast the pistachios with a little bit of sea salt, and spread a thin layer on a plate.

Place the coconut and a few pinches of salt on a separate plate. Scoop 1-inch balls of chocolate mixture and roll them into the toppings. Use your hands to get it all to stick together. Store, covered, in the fridge.

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