Top Secret Raw Food Recipe: Chocolate Aphrodisiac Truffles for Valentine’s Day
While everyone is out running around in a mad frenzy looking for cards and flowers, there are some other more romantic and creative ideas for Valentines Day to help you spoil you and your loved one rotten! Last year for Valentine’s Day, I made my son and Husband each a box of chocolate truffles. I decorated an old cigar box with hearts and I love you’s, and on the inside I put candy paper wrappers filled with truffles. I enclosed a handmade card that told each one how much I loved them, my favorite things about them, and I included a favorite photo or two of us having a wonderful time together.
I wrapped everything up in a recycled gift bag, placed tissue paper inside and then tied it up with ribbon. These are the gifts worth giving, the ones that oooze your love and admiration for the special people in your life! Here’s the recipe for these delicious raw chocolate truffles, so you, too, can give your loved one a gift they are not likely to forget! One of them happens to involve delicious chocolate truffles….
Top Secret Recipe for Chocolate Aphrodisiac Truffles
Ingredients:
For the truffles:
- 1 cup raw walnuts
- 2 tbsp agave syrup
- 1 tbsp vanilla
- 1/2 cup pitted soft dates
- 1/4 cup coconut water
- 2 tbsp of raw carob
- 2 tbsp raw cacao nibs
For the truffle topping mixture:
- 1/4 cup powdered raw cacao
- 1 tablespoon raw Rapadura brand sugar
- 1 tablespoon raw carob
- 1 tablespoon raw coconut flakes
Directions:
To make the truffles, blend all the truffle ingredients, except for the raw cacao nibs, in a food processor until smooth. Mix in the raw cacao nibs by hand. Shape the mixture into truffle shapes, sort of like an egg shape. To make the truffle topping, grind the cacao together with the sugar, carob and coconut in a coffee mill or spice mill until it becomes a fine powder. Dip each truffle in the truffle topping mixture. Place each truffle into a paper candy wrapper and let sit in the fridge until ready to pack in a box. YUUUUUMMMMMMMM! These keep well in the fridge or freezer, but can be left out initially for a few hours to give as a gift. Enjoy this fabulous recipe for raw Valentine’s Day treats!! 😉 Feel free to experiment with the toppings and let us know how you go!!
More Recipes by Angelina Elliott
For information about the benefits of raw chocolate and more deliciously decadent recipes, see our post on Raw Chocolate and recipes for a fantastic three-course Romantic Dinner for Two! For more delicious raw food recipes from Angelina Elliott you can purchase her recipes books Decadent Gourmet, Alive in 5 and Juice & Cocktails in this very affordable combination of e-books! For more ideas for Valentine’s Day gifts, see our recipe for bath salts for a romantic bath for two!