Make someone you love a delicious, homemade gift with these fig and chocolate truffles. These tasty treats are raw, rich and made from all-natural ingredients - so none of the nasty additives, refined sugar and preservatives! So go ahead and surprise someone (or yourself) with something special.

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INGREDIENTS

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• 6 dried figs

• A handful of pistachio nuts

• Pinch of salt

• 2 tbsp coconut oil

• A handful of raw almonds - soaked overnight

• Some extra pistachios chopped for the topping

• Chocolate coating

• 1 tbsp coconut oil

• ½ cup raw cacao

 

INSTRUCTIONS​

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• Place all ingredients in a food processor and blitz till combined but not too mushy.

• Form mixture into balls.

• For the chocolate coating: mix the cacao and the coconut oil together in a bowl. (If the coconut oil is solid, just melt it by placing it into a bowl, and place that inside another bowl ¼ filled with water.

• Dip the balls in the chocolate mixture and remove white a fork.

• Place in a container lined with greaseproof paper.

• Sprinkle some of the chopped nuts.

• Once you have made all the truffles, seal the container and place it in the fridge to set. It makes about 12-16 truffles depending on how big you want them. They keep for unto 7 days in the fridge.

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