Truffles are an ideal dessert. They’re easy to make, you can make them from just about anything, and they look gorgeous despite minimal effort. I hadn’t made anything similar to a truffle since my cake ball debacle of 2014 (it was a disaster), so I figured it was time to give bite-sized balls another shot.
I searched my pantry for the ingredients I would use for my retribution balls and came across way too many sweet potatoes and a bag of Cinnamon Sweets TERRA Chips. To make truffles, you really just need an element of crunch that serves as a binding agent and a cream element that, when mixed together, can be rolled into balls and dipped in chocolate, so I said YOLO – let’s make truffles out of nearly 100% vegetables and make them so delicious no one would ever know they’re healthy.
This time, I succeeded.
Sweet Potato Truffles
- Prep Time:40 minutes
- Cook Time:25 minutes
- Total Time:1 hour, 5 minutes
- Servings:28 truffles
- Easy
- 2 cup mashed sweet potato (yielded from 4 small or 2 large sweet potatoes)
- 3 tablespoon coconut oil, melted
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 bag Cinnamon Sweets TERRA Chips
- 2 tablespoon maple syrup
- 1 tablespoon milk (I used almond)
- 1 bag dark chocolate chips
Ingredients
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Step 1
Preheat oven to 400°F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
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Step 2
Place a paper towel over a cutting board for easy disposal and peel sweet potatoes.
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Step 3
Cut ends off sweet potatoes and dice.
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Step 4
Place diced sweet potatoes on baking sheet.
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Step 5
Drizzle with melted coconut oil, add cinnamon, and mix to combine.
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Step 6
Place in oven for about 20 minutes, or until sweet potatoes can be easily pierced with a fork.
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Step 7
Remove sweet potatoes from oven and transfer to a cutting board.
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Step 8
Mash sweet potatoes with a fork.
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Step 9
Once all sweet potatoes pieces are mashed, remove to a large bowl.
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Step 10
Add bag of Cinnamon Sweets TERRA Chips to food processor. If you don’t have a food processor, add chips to a gallon size Ziploc bag and crush with a rolling pin or bottom of a cup.
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Step 11
Pulse until finely ground.
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Step 12
Add all crumbs except a couple tablespoons to the mashed sweet potatoes (you will be using the remaining crumbs as garnish).
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Step 13
Add almond milk and maple syrup and mix until fully combined.
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Step 14
Place a new piece of parchment paper on your baking sheet.
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Step 15
Form mixture into small balls and place on baking sheet.
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Step 16
Place in the freezer for about 15 minutes, or until firm.
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Step 17
In a medium-sized microwave-safe bowl, add chocolate chips.
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Step 18
Microwave chocolate chips until fully melted, making sure to stir the mixture every 30 seconds.
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Step 19
Once fully melted, remove sweet potato balls from the freezer.
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Step 20
Dip a sweet potato ball into the chocolate mixture, using a fork or spoon to make sure it’s completely covered in chocolate.
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Step 21
Place truffle back on the baking sheet, and garnish with your extra Cinnamon Sweets crumbs.
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Step 22
Repeat until all truffles have been dipped in chocolate.
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Step 23
Place back in the freezer for about 15 minutes, and then move to the refrigerator until ready to eat.
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