These Truffles Are the Perfect Way to Use up Leftover Sweet Potatoes

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

Ingredients

• 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

• Step 1

  Preheat oven to 400°F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.

  

• Step 2

  Place a paper towel over a cutting board for easy disposal and peel sweet potatoes.

  

• Step 3

  Cut ends off sweet potatoes and dice.

  

• Step 4

  Place diced sweet potatoes on baking sheet.

  

• Step 5

  Drizzle with melted coconut oil, add cinnamon, and mix to combine.

  

• Step 6

  Place in oven for about 20 minutes, or until sweet potatoes can be easily pierced with a fork.

• Step 7

  Remove sweet potatoes from oven and transfer to a cutting board.

• Step 8

  Mash sweet potatoes with a fork.

  

• Step 9

  Once all sweet potatoes pieces are mashed, remove to a large bowl.

  

• 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.

  

• Step 11

  Pulse until finely ground.

  

• Step 12

  Add all crumbs except a couple tablespoons to the mashed sweet potatoes (you will be using the remaining crumbs as garnish).

  

• Step 13

  Add almond milk and maple syrup and mix until fully combined.

  

• Step 14

  Place a new piece of parchment paper on your baking sheet.

• Step 15

  Form mixture into small balls and place on baking sheet.

  

• Step 16

  Place in the freezer for about 15 minutes, or until firm.

• Step 17

  In a medium-sized microwave-safe bowl, add chocolate chips.

  

• Step 18

  Microwave chocolate chips until fully melted, making sure to stir the mixture every 30 seconds.

  

• Step 19

  Once fully melted, remove sweet potato balls from the freezer.

• 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.

• Step 21

  Place truffle back on the baking sheet, and garnish with your extra Cinnamon Sweets crumbs.

  

• Step 22

  Repeat until all truffles have been dipped in chocolate.

  

• Step 23

  Place back in the freezer for about 15 minutes, and then move to the refrigerator until ready to eat.