Purple Almond Wellness: Your M.A.P. to brain health, wellness and quality of life. Healthy Holiday Recipes: Raw Chocolate Truffles

Ahh, the holiday season is here! During this time of year, full of sugary treats and fattening snacks, it’s good to have a few healthy recipes in your box. So, this week, each morning, I’m posting a healthy holiday recipe. I hope you enjoy!

Today we have: RAW CHOCOLATE TRUFFLES FROM POPSUGAR FITNESS:

Raw Chocolate Truffles

Servings: 10-15
Time: 35 minutes + freezing time.
Difficulty: easy
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These tasty little morsels are bursting with vitamins, minerals and anti-oxidants. Plus, they're sweetened with dates and maple syrup, so, you'll find no processed sugar here.

Credit: PopSugar Fitness

Ingredients

1 cup pitted dates
1 cup soaked cashews (soak a minimum of 3 hours or overnight)
1 cup raw cacao powder plus more for rolling
1/2 cup melted coconut oil
2 tbs maple syrup
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
pinch of sea salt
pinch of cayenne pepper
shredded coconut for rolling

Directions

Place all ingredients, except shredded coconut, in a blender or food processor and blend until smooth, scraping sides as needed.
Roll into tablespoon size balls.
Coat balls in either cacao or shredded coconut.
Freeze for a few hours, preferably overnight.
Remove from freezer and set at room temperature for 30 minutes prior to serving.

Author: Tamara Hoerner

Welcome to The Purple Almond Wellness I’m Tamara Hoerner, MHNE, wellness educator and founder of Purple Almond Wellness. I work with middle-age individuals to help support brain health and develop whole body wellness, in order to improve the quality of their mid-life years. Heart and Alzheimer’s diseases run in my family and I struggled with weight loss, so I strive to help others with similar conditions. Using only nutrition, I rid my body of seasonal allergies, Psoriatic Arthritis and migraines. I know what it takes to use food as medicine, especially in middle age. As a wellness educator and Summa Cum Laude graduate of Hawthorn University, I develop personalized nutrition plans and wellness education sessions, to help clients. For me, the name Purple Almond symbolizes “Good, nutritious, whole food bringing light and life to the body, awakening the inherent healing mechanisms within.” I'm all about getting back to the basics, good old fashioned traditional organic, whole food, the kind your great-grandmother used to eat. You'll find no processed foods here. Just good food to heal your whole body. I also believe a healthy body isn't just about food. Stress plays a large part in the physical health of our body. I, therefore, believe in using anything that relieves stress and heals the body, including: mediation, yoga, music, laughter, inspiration and helping others. You'll find all these included in my blog as well. View all posts by Tamara Hoerner