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Vegan red grape coconut truffles

Vegan, gluten free and high fibre oven-baked coconut and grape truffles. You can make them with any seedless grapes you prefer.
5 from 13 votes
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Resting Time 30 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 30 minutes
Course Dessert, Snack
Cuisine European, Mediterranean
Servings 10 trufffles
Calories 115 kcal

Equipment

  • oven with conventional heating setting
  • food processor
  • cooking paper
  • large mixing container/ bowl
  • oven tray

Ingredients
  

  • 200 grams seedless reg grapes
  • 100 grams plain coconut yogurt (I have used koko plain yogurt)
  • 120 grams dessicated coconut
  • 30 grams coconut flour (2 tbsp)
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract

Optional

  • 10 grams unsweetened cocoa powder (2 tsp for coating)

Instructions
 

  • In your mixing container, mix the dessicated coconut with the coconut flour.
  • Put the grapes in the food processor. Turn it on and blend for 20-30 seconds.
  • Add the vanilla extract and coconut yogurt in the food processor with the grape juice. Turn on the food processor and blend for 10 more seconds.
  • Start preheating the oven to 150° C.
  • Gradually add the blended grape juice- yogurt mixture to the dessicated coconut/coconut flour blend. Mix with a wooden spoon.
  • Mix the igredients until smooth
  • This is how the batter will look like when you finish!
  • Put a piece of cooking paper on the oven tray. Pinch off pieces of the mixture to roll into 10 truffles. Make sure the truffles as firm as possible.
  • Put the tray in the oven. Keep the temperature to 150° C and select the conventional/"upper and lower" heat setting.
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  • After 45 minutes turn the heat off and remove the truffles from the oven. Let them cool down for at least 30 minutes.
  • You are ready to serve! If you are a cocoa powder addict, you can coat the truffles with unsweetened cocoa powder. Two teaspoons are enough for 10 truffles.

Notes

Net carbohydrates per truffle: 6.1 g
Fibre per truffle: 4g 
Protein per truffle: 1.5g 
Glycaemic Index: 38.3
Glycaemic Load: 2.3
 
 
 
If you cover with unsweetened cocoa powder:
Net carbohydrates per truffle: 6.3g
Fibre per truffle: 4.3g
Protein per truffle: 1.7g
Glycaemic Index: 36.9 
Glycaemic Load: 2.3
 
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Keyword coconut truffles, gluten free recipe, vegan recipe