Low-carb candy is what gets some of us out of bed in the morning and this 5-Ingredient Low-Carb Chocolate Truffles simple recipe is for those diehard sweets lovers! These decadent, elegant, and easy 5-Ingredient Low-Carb Chocolate Truffles are worth dreaming about!
Why You’ll Love These 5 Ingredient Low-Carb Chocolate Truffles
Sweet Reward – These little bites are just the right size to enjoy as a small sweet treat whenever you’ve had a long day and since they’re low-carb there’s no guilty feelings. Pack them in your lunch box as a little low-carb reward for making it to midday! Simple Low-Carb Love
This 5-Ingredient Low-Carb Chocolate Truffles recipe proves that it doesn’t take fancy ingredients or complicated techniques to make truly delicious low-carb food!
The Whole Family Loves Them – Everyone from the youngest in the house to the oldest will be able to agree on the rich, nutty, and sweet flavor in these amazing 5-Ingredient Chocolate Truffles! Plus, kids can help mix these candies up and have so much fun getting messy with chocolate!
Perfect Poppable Treat – These tasty truffles are just the right size to pop just one when you need a chocolatey snack, too bad you won’t be able to stop at one!
Easy Candy Making – With this 5-Ingredient Low-Carb Chocolate Truffles yummy low-carb chocolate truffle recipe, you can make candy without any special equipment, thermometers, pots, or anything fancy, just pure deliciously sweet truffles!
EQUIPMENT
Bowl and Mixer: A large bowl and an electric hand or stand mixer makes mixing up these truffles much easier, but you can also do it the classic way with your muscles!
Scoop: To make beautiful truffles that look like they came from the candy store use a cookie or ice cream scoop to make these truffles into lovely uniform balls. If you don’t have a scoop, use a tablespoon to make the perfect bite-sized balls of chocolatey goodness!
INGREDIENTS
Butter Smooth and creamy butter makes these candies rich! Choose unsalted butter for a decadent and rich sweet flavor in your final truffles. You can use salted butter but be aware that this 5-Ingredient Low-Carb Chocolate Truffles trade can add a little too much savory flavor for some palates.
Erythritol This 5-Ingredient Low-Carb Chocolate Truffles awesome sugar-free sweetener has a great neutral sweet flavor that makes it the first choice of any low-carb baker! However you can substitute this ingredient for another sugar-free sweetener, like powdered monk fruit, stevia, or sucralose, to suit your personal tastes.
Unsweetened Cacao This 5-Ingredient Low-Carb Chocolate Truffles powdered chocolate has all the decadent bitter flavors of pure chocolate without the added sweeteners and additives. You can find this 5-Ingredient Low-Carb Chocolate Truffles ingredient in the baking aisle or online just be sure to look ‘100% cacao’ on the label.
Almond Butter This creamy and sweet nut butter brings these truffles together with a little nutty richness! You can also substitute this ingredient for another nut butter like macadamia nut butter sunflower butter, or a nut butter blend.
Almond Flour Almond flour is the perfect low-carb flour to add texture and density to these truffles that will make biting into them a real treat!
Expert Tips for This 5-Ingredient Low-Carb Chocolate Truffles Recipe
● This recipe can get a little messy so you may want to wear gloves and an apron when working with this chocolatey snack!
● Do not skip the chilling time for this recipe. The chocolate and nut butter will be very sticky and not as sturdy when it’s freshly mixed so cooling it down is essential to the finished texture.
● If you want a more colorful contrast to the look of your chocolatey confection, use powdered erythritol to garnish the finished truffles instead of cocoa powder.
How to Serve 5 Ingredient Low-Carb Chocolate Truffles
Chocolate Truffles really shine on their own. Serve them cold for a beautiful bite of chilled chocolate joy! Enjoy them as a party sweet or a just-because treat. Any moment is the right time for a little sweet vacation with these low-carb truffles!
How to Store 5 Ingredient Low-Carb Chocolate Truffles
These delicious truffles make the perfect small sweet bite whenever you’re craving a little chocolate, so store them well so they last longer!
Place them in an airtight container and store them in the fridge for up to 5 days.
5-Ingredient Low-Carb Chocolate Truffles
Ingredients
5 Ingredient Low-Carb Chocolate Truffles Recipe
Ingredients
- ½ cup room temperature butter
- ½ cup powdered erythritol
- ½ cup unsweetened cacao
- ½ almond butter
- 1 ½ cups almond flour
Instructions
Directions
- In a mixing bowl add the room-temperature butter, use a hand mixer to beat the butter well.
- Add in the cacao powder and beat until it's completely combined with the butter.
- Add in the erythritol and the almond flour, and mix again until well combined.
- Add in the nut butter and mix again until completely smooth.
- Cover the mixture and chill it in the refrigerator for 2 hours.
- After 2 hours, take the truffle mixture out of the fridge and scoop the batter with a small scoop or tablespoon and then use your hands to roll the scoops into perfect balls. This could get a little messy.
- Once you have your balls rolled out, coat them with cocoa powder.
- Keep them in the fridge until you are ready to eat them.
Enjoy your Pure Plate.
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Thank You!
Thank you so much for reading this blog! I hope when you make this recipe you enjoy it as much as me and my family did! If you do make these terrific truffles sure to tag me on Instagram @pure_plates_recipes!
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