Chocolate Cheesecake Truffles
Ingredients
Makes: 32 truffles
- Truffles
- 10 oz (300 g) (300 g) pkg semi-sweet chocolate chips, divided
- 1 pkg (8 oz/250 g) cream cheese, softened
- 1 scoop Vanilla Optimum Vegan Protein Blend, or Cocoa Acai Smoothie Booster
- 1/2 pkg Chocolate Velvet Cheesecake Mix (2), Eggnog or Pumpkin Cheesecake Mix
- Chocolate Coating
- 3 Tbsp (45 ml) each butter and vegetable oil
- Garnish, optional
- cocoa, or Tutti Fruity Whole Food Topper
- Sea Salt (Grinder)
- Shredded coconut
Preparation
- For truffles, measure ¼ cup chocolate chips into a bowl; microwave on medium, stirring often, until melted. Set aside to cool. Meanwhile, using an electric mixer, beat cream cheese until fluffy; beat in next two ingredients. Once blended, beat in the cooled chocolate. Refrigerate until firm, about 30–60 min.
- Form into 1-inch (2.5-cm) balls; freeze on a Sheet Pan lined with a Bake & Roll until firm, about 30–60 min.
- Meanwhile, in a heatproof bowl set over a Multipurpose Pot - 8 C filled with hot (not boiling) water, melt remaining chocolate chips, butter, and oil, stirring frequently. Remove from heat; let cool slightly. Mixture should still be runny.
- Using a fork, dip (don’t poke) truffles, one at a time, into chocolate, tapping fork on edge of bowl to remove excess. Place on a clean Sheet Pan lined with a Bake & Roll. Repeat with remaining truffles. If coating starts to harden, rewarm over pot of steaming water, stirring until softened.
- Sprinkle with garnish, if desired, while chocolate coating is still soft. Let cool at room temperature, about 30 min. Refrigerate up to 5 days.
Tip
Tip: You’ll have leftover melted chocolate, about 1/2 ; that’s OK. It’s better to have extra because it makes it easier to coat the truffles. Use it up dipping shortbread cookies, or let it harden, chop into pieces, and stir into cookie or cake batters.
| Nutritional Serving Size | Per truffle: |
| Calories | 90 |
| Fat | 7 g |
| Saturated Fat | 3.5 g |
| Transfat | 0 g |
| Cholesterol | 5 mg |
| Sodium | 40 mg |
| Carbohydrates | 7 g |
| Fibre | 1 g |
| Sugar | 6 g |
| Protein | 2 g |
Bake & Roll
$21.00
$21.00
Multipurpose Pot - 8 C
$69.00
$69.00
Sheet Pan
$25.00
$25.00
Sea Salt (Grinder)
$15.00
$15.00
Chocolate Velvet Cheesecake Mix (2)
$10.00
$10.00
Vanilla Optimum Vegan Protein Blend
$55.00
$55.00