Vegan Carrot Cake Truffles | A Sugar-free, Paleo Easter Recipe

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These Vegan Carrot Cake Truffles are not only incredibly delicious and easy to make but also really healthy!  A sugar-free, gluten-free & Paleo Easter recipe for the whole family! 

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This year, why not fill your Easter baskets with some homemade, healthy treats like these Vegan Carrot Cake Truffles?

The thing I love most about Easter (apart from German Egg Liqueur) is the part when I get to gather all the store-bought and homemade sweets and treats and put together some Easter baskets for my loved ones.

This year, I wanted to keep things a bit healthier and less processed as we are about to embark on a long beach vacation in Mexico. Plus, homemade edible gifts are the best, right?

Browsing the internet, I came across Adriana’s recipe for Carrot Cake Truffles and decided to create something similar.

These Vegan Carrot Cake Truffles are not only easy to make but also sugar-free, gluten-free and paleo

These Carrot Cake Truffles are pretty much the healthiest way of getting the whole flavour of carrot cake – minus all the calories and added sugar.

I am using a mixture of ground almonds, pumpkin seeds (pepitas) and flax seeds to get that wonderfully cakey flavour and texture. I grind my Pepitas myself using my beloved Coffee and Spice Grinder * .

Feel free to roast the pumpkin seeds in a pan before grinding them, as this will intensify their aroma.

I especially like the intense nutty flavour the pumpkin seeds add to the truffles. It reminds me of Austrian Carrot Cake, which is often made with ground pumpkin seeds.

Of course, I also added my favourite Carrot Cake Spices, namely cinnamon, ground ginger, cloves, cardamom, and nutmeg. You can tweak the spice mixture according to your preferences.

No sugar needed – these Vegan Carrot Cake Truffles are sweetened with dates and maple syrup.

The sweetness of our Vegan Carrot Cake Truffles comes from Organic Dates* and a tbsp of Maple Syrup*. You might even find you do not need the maple syrup at all.

Just taste your Carrot Cake Truffle Batter and decide whether you want to add it or not.

How to make Vegan Carrot Cake Truffles:

The recipe for these Paleo & Vegan Carrot Cake Truffles really could not be any easier.

I think the hardest part is grating the carrots. The rest is just food processor magic.

Now, you can’t call these Carrot Cake Truffles, until chocolate comes into play, right?

To make our chocolate glaze, we melt some dark, vegan chocolate ( I like this brand * as it’s also sugar-free) with a tbsp of Organic Extra Virgin Coconut Oil* over a hot water bath and roll our carrot cake truffles in this mixture using two forks.

As decoration, I used some leftover pepitas. If you are like me and cannot keep yourself from “tasting” the chocolate glaze every 10 seconds, here’s a tip:

Once I started to run low on the chocolate glaze right at the end, I just rolled the last couple of truffles in the leftover chocolate and then in ground pumpkin seeds.

I hope you guys give these Vegan Carrot Cake Truffles a try! They come together in no time at all and make for such a nice edible gift or Easter treat to add to your Easter baskets!

Chef’s Tips for making Paleo Vegan Carrot Cake Truffles:

• To keep the carrot cake batter from being too moist, I recommend blotting the grated carrots dry with some kitchen paper. I just dumped the grated carrots onto a double-layer of kitchen paper towels, folded it into a parcel and gave it a good squeeze. Save the carrot juice for a face mask.
• I used 10 regular dates for this recipe. If you use Medjool dates, you might only need about 6 as they are bigger.
• Feel free to use pistachios instead of pepitas and add some freshly grated lemon zest to make these healthy raw truffles especially spring-like!
• You can roast the pumpkin seeds in a pan before grinding them, as this will intensify their aroma.

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