Recipe: Chocolate Truffles

Ingredients for vegan chocolate truffles

• 200g of vegan dark chocolate
• 7 tablespoons of vegan vanilla ice cream - I used Swedish Glace Smooth Vanilla flavoured iced non dairy dessert
• 1 tablespoon of crushed roasted hazelnuts
• 30g of grated vegan chocolate

How to make vegan chocolate truffles

1. Break the vegan dark chocolate into small pieces and melt in a large bowl by placing it over a pan of hot water
2. While the chocolate is melting, warm the vegan vanilla ice cream to room temperature
3. Once the chocolate is melted, spoon in the vanilla ice-cream and crushed roasted hazelnuts
4. Mix it until you have a smooth mixture
5. Pour the mixture into a plate lined with greaseproof paper
6. Let the mixture sit at room temperature for 45 minutes
7. Then put the plate into the fridge for another 45 minutes
8. Once the mixture is completely solid, remove it from the fridge and cut into small (truffle size) pieces using a knife
9. Roll each piece into a ball, and then coat using the grated chocolate

I made 2 different versions of this dish. I coated one with vegan hot chocolate powder and another with desiccated coconut. Both were nice! :)

Recipe & photo courtesy of Sagar Shah.

Going for a picnic

I wanted you to know how easy it is to have a vegan picnic. :)

Here's what we took: -

• Ryvita Sesame Crisp Bread

• Hummus

• Peanuts

• Chocolate

• Tikha Gathiya

• Nacho crisps

• Fruit

• Provamel Organic Forest Fruits Yofu

• A bottle of juice

It was effortless and delicious!

Goodies for a spontaneous picnic

Let me know what you take when you have a vegan picnic. :)