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Gingerbread Truffles

The Planted Runner
Prep Time 10 minutes
Total Time 10 minutes
Course Energy Bites
Cuisine Sports Nutrition
Servings 12 -18 truffles

Ingredients
  

  • 1/2 cup almond meal or ground almonds
  • 1/2 cup cashew meal or ground cashews
  • 1/2 cup natural peanut butter or peanut flour
  • 1 cup pitted medjool dates
  • 1 teaspoon ground ginger
  • 1 teaspoon black strap molasses
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1-4 tablespoons water as needed
  • cocoa or cacao powder for rolling

Instructions
 

  • If you already have almond and/or cashew meal (Trader Joe's sells them), add all ingredients except the water and cocoa to a food processor and blend until you achieve a cookie dough consistency, adding water one tablespoon at a time if needed to make dough (if you use peanut flour--I like PB Fit--you will need to add a couple tablespoons or more of water). If you are starting from whole nuts, grind those first into a fine meal before adding the other ingredients, being careful not to over-process into nut butter.
  • Once you have a sticky dough, dust your clean hands and a plate with cocoa powder. Roll the dough into bite-size truffles coated with cocoa.
  • These keep best in the fridge, but should be fine without refrigeration for several hours on the trail.