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No Bake Nutella Balls (chocolate truffles)

Here’s a new favourite truffle I added to our Christmas cookie boxes this year. I’ll share with you how to make No Bake Nutella Balls covered in chocolate with a few sprinkles to make them look festive. These were so delicious. I had a hard time not eating all of them myself. You can crush the graham crackers yourself, but I just purchased a box of crumbs. No Bake Nutella Balls Makes about 50 balls Adapted from The Carefree Kitchen Ingredients For the filling 1/2 cup of butter, softened 1 1/4 cup Nutella 1 cup graham cracker crumbs 2 cups icing sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla For the coating 1 1/2 cups meting chocolate (I used milk) Directions Combine all filling ingredients until a dough forms. You can add more Nutella or graham crumbs  if you feel the dough is too soft or dry. The dough should hold its shape once rolled.  Roll teaspoon size balls and place in a single layer in the freezer for 30 minutes.  Melt the chocolate in a double boiler or bowl over a simmering pot of wa...
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Banana Chocolate Oat Muffins

Me again, finding yet another way to use up those ripe bananas.

My kids loved these. They called them brownies because they look and taste more like brownies than muffins.

 You should also add this to your collection of recipes to make when you run out of eggs!

 To make your own oat flour, pulse 3/4 cup of oats in a blender or food processor until it looks like flour. I got about 3/4 cups of oat flour out of it.




Banana Chocolate Oat Muffins
Adapted from The Tasty Cheapskate
Makes 9 muffins

 Ingredients
  • 1/2 cup unsweetened apple sauce
  • 1/2 cup mashed ripe banana (1 medium)
  • 1 teaspoon oil
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
  • 3/4 cup oat flour
  • 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1/4 cup chocolate chips (I used milk)
Directions
  1. Preheat the oven to 350F and spray a muffin pan with cooking spray. In my experience, muffins with little fat in them like to stick to paper liners.  
  2. Mix all the wet ingredients together in a large bowl. Add the oat flour and sift the rest of the dry ingredients into the same bowl. I like to sift because there have been times when I got little lumps of baking soda in my baking and I don't like that. My cocoa powder was also a bit lumpy. Mix just until combined.
  3. Stir in the chocolate chips.
  4. Bake for 15-20 minutes or until a tester comes out clean.
  5. Cool before serving.
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  1. Mostly Food and CraftsApril 14, 2014 at 9:51 AM

    I made muffins this month too - yours look delish!

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  2. JeanieApril 14, 2014 at 2:31 PM

    Yay! So glad you guys enjoyed them.

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  3. RebekahApril 14, 2014 at 10:30 PM

    Those sound delicious - and super healthy! And who wouldn't love a muffin that tastes like a brownie?? :)

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  4. UnknownApril 15, 2014 at 2:42 PM

    Love the combination of banana and chocolate! YUM!

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  5. JulieApril 20, 2014 at 4:21 PM

    Nothing better than a chocolate muffin this includes bananas.

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  6. UnknownMay 7, 2014 at 3:07 AM

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  7. UnknownMay 16, 2014 at 2:48 AM

    I enjoyed preparing muffins using this chocolate muffin recipe even my kids helped me in preparing and finally prepared delicious muffins,Thanks for the share

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