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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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Chocolate Muffins with Banana and Sweet Potato

Here's an easy recipe for chocolate muffins. They make a quick breakfast for those mornings when you're running behind schedule. My kids LOVED these. 

I used a combination of sweet potato and bananas. If you don't have one, use the other, or mix them like I did. I had 2 small sweet potatoes leftover, and when I mashed them, it came to 1/4 cup. When I added a mashed banana, it was about 1 cup of mash total.

 For the apple sauce, I like to buy those little snack cups that you might send to school with your kids. If I bought a jar of sauce, I'd never be able to use it up before it went bad.


Chocolate Muffins with Banana and Sweet Potato
Makes 10 muffins

 Ingredients
  • 1 cup almond flour
  • ¼ cup cocoa powder
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • pinch of pink salt
  • 1 chia or flax egg*
  • ¼ cup cooked and mashed sweet potato
  • 1 large ripe banana, mashed
  • 1 snack size unsweetened apple sauce (about ¼ cup)
  • 2 tablespoons maple syrup
  • ¼ cup chocolate chips (vegan if desired or other add-in such as nuts)
Directions
  1. Preheat the oven to 350F and line 10 muffin cups with paper liners.
  2. In a bowl, combine the dry ingredients.
  3. Combine the wet ingredients in a separate bowl, and then stir them into the dry ingredients just until combined.
  4. Add the chocolate chips.
  5. Divide among the 10 paper liners and bake for about 15 minutes or until a tester comes out clean.
  6. Allow to cool completely before eating them. I like to remove them from the pan right away and put them on a cooling rack near an open window.
  7. If you try to remove the paper while they're warm, it will stick. It comes off easily once they're cool. They will also firm up in the middle as they cool. Have patience friend.
*To make a chia or flax egg, simply combine 1 tablespoon of ground chia or flax with 3 tablespoons of water. Wait for a few minutes until it turns into a gel.

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