Healthy chocolate truffles

Lots of studies have verified that cocoa has lots of benefits.
Besides helping to stabilize blood pressure, blood vessel health,
insulin sensitivity and HDL Cholesterol formation, cocoa is also
good to relieve stress and anxiety.

Cashew nuts are a very rich source of essential minerals like:
manganese, potassium, copper, iron, magnesium, zinc and selenium.
Cashews are also rich in many essential vitamins
such as pantothenic acid (vitamin B5), pyridoxine (vitamin B-6),
riboflavin, and thiamin (vitamin B-1),
responsible of easing stress, anxiety and depression.

Conclusion:
The combination of cocoa powder and cashew nuts is an explotion of
goodness for your health and your taste buds.

Here is a recepe that combines the two ingredients creating
magic chocolate truffles.
Thank you Stephanie Filardi for sharing it with me!

CHOCOLATE TRUFFLES


Ingredients for about 50 balls:

1 cup cashew nuts
1 cup good quality cocoa powder (I use Ghirardelli or Trader Joe)
half cup maple syrup
2 TBS water

Coatings:

cinnamon powder
curry powder
paprika
pumpkin spice mix
ginger powder
coconut flour

Grind pecans in a mixer then add cacoa.
Pulse them, then add maple syrup and water (just enough to make mixture soft but not liquid).

Let it rest in the fridge for 3/5 minutes.

Meanwhile, put coatings of your choice in small bowls.

Take half teaspoon of mixture and make a small ball using your hands.
Transfer ball in the bowl and cover it with chosen coating.

Put truffles in a tin or a glass container with lid and store in the fridge up to a week.