Chocolate Avocado Truffles with a Kick – keto, paleo, & vegan

These healthy chocolate avocado truffles are a fantastic simple dessert. So easy and delicious, they are certain to become a favorite in your home.

They’re also loaded with nutrition so you can feel good about serving them anytime. They’re simple enough for every day, but perfect for gifting and special occasions too.

Seriously, I’m so excited to share these chocolate truffles with you all.  They are so sooo delicious that even my “I don’t like chocolate” hubby was swooning over them.

They are a super easy dessert so you can pull it together quickly to bless your family, someone you love, or just make an indulgence for yourself.

Why You’ll Love This Recipe

First of all, truffles are typically chocolate, which is something we all can agree is a good thing.

Second, they are an easy no-bake dessert so they come together in a flash. Perfect when you’re in a hurry and in the warmer summer months when the thought of turning on the oven is a bit daunting.

Third, they are yummy.

And when you can add “healthy” to the above benefits, we have a real winner.

I used to make chocolate truffles every year as a Christmas gift for friends and loved ones.

Those were loaded with expensive chocolate bars, heavy cream, and white sugar.

They were incredible, but since we started cutting refined sugar out of our diets, these weren’t really an option any longer.

Whole Food Keto / Low-carb Truffles

These truffles, however?

That’s a different story.

These chocolate avocado truffles are loaded with the healthy goodness of plain cocoa, avocado, coconut butter, and a low-carb sweetener–without all the refined sugar of normal truffles.

This much deliciousness with a bunch of health benefits thrown in?

Sold.

How good? Well, my husband is NOT a fan of chocolate since it gives him a headache.

But he sure didn’t turn down these morsels of yumminess.

He ate one and said: “These. Are. Good. I mean real good.“

Health Benefits of Avocado

The base is avocado, which is a nutritional powerhouse:

– loaded with fiber
– high in antioxidants
– high in monounsaturated fats
– high in potassium
– lots of vitamin K, folate, vitamin C, and more
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I must say, I will feel especially good about getting my next big bag of avocados at Costco the next time I am there :).

Health Benefits of Coconut

– high in nutrition (like copper, manganese, and iron)
– helpful for blood sugar control
– loaded with antioxidants
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You won’t need to convince anyone to gobble down a few of these to boost their health. In fact, I bet you will love these so much that you will either want to make a bunch and freeze them for later, or alternatively you can stock up on avocados when they are on sale and take advantage of my tips for freezing avocados. You’re welcome.

What You Will Need

You will need to do the following things to make this recipe:

Avocado
Coconut Butter: (here’s how to make your own)
Cocoa: (use carob for a caffeine-free and AIP alternative)
Sweetener: (for a low-carb option, use xylitol, erythritol, or my homemade powdered sugar substitute)
Pure Stevia Extract: (use powdered or liquid – here’s how to make your own liquid stevia – see more about How to Use Stevia here.  You can also use another sweetener, which you may wish to do for AIP)
Vanilla Extract
Salt: (I recommend Real Salt)
Cayenne or Chipotle Pepper: (optional – omit for AIP)
Toppings: options include cocoa powder (use carob for AIP), crushed nuts or seeds (omit for AIP), and shredded coconut
Cookie Scoop or Melon Baller: Of course, you can just use your hands as well, but this makes things a little cleaner.

Recipe Notes and Substitutions

• Choosing Avocados: Truffles are cute, but not if they’re gloppy. If you find yours are blobs and not truffles, you might have used avocados that are too ripe. Try using more firm avocados. You can possibly adjust the recipe by adding more cocoa and sweetener to fix it.
• Cocoa: One thing to keep in mind is that cocoa powders vary in quality and strength. Please do taste the recipe prior to forming the truffles to make sure that they taste amazing. If not, you might have to adjust the cocoa or sweetener. More cocoa is (almost) always a good thing :).
• Coconut Butter: If you would like to make your own coconut butter, see my Homemade Coconut Butter.
• Carob: You can use carob instead of cocoa for a caffeine-free and AIP alternative. If doing so, you can most likely omit some or all of the sweetener, since carob has an inherent sweetness. A reader of my blog has made these with carob and used no sweetener at all.
• Sweetener: You can use 4 to 5 drops liquid stevia instead of stevia extract (here’s how to make your own liquid stevia). Alternatively, use approximately 6 tablespoons of your sweetener of choice. If AIP, you can use coconut sugar.
• Toppings: Options for toppings include cocoa powder (use carob for AIP), crushed nuts or seeds (soaked and dried) (omit for AIP), and organic shredded coconut. One reader shared the amazing idea of rolling the truffles in coconut flakes toasted with maple syrup and a combination of freeze-dried blueberry and raspberry powder.
• THM: This recipe fits in as an “S” on the Trim Healthy Mama plan.
• Sweetener Alternatives:  A homemade option is this Powdered Sugar Substitute.  If you don’t want to use a low-carb sweetener, you can use powdered coconut sugar

Other Healthy Truffle Recipes

Pumpkin Truffles (keto, vegan, paleo)

3 Ridiculously-Easy and Delicious Coconut Truffles

Raw Nut Butter Truffles

Will you make these chocolate avocado truffles for yourself — or gift them?
Or both?