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Avocado Truffles with Honey and Pistachios {GF, DF} and a Giveaway!

Last Updated on April 9, 2019 By Vicky 49 Comments

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Five ingredient sweet, rich and smooth avocado truffles with honey and pistachios, tahini and cocoa powder. Simply irresistible and practically healthy. A guilt free treat. Gluten Free and Dairy Free too. No cook, ready in 15 minutes, 100 calories a truffle with only 3.4 grams of sugar!

Five ingredient honey avocado truffles with pistachios, tahini and cocoa powder.

I am in love with avocados. Literally cannot get enough of them and don’t know what I would do if I couldn’t eat them everyday. I mean every single day. While it may seem like I don’t post recipes with avocado all the times it doesn’t mean that I’m not eating it.

My daily breakfast is boiled eggs with avocados. Pretty much every day. Consistent and delicious. And then I’ll usually add avocado to a salad for lunch. And for dinner I’ll make an avocado sauce to drizzle on quinoa bowls, or make an avocado crema for tacos, you get the idea.

Avocado all day everyday. So it’s only natural that I feel the urge to start experimenting more with avocado desserts. Yep, the healthy and delicious avocado is perfect even in dessert recipes. Sounds a bit strange?

Trust me you won’t even know there’s an uber healthy avocado hidden in your sweet and chocolaty bite sized balls of heaven. I’ll tell ya, D had no idea these were avocado truffles.

I even gave him the hint that there was an ingredient included in the short list of five total ingredients that didn’t normally belong in a dessert.

Taking a bite out of a honey avocado truffle

He still didn’t get it. And even after I finally told him these were in fact avocado truffles, and he sampled another one – he still didn’t taste the avocado flavor. So have I convinced you yet?

Instead what you are going to taste is rich and deep flavors of the chocolate, tahini, Nektar honey crystals flavor. Remember my honey chocolate cashew truffles made with Nektar honey crystals?

Well the honey crystals are back for yet another delicious dessert truffle recipe. And these are Christmas themed with the strong green pistachio color showing itself off.

Aren’t pistachios the best? Second to cashews of course, but coming in at a close second for the best nut ever.

These rich and dense avocado truffles are perfectly complemented by the roasted and lightly salted crunchy textures of crushed pistachios. A real medley of flavors in your mouth.

And since it’s just past holiday season how about a giveaway?! Enter below to win your very own jar of Nektar Honey Crystals. This is a great product that I love to incorporate in my recipes – think honey in crystal form aka honey without the mess.

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Honey Avocado Truffles with Pistachios {GF, DF} and a Giveaway!
Prep Time
20 mins
Total Time
20 mins
 

Five ingredient sweet, rich and smooth avocado truffles with honey and pistachios, tahini and cocoa powder. Simply irresistible and practically healthy. A guilt free treat. Gluten Free and Dairy Free too. No cook, ready in 15 minutes, 100 calories a truffle with only 3.4 grams of sugar!

Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American, dairy-free, gluten free, Healthy
Servings: 6
Calories: 81 kcal
Author: Vicky Berman
Ingredients
  • 1/2 avocado
  • 2 tablespoons tahini
  • 2 tablespoons cocoa powder
  • 2 tablespoons Nektar Honey Crystals
  • 1/4 - 1/3 cup shelled pistachios
Instructions
  1. In a food processor pulse pistachios until broken down into fine pieces - not completely crumbs though. Remove and set aside.
  2. In food processor process tahini, cocoa powder, Nektar honey crystals and avocado. Process until smooth.
  3. Freeze chocolate mixture for 15-20 minutes, just until easier to form into truffles.
  4. Form into six round truffles with your hands. Roll in the pistachio crumbs. Eat as is or refrigerate/freeze for firmer consistency.
Nutrition Facts
Honey Avocado Truffles with Pistachios {GF, DF} and a Giveaway!
Amount Per Serving
Calories 81 Calories from Fat 45
% Daily Value*
Fat 5g8%
Sodium 3mg0%
Potassium 129mg4%
Carbohydrates 9g3%
Fiber 1g4%
Sugar 5g6%
Protein 1g2%
Vitamin A 25IU1%
Vitamin C 1.9mg2%
Calcium 11mg1%
Iron 0.5mg3%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

**This post is spondored by Nektar but as always all opinions expressed here are my own

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Comments

  1. dixya | food, pleasure, and health says

    December 30, 2015 at 9:49 am

    i hear your sentiments on avocado and the happy feeling when its perfectly ripe!!!

    Reply
    • Vicky says

      January 9, 2016 at 10:35 am

      A ripe avocado seriously makes my day! Had to have breakfast today with a not yet perfectly ripe one and it makes me so sad!

      Reply
  2. Rosie says

    December 30, 2015 at 4:44 pm

    5 stars
    I’d like to use it in making some healthy energy bars!

    Reply
  3. Amanda says

    December 30, 2015 at 5:23 pm

    Would love to try! Maybe on top of peanut butter and toast for breakfast?

    Reply
  4. Tammy Baranoff says

    December 30, 2015 at 9:08 pm

    I want to try this truffle recipe – I’m thinking the honey crystals will give it a texture that would be awesome. I live that it’s plant based.

    Reply
  5. Steph says

    December 30, 2015 at 9:16 pm

    I would use on doughnuts

    Reply
  6. sarah says

    December 30, 2015 at 11:01 pm

    in granola!

    Reply
  7. Cindy Peterson says

    December 31, 2015 at 8:26 am

    I would make a sweet treat for my husband

    Reply
  8. Mary Beth Elderton says

    December 31, 2015 at 11:59 am

    5 stars
    I think this would be wonderful on roasted root vegetables.

    Reply
  9. Annette says

    December 31, 2015 at 12:21 pm

    I skimmed over the recipes and saw some nice ones. I think I’d like to make BBQ sauce with it, first.

    Reply
  10. Blessed Assurance says

    December 31, 2015 at 12:22 pm

    I would put this on my salad.

    Reply
  11. Cherie Varrin says

    December 31, 2015 at 1:13 pm

    I would make some treats for my kids. Like maybe some bars.

    Reply
  12. chris z says

    December 31, 2015 at 1:48 pm

    i would like to try to make the Roasted Potato Fries

    Reply
  13. Wehaf says

    December 31, 2015 at 2:08 pm

    I would use this in my tea and in my oatmeal, mostly.

    Reply
  14. Elizabeth says

    December 31, 2015 at 2:29 pm

    Probably to roast something like a turkey or veggies

    Reply
  15. anna key says

    December 31, 2015 at 4:05 pm

    I would use them to my yogurt!

    Reply
  16. Carolyn says

    December 31, 2015 at 7:00 pm

    5 stars
    I’d use them to try your Honey Avocado Truffles…They sound so yummy! 🙂 I’m on a pretty restrictive diet too but those are something I could enjoy also!

    Reply
  17. Barrie says

    December 31, 2015 at 7:09 pm

    5 stars
    I would use Nektar honey in tea, to sweeten yogurt, and in cookies!

    Reply
  18. Cheryl says

    December 31, 2015 at 7:14 pm

    Might be good in some cookies I would try that 🙂

    Reply
  19. Margaret H says

    December 31, 2015 at 10:29 pm

    im a tea drinker and think it would be great in tea

    Reply
  20. debbie says

    January 1, 2016 at 2:47 pm

    I’d love to use these in fruit crisps.

    Reply
  21. Jordan D says

    January 1, 2016 at 3:59 pm

    I’d sprinkle them in my yogurt or add them to smoothies!

    Reply
  22. Brenda Witherspoon-Bedard says

    January 1, 2016 at 4:57 pm

    I would eat it in my yogurt

    Reply
  23. Mary Baez says

    January 1, 2016 at 6:38 pm

    5 stars
    Looks delicious and tasty!!!

    Reply
  24. Julie Bickham says

    January 1, 2016 at 7:14 pm

    I would use them as a sweetener in baking yummy desserts.

    Reply
  25. Doreen Lamoureux says

    January 2, 2016 at 8:22 pm

    In my healthy oatmeal cookie recipe, my healthy granola bar recipe or my green smoothie.

    Reply
  26. Michele says

    January 2, 2016 at 11:41 pm

    I’d love to try it sprinkled on cookies before they go into the oven

    Reply
  27. Amy Lovell says

    January 3, 2016 at 1:16 pm

    I would use this as a sweetener in marinades

    Reply
  28. Jacky says

    January 3, 2016 at 4:09 pm

    I’d definitely make these truffles as I love every single other ingredient, and I’d add the crystals as smoothie bowl toppings too!

    Reply
  29. eddie v says

    January 4, 2016 at 2:26 am

    5 stars
    I would definitely make this with my oats and coffee in the early morning before going to work.

    Reply
  30. AnnJ says

    January 4, 2016 at 3:28 am

    5 stars
    I’d sprinkle it on plain yogurt, or I might try your recipe above, which has all my favorite things in it.

    Reply
  31. Mary McNamara says

    January 4, 2016 at 9:09 am

    I use it in my tea and on my oatmeal.

    Reply
  32. Michael Childs says

    January 4, 2016 at 9:38 am

    Great start to my breakfast smoothie. 🙂

    Reply
  33. Stella @ Stellicious Life says

    January 4, 2016 at 10:29 am

    5 stars
    With such a name as yours I would have been shocked if you were not such a big avocado fan ;-p lol
    But I’m with you: I loove avocados, in any form. So much, that I had it as my mission to convert Boyfriend to them as well: thankfully it wasn’t too hard, when he tasted that delicious creaminess of my homemade guacamole as well as the chocolate avocado pudding he became a die hard fan of the stuff. (He wouldn’t believe there was avocado in the pudding either as he couldn’t taste it, but since then he has made it himself so he knows the magic ingredient is avocado.)

    Truth be told it’s the tahini I find surprising. With such a special flavour I haven’t seen it in any dessert recipe yet. Will have to try this recipe as it sounds exciting and delicious!

    I’d love to use the honey crystals to make THIS recipe 😀

    Reply
    • Vicky says

      January 9, 2016 at 10:39 am

      Haha yes definitely a HUGE avocado fan. And so glad you were able to convert your bf to be an avocado lover — it just would not do, if he wasn’t!! I have made avocado mousse before and also was super surprised how the avocado taste is completely masked! Tahini is great in desserts – it has a different flavor profile than nut butters but adds its own sense of nuttiness. Hope you get to try this recipe!

      Reply
  34. Kelly says

    January 4, 2016 at 11:45 am

    Honey without the sticky mess – sounds good. I’d use it in my tea, to make sweets, healthy bars, and anything else I could think of!

    Reply
  35. Elizabeth says

    January 4, 2016 at 1:40 pm

    5 stars
    Since Avocados & Pistachios are two of my favorites…let’s not forget Dark Chocolate 🙂 I’d love to make these HONEY AVOCADO TRUFFLES WITH PISTACHIOS!! They look and sound so delicious…thanks for the recipe! I’ve never heard of Nektar Honey Crystals before, and would love to try them! Thanks for this chance 🙂

    Reply
    • Vicky says

      January 9, 2016 at 10:40 am

      avocados and pistachios are the best right? Dark chocolate definitely gets thrown into that favorite category too! Hope you get a chance to try the Honey Crystals if you see them!

      Reply
  36. david paremske says

    January 4, 2016 at 4:23 pm

    I would make granola bars.

    Reply
  37. Pam Flynn says

    January 4, 2016 at 6:11 pm

    5 stars
    Honey crystals I had never heard of until I read about them on your site. I would use them to make my famous beer & honey batter bread!

    Reply
  38. Margaret says

    January 5, 2016 at 12:21 am

    put them in my tea!

    Reply
  39. Maryann D. says

    January 5, 2016 at 10:35 am

    I would love to use Nektar Honey Crystals in my tea, or smoothies or cereal.

    Reply
  40. Laurie W. says

    January 5, 2016 at 1:15 pm

    I love honey in my tea so I think the Nektar Honey Crystals would be perfect for that.

    Reply
  41. Brittany Koelmel says

    January 5, 2016 at 1:56 pm

    I would love to use this in tea or as sprinkles!

    Reply
  42. Rajee says

    January 5, 2016 at 7:20 pm

    love to make energy bars

    Reply
  43. Angela Saver says

    January 5, 2016 at 8:51 pm

    I would use this in my coffee & in the homemade bread I make!

    Reply
  44. Cori Westphal says

    January 5, 2016 at 9:14 pm

    I’m thinking added to some banana bread would be good! Yum!

    coriwestphal at gmail dot com

    Reply
  45. Kimberly B says

    January 6, 2016 at 12:53 am

    5 stars
    I would use it in my morning smoothies.

    Reply
  46. Crystal Rose says

    January 6, 2016 at 10:21 am

    I’d use them as a finish on my baked goods.

    Reply

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