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!
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.
MY LATEST VIDEOSAvocado 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.
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.
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!
- 1/2 avocado
- 2 tablespoons tahini
- 2 tablespoons cocoa powder
- 2 tablespoons Nektar Honey Crystals
- 1/4 - 1/3 cup shelled pistachios
- In a food processor pulse pistachios until broken down into fine pieces - not completely crumbs though. Remove and set aside.
- In food processor process tahini, cocoa powder, Nektar honey crystals and avocado. Process until smooth.
- Freeze chocolate mixture for 15-20 minutes, just until easier to form into truffles.
- Form into six round truffles with your hands. Roll in the pistachio crumbs. Eat as is or refrigerate/freeze for firmer consistency.
**This post is spondored by Nektar but as always all opinions expressed here are my own
dixya | food, pleasure, and health says
i hear your sentiments on avocado and the happy feeling when its perfectly ripe!!!
Vicky says
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!
Rosie says
I’d like to use it in making some healthy energy bars!
Amanda says
Would love to try! Maybe on top of peanut butter and toast for breakfast?
Tammy Baranoff says
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.
Steph says
I would use on doughnuts
sarah says
in granola!
Cindy Peterson says
I would make a sweet treat for my husband
Mary Beth Elderton says
I think this would be wonderful on roasted root vegetables.
Annette says
I skimmed over the recipes and saw some nice ones. I think I’d like to make BBQ sauce with it, first.
Blessed Assurance says
I would put this on my salad.
Cherie Varrin says
I would make some treats for my kids. Like maybe some bars.
chris z says
i would like to try to make the Roasted Potato Fries
Wehaf says
I would use this in my tea and in my oatmeal, mostly.
Elizabeth says
Probably to roast something like a turkey or veggies
anna key says
I would use them to my yogurt!
Carolyn says
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!
Barrie says
I would use Nektar honey in tea, to sweeten yogurt, and in cookies!
Cheryl says
Might be good in some cookies I would try that 🙂
Margaret H says
im a tea drinker and think it would be great in tea
debbie says
I’d love to use these in fruit crisps.
Jordan D says
I’d sprinkle them in my yogurt or add them to smoothies!
Brenda Witherspoon-Bedard says
I would eat it in my yogurt
Mary Baez says
Looks delicious and tasty!!!
Julie Bickham says
I would use them as a sweetener in baking yummy desserts.
Doreen Lamoureux says
In my healthy oatmeal cookie recipe, my healthy granola bar recipe or my green smoothie.
Michele says
I’d love to try it sprinkled on cookies before they go into the oven
Amy Lovell says
I would use this as a sweetener in marinades
Jacky says
I’d definitely make these truffles as I love every single other ingredient, and I’d add the crystals as smoothie bowl toppings too!
eddie v says
I would definitely make this with my oats and coffee in the early morning before going to work.
AnnJ says
I’d sprinkle it on plain yogurt, or I might try your recipe above, which has all my favorite things in it.
Mary McNamara says
I use it in my tea and on my oatmeal.
Michael Childs says
Great start to my breakfast smoothie. 🙂
Stella @ Stellicious Life says
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 😀
Vicky says
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!
Kelly says
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!
Elizabeth says
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 🙂
Vicky says
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!
david paremske says
I would make granola bars.
Pam Flynn says
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!
Margaret says
put them in my tea!
Maryann D. says
I would love to use Nektar Honey Crystals in my tea, or smoothies or cereal.
Laurie W. says
I love honey in my tea so I think the Nektar Honey Crystals would be perfect for that.
Brittany Koelmel says
I would love to use this in tea or as sprinkles!
Rajee says
love to make energy bars
Angela Saver says
I would use this in my coffee & in the homemade bread I make!
Cori Westphal says
I’m thinking added to some banana bread would be good! Yum!
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Kimberly B says
I would use it in my morning smoothies.
Crystal Rose says
I’d use them as a finish on my baked goods.