Vegan Chocolate Truffles Recipe! #tipit by Vanessa Luft Vegan Chocolate Truffles Recipe! #tipitIngredients BASE RECIPE 125 g of dark chocolate (70% cocoa solids) ½ cup of coconut milk* 1 tsp coconut oil (refined is recommended) 3 tbsp maple syrup** 2 tbsp cocoa (for rolling) 2 tsp ground cinnamon (for rolling) WINTER-SPICED FLAVOUR ADDITIONS vanilla bean, seeds ¼ tsp grated nutmeg ½ tsp ground cinnamon 3 pinches ground hot chili powder 3 tbsp fresh orange juiceDirections Take an unopened 100 g bar of chocolate and hit it against your work bench a few times so that the inside breaks up into small pieces. Take the remaining 25 g you will need for this recipe and chop it finely with a knife. Place the entire 125 g of chocolate pieces in a large bowl. If you are making winter-spiced version, add in grated nutmeg, cinnamon and hot chili powder. Gently heat up coconut milk on the stove – don’t let it boil. Add in coconut oil, maple syrup, vanilla seeds and orange juice (the last two only if you are going for the winter-spiced version).Pour hot coconut milk mixture over broken up chocolate and spices. Whisk it until combined into a silky smooth chocolate cream. It may take a bit of stirring, don’t be put off. If you have a ceramic hob and are using a heat-proof glass bowl, you may want to place it on the turned-off hob ring, which you used to warm up the coconut milk. Residual heat will speed chocolate melting. When the mixture cools down, leave it in the fridge for a few hours (or overnight) until it has hardened. Cover the bowl with cling film or else it will dry up.Scoop out a teaspoon of the thickened mixture at a time and roll into balls. Mix 2 tsp of cinnamon with 2 tbsp of cocoa on a plate/tray and roll the truffle balls in this mixture until evenly coated. Store in an airtight container in the fridge.Notes *What is needed here is coconut milk that comes in a tin, not the watered down coconut milk that you can now buy in a carton. The milk I used has 60% coconut and 40% water. **If you don’t have maple syrup, you can dissolve sugar in the orange juice instead.