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These Double Chocolate Coconut Almond Truffles are delicious tender sweet bites of coconut and white chocolate covered in luscious dark chocolate.
Made with coconut, almonds, light flaky wafers, sweetened condensed milk, and white and dark chocolate, these truffles are irresistible. These ingredients taste so good together it’s no wonder there are so many delectable creations incorporating them. Luckily, these Double Chocolate Coconut Almond Truffles couldn’t be easier to make at home.
About these Coconut Almond Truffles
These are by no means your traditional truffles made with chocolate and heavy cream, rather they’re a combination of tasty ingredients made to stick together by adding sweetened condensed milk and melted white chocolate. The ingredients used in this recipe are pretty straightforward but you could make a couple of substitutions if your missing some of the ingredients. The toasted almonds could be replaced with toasted and skinned hazelnuts and you could also substitute the wafers with graham cookie crumbs.
These Double Chocolate Coconut Almond Truffles are tender and chewy, full of delicious coconut and chocolate flavours. My favourite part is when you reach the centre of the truffle and you are greeted by the crunch of a perfectly toasted almond.
My pickiest taste testers gave these Double Chocolate Coconut Almond Truffles two thumbs up, so I know this recipe is a winner for kids and adults alike. Enjoy!
Ingredients
- 1-1/3 cups chopped white chocolate or good quality white chocolate chips
- 300 ml. sweetened condensed milk (approx. 1-1/4 cups)
- 1-1/2 tbsp. coconut oil
- 1/4 tsp. almond extract
- 1-1/4 cups crushed wafers*
- 1-1/3 cups shredded coconut unsweetened if you prefer things less sweet
- 1/4 cup whole unsalted roasted almonds
- 1-1/4 cups chopped dark chocolate 70%
- 3-4 tbsp. shredded dried coconut for topping here I used sweetened shredded coconut
Instructions
- In a double boiler, or in a pan set over simmering water, melt the white chocolate. Once melted, stir until smooth.
- To the melted white chocolate add the sweetened condensed milk, coconut oil and almond extract, mix well.
- Add the crushed wafers to the white chocolate mixture and combine until blended.
- Add one cup of the coconut to the white chocolate mixture and mix in. Test to see if mixture is too soft by forming a ball in your hands, if the mixture is still too soft add up to a 1/3 cup more of the shredded coconut and mix well.
- Let the mixture rest in the refrigerator for about 15-20 minutes. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper, set aside.
- Remove from the refrigerator and using a teaspoon or small cookie scoop (I used a size 60 scoop), scoop out mixture, start to roll mixture in your hands into a ball but before completely finishing, stuff an almond in the centre and pinch the ball to close the opening and then continue rolling until you have a nicely formed ball.
- While shaping your truffles, melt the dark chocolate in a double boiler over low heat. When chocolate starts to melt stir it with a spatula, turn off the heat but keep your bowl over the warm water so that your chocolate stays nicely melted.
- Using a fork, dip each truffle into the chocolate, remove and place onto baking sheet. Repeat until all truffles are done. If desired, sprinkle truffles with dried coconut.
- Place baking sheet in the refrigerator to set the chocolate coating on the truffles, once set (takes about 30-45 minutes), place each truffle into a mini paper cup.
- To preserve truffles, layer them in a container between parchment paper and store them in the refrigerator for up to 1 week. Let truffles come to room temperature before serving.
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ICSbyAnugya says
March 6, 2017 at 1:19 AMHi Fida! These double chocolate coconut almond truffles look absolutely divine 🙂 Your recipe sounds pretty simple too. I would love to try these out in my kitchen.
As a token of appreciation, I’m sharing this recipe link as the Recipe of the Day on our Facebook group ‘Recipe Repertoire’ (a group uniting food bloggers and food lovers). Congrats and do join and have a look at https://www.facebook.com/groups/703073099864104/
(PS: As a practice, we put two photos along with the recipe link, let me know if we can put two instead of one – as mentioned in your disclaimer.)
Sweet and Savoury Pursuits says
March 6, 2017 at 10:05 AMThank you Anugya and thanks for sharing my recipe with your facebook group, I’ll take a look at it soon!
ICSbyAnugya says
March 6, 2017 at 11:21 AMPleasure is mine! 🙂 See you there!
Karen says
March 3, 2017 at 9:14 AMI always enjoyed Mounds and Almond Joys when I was young. These truffles sound like a delicious combination of flavors very similar to both if they were combined. Love them.
Sweet and Savoury Pursuits says
March 6, 2017 at 10:02 AMHi Karen,
Yes, in fact they do taste similar, chocolate, coconut and almonds are so scrumptious together!
KR says
February 14, 2017 at 8:08 AMIt looks amazing and delicious 🙂 Thanks for sharing a recipe !
Sweet and Savoury Pursuits says
February 23, 2017 at 9:24 AMThank you for visiting!
Louise Crosby says
February 12, 2017 at 1:32 PMFida, these are beautiful little bon bons, perfect for Valentine’s Day. Thanks!
Sweet and Savoury Pursuits says
February 23, 2017 at 9:25 AMThanks Louise, I couldn’t believe how easy they were to make and so delicious!