Hazelnut Bites

Name: Hazelnut Bites
Yield: Makes 10 small bites
Ingredients: dried flower petals (for special occasions); 200 g (7 oz) dark chocolate bar, 90% or 70% cocoa solids; chopped hazelnuts; 2 tablespoons peanut butter; 3 medjool dates, stoned (pitted); 3 tablespoons cacao powder; 60 ml (2 fl oz / ¼ cup) coconut oil; 80 g (3 oz / ½ cup) hazelnuts, plus 10 whole hazelnuts for the middle; 80 g (3 oz / ¾ cup) almond flour

Preparation info

Makes
10
small bites

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Happy Vegan Food

By Bettina Campolucci Bordi

Published 2022

About

Chocolate makes the heart sing, it makes you happy – there is no arguing about that! Make sure you make a big batch of these because they won’t last long. They are the perfect holiday dessert, or actually, any occasion will do.

Ingredients

80 g (3 oz / ½ cup) hazelnuts, plus 10 whole

Dessert
Gluten-free
Vegan

Method

Place the hazelnuts in a small blender and blitz until you get a flour-like consistency. Then pulse until the mix becomes slightly sticky. Add in the rest of the ingredients and blitz until you get a sticky, fine mixture.

Spoon out bite-sized portions of mixture, place one whole hazelnut in the middle and wrap around it to form a ball, then place on a plate lined with greaseproof paper