Apricot Almond Dried Fruit Truffles
These Apricot Almond Dried Fruit Truffles taste like candy. But they're made entirely of dried fruit, nuts, and healthy, whole food ingredients. They're an easy-to-make, no-bake recipe that's perfect for when you need a sweet treat.
I’ve admitted many times, that I have a huge sweet tooth. If it’s in the house, I’ll always go for sweet over salty, but I try to keep it healthy and stick to fruit -or at least something with fruit in it 🙂 for dessert or a sweet snack. When fresh fruit doesn’t quite hit the spot, I go for my secret stock of dried fruit (nature’s candy), maybe with a handful of dark chocolate chips -lots of antioxidants and just enough guilt-free sweetness to satisfy me. Â
Lucky for me, the folks at Fruit Bliss were nice enough to send me samples of their soft dried fruit. Talk about nature’s candy! Their fruits are all-natural, with no preservatives or sugar added, and they’re rehydrated with water, which makes them so amazingly sweet, juicy, and unlike any of the dried fruit I usually buy in the bulk packages.
I especially love that their dried apricots are brown because they are sulfite-free -they give you a heads up about that on the package. Â They were a major hit in my house straight out of the bag for snacking. And their super sweet flavor and moist texture inspired this quick, easy, no-bake recipe, which tastes like a guilt-free candy truffle.
PS: Did you know â…“ cup of dried apricots has more potassium than a banana?
Recipe
Apricot Almond Dried Fruit Truffles
Ingredients
- 12 oz Soft Dried Apricots
- 1 cup roughly chopped almonds toasted
- ½ cup old fashioned oats
- 1 cup organic vanilla wafers
- 1 Tbs almond paste
Instructions
- Place toasted almonds, oats, and vanilla wafers in the bowl of a food processor, and process well - until fine crumbs.
- Remove ¾ cup of the crumb mixture and set aside.
- Add almond paste and apricots to the remaining almond, oat mixture in the food processor.
- Pulse until mixture is well combined, scraping down the sides of the bowl several times, and then process mixture until smooth.
- "Batter" will be sticky, but should not be too wet or crumbly.
- If apricot mixture seems too wet, add additional nut-oat crumbs, 1 Tbs at a time. If mixture seems too crumbly, add water 1 teaspoon at a time.
- Use a teaspoon to scoop out batter and roll into 1-inch truffle sized balls.
- Roll each ball in the remaining nut-oat mixture.
- Store Apricot Almond Truffles in the refrigerator.
Notes
Nutrition
Eat well!
Usually when I have a bag of dried apricots on hand, my husband and I eat them so fast, I have none left for recipes. They're like candy! 🙂 These truffles sound SO good!
Funny that you say that because that's exactly what happened. We ate all of the samples and I had to order more to make the recipe!