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Home » Delightful Desserts » Refined Sugar Free Oat And Nut Snowball Truffles

Refined Sugar Free Oat And Nut Snowball Truffles

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Christmas sweet treats needn’t be packed with refined sugar. You can get crafty in the kitchen and whip up a batch of these super tasty oat and nut snowballs in no time at all.

 Oat and Nut Snowballs

Christmas treats are always thought to be super calorific and packed with refined sugar. Not so these super sweet oat and nut snowballs.

They have Medjool dates and just a little bit of honey in there to sweeten them and no white sugar at all.

side view of glass bowl with truffles

Ingredients for oat and nut snowballs

It’s all in the spices when it comes to the taste of these lovely little bites.

I’ve used ground ginger and ground cinnamon for a traditional Christmas taste. Those two spices just sing when they come together!

Other ingredients

Porridge oats, crushed mixed nuts, Medjool dates, runny honey, ground cinnamon and ground ginger.

Then there is desiccated coconut to roll the snowballs in.

top down shot of sweets in jar

How to make these oat and nut snowballs

This really is simplicity itself, the only cooking involved is just toasting the nuts and that’s really just a bit of kitchen crafting.

Once that is done you could get the kids to do to make these as gifts for family or friends.

Just put everything (apart from the coconut) in your food processor and whizz it to a paste.

Pull off small balls about the size of a marble and roll these in the desiccated coconut.

Chill in the fridge for half an hour.

Pro tip

When making these little truffles wet your hands for rolling them. This stops the little snowballs from getting stuck to your hands.

overhead shot of snowballs and bowl on table

How much will this recipe make?

This recipe will make about 20 snowballs.

How long will these keep?

They will keep in a sealed container for up to a week.

So there you are, another great foodie gift idea, this one is from my Naughty & Nice Edible Gifts For Christmas eBook which has over 50 super easy recipes in there for making Christmas giving a breeze.

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Looking for more fun sweet treats to make? Then check these out before you go;

Whisky chocolate truffles

Chocolate salami

Refined sugar free mocha truffles

Bacon chocolate bark

Traditional French orangettes

Scottish minty macaroons

Nutty stuffed chocolate dipped apricots

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oat and nut snowball truffles

Refined Sugar Free Oat And Nut Snowballs

Karon
Refined sugar free these oaty bites make a great sweet treat
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Prep Time 10 mins
Cook Time 1 min
Total Time 11 mins
Course sweets
Servings 20

Ingredients
 

  • 2 tbsp mixed nuts crushed
  • 2 tbsp porridge oats
  • 2 medjool dates chopped
  • 1 tbsp runny honey
  • pinch ground cinnamon
  • pinch ground ginger
  • 3 tbsp desiccated coconut

Instructions
 

  • toast the nuts in a dry pan till golden and aromatic, 1 minute
  • Whazz all ingredients (apart from the coconut) in food processor to form a paste
  • Pull off pieces to make marble sized balls and roll in damp hands
  • Roll in desiccated coconut and chill half an hour in fridge
  • This makes about 2 snowballs that will keep for a week
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