Paleo Coconut Cashew Truffles (Homemade Larabars!)
Holy balls. So good. So good. So good. After spending a small chunk of change on paleo-friendly Larabars over the last few weeks, I thought... hey, I should make my own homemade Larabars. They are incredibly simple, after all. This took maybe 10 minutes and there's no cooking. I made balls instead of bars because they look and sound sexier when they are called "truffles." AMIRITE?
Coconut Cashew Truffles
Paleo and Whole30-approved
- 2 cups cashews (or other nuts)
- 2 cups Medjool dates, pitted (or dried figs, prunes, apricots, etc.)
- Pinch of salt
- 1 cup shredded coconut
- Extra coconut for rolling
Put the cashews, dates, coconut and salt in the food processor and pulverize until the mixture becomes sticky when you press it together. Roll in coconut and eat.
NUT + DRIED FRUIT + OTHER THINGS = YUM TIME
I mixed in coconut this time, but here are some other ideas:
- Gingerbread Pecan Pie
- Salted Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough
- Carrot cake: walnuts, dates, shredded carrot, dried pineapple, cinnamon
- Chocolate coconut: cashews, dates, coconut, unsweetened cocoa powder
- Banana bread: walnuts, dates, dried banana
- The Old Man: cashews, prunes
What are you going to try first?