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Chocolate Vanilla Date Pecan Truffle Bites

Fudgy, deep-chocolate bites with chewy dates and raisins, toasty pecans and a warm vanilla finish, rolled in cocoa.

Chocolate Vanilla Date Pecan Truffle Bites

Ingredients

  • 5 dates120 gMedjool dates, pittedroughly chopped
  • ½ cup chopped50 gPecans
  • ⅓ cup30 gOld-fashioned rolled oats
  • 3½ tbsp18 gUnsweetened cocoa powderdivided
  • 3½ tbsp30 gRaisins
  • 1½ tsp6 gVanilla extract
  • ⅛ tsp0.5 gSalt
  • 2 tsp10 gWateras needed

Steps

  1. Line a small tray or plate with parchment and set aside.
  2. Put the pecans and oats in a food processor and pulse until finely chopped and crumbly.
  3. Add the dates, two-thirds of the unsweetened cocoa powder, the vanilla and the salt, then process until the mixture clumps into a sticky dough.
  4. If the dough is dry and won't hold together when pinched, add the water a teaspoon at a time and pulse again.
  5. Add the raisins and pulse a few times, just until they are chopped and scattered through the dough.
  6. Roll the dough into 12 small balls, about 1 inch each, and set them on the lined tray.
  7. Put the remaining one-third of the unsweetened cocoa powder in a shallow bowl and roll each ball in the cocoa powder to coat.
  8. Chill the bites in the fridge for 30 minutes until firm, then serve 3 bites per person; keep leftovers covered in the fridge.

Check labels: Gluten-free when you buy old-fashioned rolled oats labeled gluten-free.

Contains: Tree nuts. Some brands contain gluten.

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Saved in the Every Helping recipe book on October 24, 2026.

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