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    Summer Sunshine Snack Truffles

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    By Alisa Fleming on July 26, 2015 Dairy-Free Recipes, Dairy-Free Snack Recipes

    The Snackable Recipe Contest with Over $3500 in Cash Prizes! Show us your Sweet, Savory & Sippable Dairy-Free Recipes!We were immediately smitten by the concept and ingredients behind these summer sunshine snack truffles. Though made with dried fruit and nuts, they have a warm weather vibe, a touch of fresh carrot and a surprising boost of probiotic goodness.The recipe is a Sweet entry in the BIG Snackable Recipe Contest (over $3500 in cash prizes available!) submitted by Roxanne Chan.

    The contest is a celebration of our new FREE Snackable eBook with delicious, original Sweet, Savory and Sippable Dairy-Free Recipes. Download and enjoy it now via PDF, iTunes, Kindle, Kobo or Google Play: www.godairyfree.org/snackable-ebook

    Healthy Summer Sunshine Snack Truffles Recipe - These little treats offer sweet fuel from fresh vegetables, dried fruit, nuts and seeds. Naturally dairy-free, gluten-free & vegan - optionally paleo.To qualify for the contest, this recipe for summer sunshine snack truffles uses Vanilla Cultured Coconut Milk (a.k.a. dairy-free yogurt) from So Delicious Dairy Free.

    Special Diet Notes: Summer Sunshine Snack Truffles

    Go Dairy Free - The Guide and Cookbook for Milk Allergies, Lactose Intolerance and Casein-Free LivingBy ingredients, this recipe is dairy-free / non-dairy, egg-free, gluten-free, grain-free, peanut-free, soy-free, vegan / plant-based, and vegetarian.

    Note that these snack truffles call for just “vanilla” cultured coconut milk. You can choose the sweetened vanilla yogurt, but since the recipe has a good dose of sweet dried fruits, you could also get away with the unsweetened vanilla yogurt if you want to keep the sugars down a touch. Also, I recommend using unsweetened coconut, shredded or those big flakes.

    For nut-free snack truffles, omit the almonds and increase the sunflower seeds to 1/2 cup, or use another seed for the 1/4 cup almonds (such as pumpkin or hemp!).

    Summer Sunshine Snack Truffles
     
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    Prep time
    20 mins
    Total time
    20 mins
     
    This recipe was an entry in the BIG Snackable Recipe Contest.
    Author: Roxanne Chan
    Serves: 24 snack truffles
    Ingredients
    • ¼ cup So Delicious Cultured Vanilla Coconut Milk (aka dairy-free yogurt!)
    • ¼ cup chopped carrot
    • ¼ cup toasted almonds
    • ¼ cup sunflower seeds
    • ¼ cup chopped dried apricots
    • ¼ cup coconut flakes (preferably unsweetened)
    • 4 chopped Medjool dates, pitted
    • ¼ cup chopped candied or crystallized ginger
    • ¼ cup dried cranberries
    Instructions
    1. Place all ingredients in a food processor and blend until well-combined and forming a dough, but still chunky.
    2. Form the mixture into 24 balls. Store in airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 4 days, and snack on them when hunger strikes!
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    Alisa is the founder of GoDairyFree.org, Food Editor for Allergic Living magazine, and author of the best-selling dairy-free book, Go Dairy Free: The Guide and Cookbook for Milk Allergies, Lactose Intolerance, and Casein-Free Living, and the new cookbook, Eat Dairy Free: Your Essential Cookbook for Everyday Meals, Snacks, and Sweets. Alisa is also a professional recipe creator and product ambassador for the natural food industry.

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    7 Comments

    1. Lucie Javorska on July 28, 2015 3:06 am

      I’m in love already! What a wonderful combination of flavors! Love the carrot addition 🙂

      Reply
    2. Jennifer Stewart on July 27, 2015 6:14 pm

      I love that you put ginger in these! So many of them all taste the same but that ginger brings out a whole other flavor profile! Thanks for sharing! These are on my paleo list as a yes…

      Reply
    3. Chrisy @ Homemade Hooplah on July 27, 2015 4:05 pm

      I could totally see myself snacking on these all day – and I seriously need more “healthy” snacking options like this. Pinning!

      Reply
    4. Florian @ContentednessCooking on July 27, 2015 2:42 pm

      This is my kind of snack, love it! I could it these all the time, great recipe!

      Reply
    5. Laura @MotherWouldKnow on July 27, 2015 8:36 am

      I don’t know if you are familiar with the Jewish food eaten at Passover called Charoset. In a funny coincidence, I turned charoset, normally a spread put in a dish and spread on matzo, into balls. they resemble these and taste delicious. So I know that this would be a great healthy snack for kids or grown-ups.

      Reply
    6. Shirley @ gfe & All Gluten-Free Desserts on July 27, 2015 5:54 am

      Wow, those do look really good! Love the name and all the ingredients that offer that “sunshine”! 🙂

      Shirley

      Reply
    7. Kristen @ A Mind Full Mom on July 27, 2015 4:47 am

      What an explosion of flavor. Love the apricots and date combo 🙂

      Reply

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