Vegan Chocolate Truffles
Vegan chocolate truffles are rich, bite-sized confections made from a creamy base of plant-based ingredients like coconut cream, nut butters, or avocado, combined with high-quality dark chocolate and often rolled in cocoa powder, nuts, or shredded coconut. They originated as a vegan adaptation of the classic French truffle, which traditionally uses heavy cream.
🍽️ Nutrition at a glance
These truffles are typically high in healthy fats from coconut or nuts and provide a good source of antioxidants from dark chocolate, with a rough calorie count of 70-100 per truffle depending on size and ingredients.
Nutrition breakdown
| Calories | 280 kcal |
| Protein | 3.5 g |
| Carbs | 22 g |
| Fat | 20 g |
| Fiber | 3 g |
| Sugar | 15 g |
| Sodium | 10 mg |
| Potassium | 180 mg |
| Magnesium | 45 mg |
| Iron | 2.5 mg |
| Copper | 0.4 mg |
| Manganese | 0.5 mg |
| Phosphorus | 60 mg |
| Zinc | 0.8 mg |
| Vitamin E | 0.5 mg |
Per 4 pieces (60 g) · estimated, varies by recipe
💡 What's interesting
Nutritionally interesting for being a dessert that can offer fiber and minerals like iron and magnesium from cacao, while culturally they represent the growing innovation in plant-based cuisine to recreate luxurious, traditional treats without animal products.
