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Peanut Butter, Date Chocolate Truffles

January 10, 2016 by Tania 20 Comments

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These are a bit like tiny Snickers bars and completely irresistible. They make a great gift or treat to take to a friend. If you love peanut butter you will love these Peanut Butter, date Chocolate Truffles.

Chocolate truffles

I took a little break.

I was really pleased that Skater wanted to come with me to Brisbane and Noosa on a little road trip to visit friends and eat in restaurants ( of course).  Sure, he spent the Lions share of that time on his phone- Reddit, YouTube and car sales (a boy must research), but we spent some great time chatting too.

The trip started with a bit of a drama that we just can’t help laughing about now, anyway.

Do you trust baggage handlers?

I always take gifts with me,  food of course is de rigueur,  but olive oil, balsamic, wine and rice can weight down luggage a great deal and with Skater along for the ride, I had to hunt down an extra bag. The one I found was missing a handle and I was concerned that all of the weight and bottles may become disastrous with baggage handlers massaging them in the gentle way they do.

Skater managed to convince me that the thugs I imagined throwing my bags from the plane to the tarmac would most likely be very thoughtful and caring bag specialists so, I am not quite sure why, but I was assured by this new and naive view and packed all my goodies into the bag with one handle missing. I know silly right?.

Date Chocolate Truffles

A friend of ours came to drop us to the airport and insisted on carrying my bag to the car. She picked it up by the remaining handle and swung it over the doorstep and the bag and the handle separated from each other. The bag went flying over the other side of the verandah. She was completely embarrassed and stood with her arm in the air with the handle curled in her palm. We all screamed in unison and all burst into nervous laughter. I insisted that she had done me a really big favour as I ran back into the house to hunt down another bag.

I teetered on a chair and dug into the top of a cupboard pulling out a soft but passable bag. The three of us pulled everything out of the broken bag and put it into the new bag, being careful to keep the bottles and jars well padded and wrapped. The whole time poor Leesi was apologising profusely for breaking the bag and jeopardising our flight. The bag was repacked, and we jumped into the car and got to the airport with time to spare.

She did me a huge favour but the poor thing felt so very bad. Imagine what baggage handlers would have done with my bag had they had the opportunity to throw it around!

Date Chocolate Truffle

I am told by my friends and my nephews that these little peanut butter truffles taste just like Snickers. I know there are some really sugar free bite recipes out there but I love these. They aren’t sweet but they are moreish and we love them. Here’s your opportunity to learn a new skill for the new year. Easy tempering. I’ve attached a link to an expert explaining the process, but I am sure you will be ok.  Just follow the directions and Happy New Year… Chocolate Tempering 

Date Chocolate Truffle

Peanut Butter, Date Chocolate Truffles

These are easy to make and will disappear in a minute. They aren't the no sugar no anything type of truffle but I promise you will love them anyway. Use very good quality chocolate. There is some very basic tempering here. Don't worry. Just heat the chocolate gently and add the second lot of chocolate into the bowl so it melts to a shiny thick bowl full of velvet and then get dipping. The measurements are in cups. it shouldn't matter what country you are in, just use the cup sizes where you are. This recipe uses Australian cup measurements
5 from 3 votes
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Course Chocolate, Dessert, Party Food
Cuisine Australian, Western
Servings 18

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup crunchy peanut butter
  • 1 cup nuts I used whole toasted unsalted almonds and hazelnuts
  • 1 cup icing sugar powdered
  • 1 cup fresh dates chopped
  • 1 tablespoon butter soft
  • 2 cups dark chocolate chips ( 70 % Lindt or Plaistowe, Callebaut or your favourite made with cocoa butter)
  • 1/ 2 cup milk or dark chocolate, semi sweet is chocolate with 40-63% cocoa mass
  • 1/2 cup milk chocolate dark chocolate, extra

Instructions
 

  • Put the nuts into a food processor and blitz to break them up a little. Add the peanut butter, sugar, dates and butter into the bowl and blend till pureed but crunchy bits remain ( Alternatively chop everything and mix together in a bowl)
  • Roll into small even sized balls and line up on a baking sheet lined with paper. Chill.
  • Meantime put the dark chocolate and half a cup of milk or semi sweet chocolate into the microwave and melt on medium for 1 minute or till just melted. Put in the microwave and take out at 1 minute and stir. If it needs a little more only blitz at 10 second intervals till just melted. Stir till smooth. ( Use a double boiler here if you like but make sure the chocolate doesn't get too hot continue stirring to break down any lumps till JUST melted
  • Add the extra cup of milk ( or dark chocolate if you like and stir till it all dissolves. This will temper the chocolate so it sets.
  • Dip each ball into the bowl of chocolate turning with a fork tapping off any excess. Put each one onto the tray and let them dry at room temperature or set in the fridge if you are in a hurry.
  • Decorate with sprinkles or leave to dry and shave extra chocolate or cocoa over them.

Notes

If you want notes on tempering there are a few sources.Follow the link above or try
here.

 

Peanut Butter Truffles

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  1. milktea

    January 19, 2016 at 2:09 pm

    these looks devine!

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    • My Kitchen Stories

      January 19, 2016 at 6:32 pm

      Hi Amy . hope you are good and eating your way around . Thanks so much for your comment

      Reply
  2. ChgoJohn

    January 18, 2016 at 5:01 am

    5 stars
    I love a good peanut butter and chocolate truffle, Tania, but you’ve elevated the treat to the divine. Adding dates is a fantastic idea and I bet a surprise to all lucky enough to sample 1 or 6.
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      January 18, 2016 at 7:44 am

      Yes there is something secretly nice about the combo. Thanks John

      Reply
  3. GiGi Eats

    January 13, 2016 at 3:08 pm

    5 stars
    These look BEYOND addicting!!
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      January 13, 2016 at 6:37 pm

      Oh no. Just have one. Come on……

      Reply
  4. Kari @ bite-sized thoughts

    January 12, 2016 at 8:02 pm

    Oooh, delicious! Yum 🙂

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      January 12, 2016 at 10:54 pm

      Thanks Kari

      Reply
  5. Hotly Spiced

    January 12, 2016 at 11:20 am

    I didn’t know you were going to Queensland and would have loved to have seen you however I think I’d been and gone by the time you arrived. We left on the 27th. I heard you caught up with Maureen which I would have loved to have done but there just wasn’t time. Drew has so many family members up there and they all descended on us, even moving in for two nights. There were 12 of us in the house! I came home needing a holiday! I’m glad you and Skater had some quality time together. The truffles are gorgeous and must have fabulous flavour and your poor friend with your luggage! xx
    Hotly Spiced recently posted..A Christmas Day LunchMy Profile

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      January 12, 2016 at 10:55 pm

      Thanks Charlie. Wouldn’t that have been great if we could have all caught up. It would have been like Adelaide all over again! x

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  6. Helen | Grab Your Fork

    January 12, 2016 at 1:41 am

    These look terrific. And your luggage story did make me laugh. Am very glad it had a happy ending though!
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      January 12, 2016 at 7:41 am

      Oh don’t laugh Helen she’s very upset!

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  7. Angie@Angie's Recipes

    January 11, 2016 at 5:26 pm

    You must have stuffed your baggage with lots of FOOD!! How could it break? :-!
    Those truffles look fantastic, Tania. By fresh dates, did you mean the raw one or those soft dried one?
    Angie@Angie’s Recipes recently posted..Grain-free, Sugar-free Hazelnut CookiesMy Profile

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      January 11, 2016 at 9:39 pm

      Yes indeed as usual the bag was stuffed full!

      Reply
  8. Iron Chef Shellie

    January 11, 2016 at 4:19 pm

    ERMAHGERD chocolate and peanut butter! Oh you can’t go wrong!
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    • My Kitchen Stories

      January 11, 2016 at 9:39 pm

      Hi Shellie! They are most certainly delish

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  9. Amanda (@lambsearshoney)

    January 11, 2016 at 11:34 am

    You are right not to trust baggage handlers, in my experience.
    But perhaps you could sweeten them up with some of these delicious looking treats. I haven’t been making too much of these kinds of things, as my son has been studying overseas and he is the Hoover I rely on to keep me from eating all of them. 😉
    He will be back next month, so I’m looking forward to some indulgent cooking.
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      January 11, 2016 at 9:34 pm

      Yes it is a disaster to not have an eater on hand Amanda it curtails all that cooking. Hope you get your eater back soon

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  10. Krista

    January 11, 2016 at 10:27 am

    5 stars
    Your poor friend. She must’ve been so startled! 🙂 Glad everything went smoothly in the end. 🙂

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      January 11, 2016 at 9:37 pm

      Thanks Krista she was really shocked

      Reply

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