Black Sesame Date Truffles are a delicious healthy treat made with medjool dates, tahini, and cacao powder. And the addition of black sesame seeds makes this a perfect Halloween treat!
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Halloween Treats
Hello everyone – I hope you are doing well!
Are you getting ready to Halloween? And by saying this, I totally mean buying and sampling candy. I mean, you cannot give away to kids the candy without quality control, right? By the way, yesterday at Walmart I was able to make Andrew agree to wait until our next grocery trips. Unfortunately, I know our family well – the chocolate candy bought 10 days before Halloween simply won’t survive in our house. Well, last year we bought two LARGE (A kilo each) bags of candy to make sure at least some of the contents would survive until October 31st… and guess what? Right – we needed to buy another bag on October 30. Who can relate?
In my previous post I shared a recipe for these Black Sesame Cheese Balls. And indeed, I’ve used black sesame seeds for three Halloween recipes this year so please stay tuned.
Black Sesame Date Truffles
Aren’t black sesame seeds look great and quite Halloweenish? Other ingredients include medjool dates, nuts, and??? Super tasty and relatively healthy. However, I am not sure if kids would appreciate – so stick to the old classic chocolate bar candy! :)
If you are a fan of raw truffles, please check some other recipes.
Date Pistachio Coconut Truffles
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And for more Halloween ideas, please check these recipes:
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I hope you like these Black Sesame Date Truffles and that you will give this recipe a try soon. If you make it, let me know in this post or send me an Instagram message or share your photos adding the hashtag #havocinthekitchen.
Cheers!
Black Sesame Date Truffles
Course: Dessert18-22
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minutesBlack Sesame Date Truffles are a delicious healthy treat made with medjool dates, tahini, and cacao powder. And the addition of black sesame seeds makes this a perfect Halloween treat!
Ingredients
350 gr. medjool dates (about 16 large dates)
2-3 tbsp. tahini
1 to 1 1/2 tbsp. dark (unprocessed) cacao powder
1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
a pinch of cinnamon
a pinch of salt
1/3 to 1/2 cup black sesame seeds, toasted – for coating
Directions
- If your dates are dry, soak them for 15 minutes in warm water, then drain very well. Skip the step if they are soft and meaty. Pit the dates.
- Place the dates, tahini, cacao powder, cinnamon, and salt in a cup of your blender. Process (pulse), occasionally helping to get the mixture together by scaping with a spatula. Keep going until the desired consistency.
- The mixture will remain slightly sticky. Shape small pieces into balls and coat them the toasted black sesame seeds. Enjoy right away or chill in the refrigerator.
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This can be served not just during halloween, it sounds so good I can have it everyday
Perfect use of black sesame and dates !!!!!!
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Wow, how exotic and how perfect for Halloween. I wouldn’t’ve though to combine these particular flavors, but they sound delicious!
Oh I love Medjool dates Ben! And I love this delicious healthy treat. If you offered me a bag of candy or these at Halloween, I would definitely take these without hesitation!
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LOVE these truffles! They are delicious and so wholesome. Will definitely give these a try.
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These are gorgeous!! I bet they taste as good as they look!
P.S. Bill wants me to buy the candy HE likes, not so much what the kids might like! I haven’t caught him sampling until after the 31st though ;)
Haha – we are the same way with Halloween candy! It’s too tempting to keep around, so we try to wait as long as possible before buying it. So far we’ve been good this year…but…
What a fun recipe you have here! I do enjoy tahini, so it’s cool that you have tahini and dates combined in these truffles. These not only look cool for the season, but they sound delicious, too!
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Dates and sesame seeds…these are not only decadent, also very healthy, Ben.
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I love the date and tahini combo here Ben! And the black sesame seeds create such an amazing look and texture. These pics are absolutely stunning! Haha you’re so right about the Halloween candy! We definitely try not to buy it too early, otherwise it’s gone by Halloween. 😄
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