These easy vegan chocolate truffles are a delicious holiday treat! The perfect homemade chocolate for Christmas, Valentine's Day, or just your next chocolate craving! They're vegan, gluten-free, and nut-free, yet rich, creamy, and delicious!
My mother has been making these during the holidays since I was a kid and they’ve always been one of my favorite holiday treats! They melt in your mouth like chocolate-flavored butter! The original recipe calls for egg yokes, but I swapped them out for some silken tofu for the egg, and I can’t taste the difference.
I also used to make them with kalua, but they recently changed the way that they filter kalua and it's no longer vegan, so now I use chocolate or coffee liqueur. You can find out if the brand you have is vegan by using the Barnivore website.
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❤️ Why make these truffles
These vegan chocolate truffles are a rich and creamy decadent dessert. They're easy to make ahead and freeze so they're perfect for the holidays and they even make a great homemade gift!
❔ Do truffles have to contain alcohol?
No, you can omit the Kahlua or chocolate liqueur and just make them a plain chocolate flavor. (They will be slightly firmer this way).
🥄 Instructions
- Melt the full 12 ounces of chocolate chips and 2/3 cup of butter in a double boiler (or put in the microwave for 1 minute and 20 seconds.)
- Stir the chocolate and butter with a whisk or a fork until fully combined, then stir in 1/3 cup Kahlua.
- Stir until the Kahlua is incorporated, then add 1/4 cup soft tofu and blend with an immersion blender until creamy (or transfer to a blender if you don't have an immersion blender.)
- Put in the fridge for at least 3 hours until it is firm.
- Prepare a shallow bowl with your choice of powdered sugar, cocoa powder, nuts, or even sprinkles to roll the truffles into.
- Once the chocolate mixture is firm, take a walnut-sized piece of the mixture and roll it into a ball with clean hands. (The heat of your hands will make it soft and pliable.)
- Roll the truffle into your choice of powdered sugar, cocoa powder, or sprinkles.
- Store in a sealed container in the freezer until ready to serve. (They will warm up to room temperature quickly)
📋 Notes
- Serve chilled- these truffles will become very soft if left at room temperature.
- If you can not find vegan powdered sugar, it is easy to make your own with regular vegan sugar. Check out how to make powdered sugar from Sarah at Sustainable Cooks!
👩🏻🍳 Pro Tips
- Melt the chocolate and butter in a double boiler or put a glass bowl over a pan of boiling water and stir until they become smooth and combined and then remove from heat.
- You can also use a microwave to melt the butter and chocolate, but do not overheat! Heat on high for no more than 1 1/2 minutes and then stir well. (even if they don't look melted, once you stir them with the melted butter, they will melt.
- If you overheat the chocolate, it will burn and become too thick to work with.
- If you don't have an immersion blender, you can pour the whole thing into a regular blender to combine and then pour it back into a bowl before refrigerating.
- This is a messy job. Have everything laid out and ready before starting to roll the truffles into balls.
- Store in the fridge for up to a week or in the freezer for up to 3 months!
🥡 Storage
Make sure to store your truffles in the refrigerator or freezer in an air-tight container. I love these glass Snapware containers for storing these truffles. They are firm, so your truffles won’t get smashed in the freezer, and have a lid that seals airtight, so they stay perfectly fresh.
Vegan chocolate truffles will keep well in the refrigerator for about 7-10 days or in the freezer for up to 3 months.
Want to give these as a gift? See my instructions to make cute little candy boxes in my post about homemade vegan chocolates.
🌟 More vegan holiday cookies
- Vegan Fudge
- Dairy-Free Shortbread Cookies
- Vegan Thumbprint Cookies
- Sandbakkels - Vegan Tarts
- Vegan Haystacks
- Vegan Spritz Cookies
- Creme de Menthe Squares
- Vegan Butter Cookies
- Vegan Oatmeal Cookies
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📋 Vegan chocolate truffles recipe
Vegan Chocolate Truffles
Ingredients
- 1 12 oz. bag vegan chocolate chips (vegan)
- 2/3 cup vegan butter or any dairy-free margarine
- 1/3 cup vegan chocolate or coffee liqueur
- 1/4 cup silken tofu (firm) or soft tofu
- 1/4 cup powdered sugar, cocoa powder, chopped nuts, or sprinkles for rolling the truffles
Instructions
- Melt the full 12 ounces of chocolate chips and 2.3 cup butter in a double boiler (or put in the microwave for 1 minute and 20 seconds.)
- Stir the chocolate and butter with a whisk or a fork until fully combined, then stir in 1/3 cup liqueur.
- Stir until the liqueur is incorporated, then add 1/4 cup soft tofu and blend with an immersion blender until creamy (or transfer to a blender if you don't have an immersion blender.)
- Put in the fridge for at least 3 hours until it is firm.
- Prepare a shallow bowl with your choice of powdered sugar, cocoa powder, nuts, or even sprinkles to roll the truffles into.
- Once the chocolate mixture is firm, take a walnut-sized piece of the mixture and roll it into a ball with clean hands. (The heat of your hands will make it soft and pliable.)
- Roll the truffle into your choice of powdered sugar, cocoa powder, or sprinkles.
- Store in a sealed container in the freezer until ready to serve. (They will warm up to room temperature quickly).
Notes
- Melt the chocolate and butter in a double boiler or put a glass bowl over a pan of boiling water and stir until they become smooth and combined. Then remove from heat.
- You can also use a microwave to melt the butter and chocolate, but do not overheat! Heat on high for no more than 1 1/2 minutes and then stir well. (even if they don't look melted, once you stir them with the melted butter, they will melt.
- If you overheat the chocolate, it will burn and become too thick to work with.
- If you don't have an immersion blender, you can pour the whole thing into a regular blender to combine and then pour back into a bowl before refrigerating.
- This is a messy job. Have everything laid out and ready before starting to roll the truffles into balls.
- Store in the fridge for up to a week or in the freezer for up to 3 months!
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Hi there. I really want to try this recipe, it looks & sounds amazing. But I can't have tofu or any kind of soy product. Do you have a replacement idea? Because I'm not sure how they will come out without the tofu? Looking forward to your reply. Thank you.
You can leave out the tofu and the truffles will just be a little denser. You can also replace the tofu with cashew cream. (You can soak 1/4 cup of cashews overnight then drain the water and blend them with a tsp or 2 of water until they become a thick cream.)
I need to buy some Kahlua so I can make these, I have everything else in my pantry. They look so indulgent, I never would have guessed that they were vegan (or that there was tofu inside).
Thanks! I hope you enjoy them! 🙂
Is Kallua liquor actually dairy free , vegan
Yes, the liquor is vegan, but you have to buy the plain Kahlua, not the varieties that they pre-mix with milk.
We LOVE vegan truffles around here and it's been ages since I've made Kahlua ones. This version looks and sounds delicious!
I haven't had truffles in years!!! I totally need to give these a try 🙂 I've never baked with tofu but I'm interested because these look amazing
Thanks! Hope you try them! The tofu give is a creaminess so they are not a solid chocolate ball! 🙂
My kids and I made these last night.....so easy. Lets just say that they are gone now! Creamy and delicious!
I'm so happy to hear that you guys liked them! Kids love making them so they can get all messy and lick their hands when they are done! 🙂
Thank you for the truffles recipe - I can't wait to try them! (P.S. I think you have a typo, as it says the cook time is 3 hours.)
I hope that you give them a try! They are so good! Thanks for alerting me to the typo. They need to CHILL for 3 hour, not cook! It is fixed now. 😉