Raw Vegan Lemon-Nut Chocolate Truffle Copycat Larabar Variation - dates

Method

• Chop or grind the nuts (I used a mixture of Walnut, Almond, Cashew, Hazelnut, and Pistachio) either by hand, in a food processor, or in a coffee grinder, depending on the coarseness you prefer.
• The finer you chop the nuts, the firmer the mixture will stay together.
• Chop the dates.
• Make zests and juice out of the lemon.
• Combine the chopped nuts, chopped dates, lemon zest and lemon juice either by hand, or in the food processor.
• Scoop the mixture base on the size of truffles you want to make, make them into little balls, and roll them in the raw cocoa power, set aside.
• The oil of the nuts will seep through the powder, and if you'd like, you can roll them in the raw cocoa powder again.
• Set aside, it is pretty much ready to eat immediately.
• I prefer to store them in room temperature.
• It seems to allow the oil of the nuts and the cocoa powder to incorporate better as they sit.
• Enjoy!