Sink your teeth into these Creamy White Chocolate Pistachio Truffles with a Healthy Twist. The perfect decadent yet relatively guilt-free treat for anyone. Perfect to give as a homemade gift too.
White Chocolate Pistachio Truffles
I have had this recipe in my head FOREVER now, and the one day I finally get a chance to get in back in the kitchen and do some experimenting I discover someone (not naming any names....but they know who they are) had eaten all of my white chocolate and put an empty wrapper back in its spot.
I may have muttered a few choice words under my breath....
Secret Ingredient
These little bites of deliciousness are so so good!
I used avocado to make them super creamy and give them a great green color for the Holiday season, and match the crushed pistachios surrounding the outside.
Don't let that put you off though - if you have never tried avocado in a chocolate-based dessert, you are in for a treat!
Don't believe me?
Check out these Chocolate Raspberry Truffles which are one of the most popular recipes on my site (and just happen to use avocado as the main ingredient as well).
These truffles will please young, old, fancy, and fussy alike.
My kids loved them, my non sweet-tooth dad loved them and my incredibly sweet-toothed teenage brother loved them (which actually surprised me, to be honest).
They are healthy but taste super decadent, sweet but free from refined sugar (obviously depending on the brand of white chocolate you buy), festive but not loaded with candy canes and food coloring.
White Chocolate Pistachio Truffles make for a delightful gift for someone special in your life (or someone you forgot to buy a present for), or you can be like me and just eat the whole batch yourself and have to make more for everyone else to prove just how yummy they really were 🙂
Need more homemade treats? Check these out:
- Homemade Hazelnut and Dark Chocolate Bark Thins;
- Dark Chocolate, Matcha Coconut Truffles;
- Flourless Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
Happy eating!
Recipe
Creamy White Chocolate Pistachio Truffles
Ingredients
- 5 ounces white chocolate
- ½ avocado
- 2 tablespoon pure maple syrup
- ½ teaspoon pure vanilla essence
- ⅓ cup shelled pistachios
Instructions
- Use a double broiler or a saucepan over low heat to melt the chocolate slowly. Make sure to stir regularly and take off the heat just before the chocolate is completely melted so it doesn't burn
- Add the avocado and vanilla to a food processor and process until smooth
- Drizzle in the melted chocolate and the maple syrup and process until smooth
- The mixture will be runny so place it into the freezer until workable - i.e. you can roll it into a ball without it losing its shape
- While the chocolate is in the freezer make your pistachio dust. Place the pistachios in a blender and blend until it resembles a bright green dust
- Roll a heaped teaspoon of the chocolate mixutre into a ball and roll in the pistachio dust
- Place in a dish lined with parchment paper and refrigerate until ready to serve
Megan says
Pistachio truffles are my favorite.
Kavey says
I love the sound of these and would love to try them. I made an avocado ice cream a few years ago so I know that it works superbly in sweets, I love the idea of combining with white chocolate and pistachios.
Donna1 says
It works surprisingly well doesn't it! I don't tend to tell people until after they have tried them, as I know people tend to go in with pre-conceptions and automatically hate them if they know there is something 'out of the ordinary' in their sweets 🙂
Helen @ Fuss Free Flavours says
Avacado in truffles is something new to me. Intriguing. But truffles at Christmas time, perfection.
Donna1 says
Oh if you haven't tried avocado in sweets yet you will have to give it a go. They make for a super creamy dessert (that doesn't taste like avocado - promise 🙂 )
valentina says
The are gorgeous! I've had that same experience of having a recipe in my mind for a while before actually getting to try it. This one looks like a huge success!
Donna1 says
It is so frustrating isn't it!! At least I finally got them out, and was super happy with the result - it's so much worse when you wait for so long and then they are a massive flop 🙂
Brian Jones says
These look so very good although I am not sure I would have shown your tolerance, putting empty wrappers anywhere other than the bin is a crime that makes my head explode 😀
Donna1 says
Oh I am totally with you on that Brian!! If it had been in my house, it would have been a completely different story 🙂
Sophia | Veggies Don't Bite says
I love pistachio!! I bet it would go amazing with white chocolate. What a great combo especially for the holidays!
Donna1 says
Thanks Sophia! We have been eating pistachio everything lately 🙂 so yummy!
Fred Nonterah says
Oh my! All this goodness in one bite.
Donna1 says
🙂 Thanks Fred!