Gluten-Free & Dairy-Free Chocolate Truffle Recipe (It Rhymes)

So if like me you're drooling over The Great British Bake Off, wondering if your diet will ever allow you to eat cake again; well look no further.

In fact i've taken it a step beyond cake: Gluten-free, Dairy-free, Chocolate Truffles - Perfect for you Paleo people. I'm sorry to those of you who want cake but this recipe relates directly to my 'Why You SHOULD Eat Chocolate' post, i'm basically giving you another excuse to eat chocolate. (Plus eating truffles increases your social class). 

Ingredients:

• 5 ounces of Dark Chocolate (70% or higher)
• 1 1/2 tablespoons of coconut oil
• 120ml of coconut milk (I use Koko Milk) 
• Drop of vanilla extract
• For the topping : 
• Cocoa powder and/or Shredded Coconut

Method:

1. Chop up the chocolate into pieces and place them in a bowl with the coconut oil - Set this aside. 
2. Heat the coconut milk on the hob in a saucepan on a medium heat. Remove it from the heat when it begins to simmer.
3. Pour the hot coconut milk into the coconut oil & chocolate bowl and slowly mix the ingredients together.
4. Finally add in the vanilla extract and continue to slowly stir. 
5. Pour the mixture into a sealable bowl/tub/container and leave it in the fridge until set (around 4-5 hours).

This is when it all gets a little bit fiddly, you need to get your fingers into the mix and form it into little balls - Be quick or the mixture will melt in your fingers. 

Roll the balls in a topping of your choice, I went for cocoa powder and shredded coconut. Once you've coated the balls in your favourite (healthy) topping, pop them back into the fridge for an hour.

And in the words of Nicole Scherzinger, here you have some LITTLE COCO DUSTED BALLS OF DELICIOUSNESS.