Chocolate Dusted Truffles
½ large bar (16 squares) vegan dark chocolate
2–3 teaspoons raw vanilla sugar (fair-trade, if possible)
1 tablespoon vegan butter
2–3 tablespoons water
Cocoa powder (fair-trade, if possible)
or shredded coconut
1 teaspoon hazelnut or
almond powder (optional)
Favorite essences (optional)

Dates filled with Almond Pâté
Organic dates, pitted
5 heaping teaspoons almond powder
4 teaspoons vanilla sugar
Water
Favorite essences (optional)

To Package the Loving Sweet Gifts:
Clean recycle gift box
Eco-friendly
wrapping paper (brown or craft paper)
Decorating materials

1. Put the chocolate squares in a bain-marie (double boiler).
2. To help the chocolate melt, add a bit of water, not too much, just about 2 or 3 tablespoons. And it’s added gradually because it depends on the quality of the chocolate.
3. When the chocolate has melted, with a bit of water in it, add the vegan margarine or butter, about 1 tablespoon.
4. Mix it so that the mixture is smooth with a chocolate taste that is a bit toned down.
5. Add a bit of sugar, depending on the taste.
6. Mix them all.
7. Add a bit of hazelnut powder or almond powder or orange essence or mint as preference.
8. Mix and then put the mixture into the refrigerator for a few hours.
9. To prepare the almond pâté, mix almond powder with some sugar, depending on taste.
10. Add a bit of water depending on the texture of the mixture.
11. Add it gradually, a teaspoon at a time until the mixture can stick together or it all come together and makes a ball form.
12. To have more flavors, just add orange essence or coconut or almond flavoring.
13. The almond pâté is ready to be filled into the dates.
14. Take a small amount of almond pâté and then form into a shape that will fit in the date.
15. When the chocolate has cooled and hardened, then it is ready to be shaped into balls to make truffles.
16. Roll the chocolate ball in the cocoa powder.
17. Arrange the chocolate truffles and the dates filled with almond pâté in a decorative box.
18. Ready to be presented.