Healthy Homemade Ferrero Rocher
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These Healthy Homemade Ferrero Rocher are gluten free, dairy free, and refined sugar free!
They’re made with wholesome ingredients you can feel good about, and they’re completely no bake!
Ferrero Rocher just scream decadence to me!
They make for a great holiday treat to bring to the Christmas parties, or individually wrap them and gift them for a holiday DIY present!
Why You’ll Love These Healthy Homemade Ferrero Rocher
- They’re gluten free, dairy free, and refined sugar free
- They’re made with whole food ingredients
- They’re simple to make
- They’re made with real hazelnuts and hazelnut butter (no, NOT sugar packed nutella)
- They taste even better than store bought!
Ingredients
- Base
- 8 whole medjool dates
- 1/2 cup almond flour
- 1/3 cup cocoa powder
- 3 tbsp almond butter
- 2 tbsp pure maple syrup
- 1 tsp vanilla syrup
- Center
- 9 whole hazelnuts
- 1/4 cup hazelnut butter – I used Artisana Organics Hazelnut Cacao Spread
- For coating
- 3/4 cup dark chocolate
- 1 tbsp coconut oil
- ~2 tbsp finely chopped hazelnuts, and/or puffed quinoa
Process
- Dip each hazelnut in hazelnut butter then place in the freezer for 1 hour
- Process brownie ingredients together until smooth
- Roll into 9 balls
- Flatten each ball and place frozen hazelnut butter wrapped hazelnut inside the brownie dough and wrap the brownie dough around it to fully enclose, place stuffed balls in the fridge
- Melt chocolate and coconut oil together until smooth, in 30 second intervals, then stir in crushed hazelnuts
- Dip each brownie ball in the crunchy chocolate mixture, allow excess to drip off, then place on parchment paper, and in the fridge 10-15 minutes until chocolate has hardened
- Enjoy!
You can skip the freezing part, and simply place some hazelnut butter and a hazelnut in the center of your brownie
Be careful though, because the hazelnut butter might ooze out some this way
Variations for Dietary Preferences
- Cacao Powder– or cocoa powder, or half it with chocolate protein powder for a protein boost
- Almond flour – can sub for oat flour in the brownie base
- Pure Maple Syrup – do not sub for a granular sweetener. You can sub for medjool date syrup or sugar free syrup if you prefer
- Hazelnut butter – if you’d like to change the flavor feel like to use almond butter or peanut butter
If you make these Healthy Homemade Ferrero Rocher I’d love to your thoughts! Or tag me on social media so I can see your creations!
Ingredients
Base
- 8 whole medjool dates
- 1/2 cup almond flour
- 1/3 cup cocoa powder
- 3 tbsp almond butter
- 2 tbsp pure maple syrup
- 1 tsp vanilla syrup
Center
- 9 whole hazelnuts
- 1/4 cup hazelnut butter
For coating
- 3/4 cup dark chocolate
- 1 tbsp coconut oil
- ~2 tbsp finely chopped hazelnuts
Instructions
- Dip each hazelnut in hazelnut butter then place in the freezer for 1 hour. If you hazelnut butter isn't runny warm it for 15-30 seconds with a pinch of coconut oil
- Process brownie ingredients together until smooth
- Roll into 9 balls
- Flatten each ball and place frozen hazelnut butter wrapped hazelnut inside the brownie dough and wrap the brownie dough around it to fully enclose, place stuffed balls in the fridge
- Melt chocolate and coconut oil together until smooth, in 30 second intervals, then stir in crushed hazelnuts
- Dip each brownie ball in the crunchy chocolate mixture, allow excess to drip off, then place on parchment paper, and in the fridge 10-15 minutes until chocolate has hardened
- Enjoy!