Skinny Cranberry Chocolate Truffles

WW Recipe of the Day: Cranberry Chocolate Truffles
(55 calories | 3 3 2 myWW *SmartPoints value per serving)

These skinny cranberry chocolate truffles are a delicious lighter healthier way to indulge your chocolate cravings without blowing your Points budget.

And with just 4 ingredients - dried cranberries, old fashioned oats, hot fudge sauce and unsweetened cocoa powder - these no-bake bites are a snap to make.

The oats and cranberries make these treats more chewy, and therefore more satisfying than your typical chocolate ganache truffle.

As you can imagine, they were a hit with me and my chocolate loving family.

Cocoa-dusted cranberry chocolate truffles

How Many Calories and Points in these Truffles?

According to my calculations, each truffle has about 55 calories and:

3 *SmartPoints (Green plan)
3 *SmartPoints (Blue plan)
2 *SmartPoints (Purple plan)
2 *PointsPlus (Old plan)

How to Make Chocolate Dessert Truffle Bites

Step 1: Gather and prepare all ingredients.

Ready to make the truffles

Step 2: Place the dried cranberries in the bowl of a mini food processor (affiliate link) fitted with a chopping blade. Process until they are very finely chopped and sticking together.

Finely chopped dried cranberries

(Alternatively, you can use a blender (affiliate link). I used my Vitamix (affiliate link) with great success.)

Step 3: With a spatula, transfer the cranberries to a small mixing bowl. Add the oats, hot fudge and 1 tablespoon of the cocoa powder. Using your hands, or an electric mixer (affiliate link), mix until thoroughly combined.

Thoroughly mixing the truffle ingredients

Step 4: Place the remaining 2 teaspoons of cocoa powder in a small shallow dish.

Step 5: Working quickly so the fudge doesn't melt, divide the mixture into 6 equal parts that are about 1 tablespoon each.

Rolling the truffles into balls

Carefully form each into a ball.

Truffles rolled and waiting to coat with cocoa powder

Step 6: Roll each ball in the cocoa powder until evenly coated. When all the balls have been coated with the cocoa, place in a sieve and carefully bump the side of the sieve with the palm of your hand to shake off excess cocoa powder—otherwise if there is too much cocoa powder the first bite will be bitter!

Removing excess cocoa from truffles

Step 7: Serve immediately or refrigerate in an airtight container lined with wax paper for up to 1 week.

Enjoying cranberry chocolate truffles

The recipe for these skinny cranberry chocolate truffles is adapted from one for chocolate cherry truffles in the The Biggest Loser Family Cookbook: Budget-Friendly Meals Your Whole Family Will Love (affiliate link), which called for dried cherries, which tend to be expensive. Since I always have Craisins on hand, I decided to use them instead.

Skinny Chocolate Cranberry Truffles

Enjoy!

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Skinny Cranberry Chocolate Truffles

A lighter, healthier way to indulge your chocolate cravings

Prep Time15 mins

Cook Time0 mins

Total Time15 mins

Servings (adjustable): 6

Calories: 55

Author: Martha McKinnon | Simple Nourished Living

Ingredients

• ▢ ¼ cup dried cranberries
• ▢ ¼ cup plus 2 tablespoons old fashioned oats
• ▢ 1-½ tablespoons fat-free hot fudge sauce
• ▢ 1 tablespoon plus 2 teaspoons unsweetened cocoa powder

Instructions

• Place the dried cranberries in the bowl of a mini food processor fitted with a chopping blade. Process until they are very finely chopped and sticking together. (Alternatively, use a blender. I used my Vitamix with great success.)
• With a spatula, transfer the cranberries to a small mixing bowl. Add the oats, hot fudge and 1 tablespoon of the cocoa powder. Using your hands or an electric mixer, mix until well combined.
• Place the remaining 2 teaspoons cocoa powder in a small shallow dish.
• Working quickly so the fudge doesn't melt, divide the mixture into 6 equal parts that are about 1 tablespoon each. Carefully form each into a ball.
• Roll each ball in the cocoa powder until evenly coated. When all the balls have been coated with the cocoa, place in a sieve and carefully bump the side of the sieve with the palm of your hand to shake off the excess cocoa powder, otherwise if there is too much cocoa powder the first bite will be bitter!
• Serve immediately or refrigerate in an airtight container lined with wax paper for up to 1 week.

Recipe Notes

If the mixture gets too soft/melted to roll, place in the refrigerator for 15 minutes to chill and then proceed with forming the mixture into balls. The recipe says you can enjoy them immediately, but I liked them better after they chilled in the fridge for a while.

Serving size: 1 truffle

3 *SmartPoints (Green plan)

3 *SmartPoints (Blue plan)

2 *SmartPoints (Purple plan)

2 *PointsPlus (Old plan)

Nutrition Facts

Skinny Cranberry Chocolate Truffles

Amount Per Serving (1 truffle)

Calories 55 Calories from Fat 15

% Daily Value*

Fat 1.7g3%

Carbohydrates 10.3g3%

Fiber 1.6g6%

Protein 1.1g2%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: chocolate truffles, cranberry chocolate balls, no bake dessert

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Source: The Biggest Loser Family Cookbook: Budget-Friendly Meals Your Whole Family Will Love (affiliate link) by Devin Alexander and Melissa Roberson

*PointsPlus® and SmartPoints® calculated by Simple Nourished Living; Not endorsed by Weight Watchers International, Inc. All recipe ingredients except optional items included in determining nutritional estimates. SmartPoints® values calculated WITHOUT each plan's ZeroPoint Foods (Green plan, Blue plan, Purple plan) using the WW Recipe Builder.

If you liked these skinny cranberry chocolate truffles you might also like:

• Easy Chocolate Almond Joy Truffles
• One-Bite Chocolate Coconut Covered Cherries
• Low Sugar Chocolate Fruit & Nut Clusters
• Low at Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars
• Weight Watchers Chocolate Chip Cookies with Salted Peanuts
• Skinny Chocolate Coconut Cake Mix Cookie Bars

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