Vegan Gorse and White Chocolate Truffles

A bowl of homemade wild gorse chocolate truffles

Homemade truffles dusted with gorse sugar

Oh yes! I made my first gorse and white chocolate truffles years ago and they worked so well that they ended up in my Wild and Sweet cookbook. Though I’ve always wanted to create something of a similar quality for my vegan clients.

These vegan gorse and white chocolate truffles were inspired by a recipe by the Minimalist Baker. I liked this recipe because it only uses natural foods and just five ingredients. No processed vegan ingredients here! I added the gorse petals for a wild twist. The recipe is surprisingly good too, just as good as the vegetarian gorse and white chocolate truffles I make.

Close up of homemade vegan gorse truffles

Vegan Gorse and White Chocolate Truffles recipe

Delicious vegan truffles. The coco butter means they taste chocolatey and the gorse sugar gives them a lovely floral lift. They freeze well too. Keep in the fridge for up to a week, alternatively freeze for up to a month.

Makes 20

Ingredients

90g (3 1/2 oz) desiccated coconut
75g (3 oz) macadamia nuts
35g (1 1/2 oz) coco butter
3 heaped tbsp fresh gorse petals (outer sepals removed)
3 tbsp gorse sugar*, plus a little extra for dusting
1/2 tsp vanilla extract

Coco butter and gorse petals before melting and infusing together

Combined ingredients for vegan gorse and white chocolate truffles

Blitz together the desiccated coconut and macadamia nuts to a smooth paste and put aside. Chop up the coco butter and add to a small saucepan along with the fresh gorse petals and sugar*. Melt over a slow heat, stirring occasionally. Add in the coconut-nut paste, plus half a teaspoon of vanilla extract topped up with water to make a full teaspoon. Stir together well. Pop in the fridge until firm.

Break off a generously-heaped teaspoon at a time and roll into balls about three centimetres in diameter. Test the flavour to see if they are sweet enough. If needed, roll in a little extra gorse sugar. Enjoy as a sweet treat.

homemade vegan gorse and white chocoloate truffles

*To make gorse sugar, use two tablespoons of dried gorse flowers to every tablespoon of golden sugar. Put in a blender to make a powdered sugar with specks of gorse in it. It’s fine to make a fair amount of this as it keeps well. More ideas of how to use gorse sugar in Wild and Sweet cookbook.