How to make quick and simple no-bake christmas tree truffles – A creamy biscuit truffle with flaked almonds are dunked in dairy-free chocolate decorated with vegan friendly sprinkles and a gold chocolate star. They’re the perfect sweet treat for snacking on over the Holidays.
No-Bake Christmas Tree Truffles
The holiday season is a time for festive treats, and these No-Bake Christmas Tree Truffles are the perfect way to add a touch of whimsy to your celebrations. These delightful confections are not only adorable but also incredibly simple to make, requiring no oven time. With their creamy centers, vibrant green chocolate coating, and decorative sprinkles, they look just like miniature Christmas trees ready to spread joy on your dessert table.
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Why you’ll love my Christmas tree truffles:
- Festive fun: Adds a playful, holiday-themed touch to your dessert table with the cute Christmas tree shape.
- No-Bake: Easy to make with minimal effort, just blitz, mix, shape, and chill. Simple yet super effective!
- Crowd-pleaser: Perfect for family gatherings and festive parties. Everyone loves Oreos and chocolate!!!
- Customisable: You can decorate them with sprinkles, more chocolate, strawberry laces, edible glitter, or mini candies to create fun personalised designs.
- Kid-friendly: Simple for kids to help with, making it a great holiday activity.
- Absolutely delicious: Combines the classic vanilla Oreo flavour with creamy filling and smooth chocolate coating, truly irresistible!
- Perfect as gifts: These truffles make great homemade gifts when packaged in cute little boxes or gift bags.
- Instagrammable: Show off your festive creations in style, these truffles look just as good as they taste! Sure to get plenty of eyes looking!!
- Perfect for all to enjoy, as they can be made gluten-free by switching to gluten-free biscuits / cookies!
How to make my festive truffles:
These little bites of festive joy are incredibly simple to make, requiring only a few ingredients, but they’re sure to be a festive hit at any gathering. With their creamy, chocolatey interior and cute tree shape, these truffles will not only satisfy your sweet tooth but also add some holiday cheer to your dessert table.
- Make the truffle filling
Blitz the cookies in a food processor until fine, then mix with cream cheese until thick. Form the truffle mixture into 30g balls, using clean hands to shape into a triangular shape.
- Add the flaked almonds
Press the flaked almonds into the truffles to create the ‘tree’ shape. Freeze while you make the chocolate.
- Melt the chocolate
Melt the white chocolate along with a drop of green food gel. You may even add a small amount of coconut oil to loosen the chocolate. Balance the truffle on a fork, using a spoon to drizzle the chocolate over the truffle to coat. Place on a lined tray, chill to set.
- Decorate
Pipe a white chocolate star on some grease proof paper and sprinkle over some gold glitter, chill to set. Apply the gold star and sprinkles with some melted green chocolate.
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No-Bake Christmas Tree Truffles
- Total Time: 30 minutes
- Yield: 8–10 1x
- Diet: Vegan
Description
How to make 4 ingredient, vegan and no-bake Christmas tree truffles, perfect for the Holidays.
Ingredients
- 180g of vanilla Oreo cookies (you can use gluten-free cookies)
- 60g of vegan / dairy-free cream cheese
- 300g of dairy-free white chocolate
- Green food gel
- Edible gold glitter
- 1 bag of flaked almonds
- Vegan friendly festive sprinkles
Instructions
- Line a baking tray with greaseproof paper. Set aside.
- Place the cookies in a food processor or blender and whizz up until crumb-like. You could crush them using a rolling pin if you don’t have an electric mixer.
- Pour the cookie crumbs into a large mixing bowl & add in the dairy-free cream cheese. Mix together until fully incorporated. The mixture should be sticky and roll easily between your hands.
- With clean hands, roll the mixture between your palms until you have small ‘truffle’ like balls and place them onto a lined tray. I like to roll them into 25g balls, then shape them into a triangular shape for the tree.
- Start at the base of the truffle, pressing flaked almonds into the truffle, working your way up to the top, getting smaller and smaller as you go. Make sure the truffles angle downward for the tree shape. You may need to find corresponding sized flaked almonds (refer to video for example)
- Pop the tray into the freezer and allow to set for around 25 minutes. You want the truffles firm so when you coat in chocolate, the almonds don’t fall off.
- About 5 minutes before the balls are ready to come out of the freezer, pop the white chocolate into a bowl on top of a saucepan with boiling water, creating a bain-marie and allow the chocolate to fully melt. You can alternatively melt in the microwave in 20 second intervals. Stir in a drop of green food gel.
- Remove the truffles out of the freezer & place on a fork, using a spoon to spoon the chocolate over each truffle, tap to drip off any excess chocolate back into the bowl.
- Place the truffles back onto the lined tray and place them into the freezer to set. As the truffles are very cold, the chocolate will set almost immediately so they’ll only need to be in the freezer for around 5-10 minutes.
- To decorate, use some more of the green chocolate to stick on some sprinkles and the chocolate star.
- Serve and enjoy!
Method (chocolate star)
- You could use a vegan gold star sprinkle or make homemade chocolate stars.
- Melt some white chocolate, transfer into a piping bag and snip off a small tip.
- Line a tray with grease proof paper then pipe stars on the paper. Place into the freezer to set then dust with edible gold glitter.
- Apply the star to the top of the truffle with some melted chocolate.
Notes
To store: Store the truffles in an airtight / sealed container in the fridge, and allow to come to room temperature before enjoying.
As they contain cream cheese, make sure they are kept chilled.
Best eaten within 4 days of making.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Category: Truffles
- Method: No-Bake
Thank you for all these amazing ideas, going to make these this weekend with my kids!!!! xo