Maple Pecan Breakfast Truffles

Happy Friday, folks!

I was a little preoccupied with my new job earlier this week – just nerves of starting, making sure I had all my little ducks in a row, and celebrating the start!

Then I found myself with an unexpected four day weekend!  Hoorah!  I am so excited. 

Yesterday was spent being thoroughly lazy.  The boyfriend and I had a slow start to the day, bummed around my apartment and around town, saw a movie (The Lone Ranger – loved it!) By the end of the night, we made our way to Old Sacramento (it’s adorable – cobblestone streets and wooden sidewalks, old saloons and shops that sell salt water taffy out of giant barrels) where we drank frosty margaritas to cool down from the heat and then found the absolute perfect spot to sit down and watch some fireworks. 

How was your holiday? 

Then I woke up today and felt like whipping up a batch of breakfast truffles!  Ummmm hello, awesome treat to make without turning any heat on – eww so much heat lately!

So obviously breakfast truffles came to mind.  Maple pecan ones.  I thought of making maple pecan breakfast truffles while filming the video for my chocolate coconut truffles.  It has stuck in my brain ever since and it is finally time to make them! 

Ummm, they are crazy good.  CRAZY good.  

It’s like maple syrup over pecan filled pancakes.  OMG melt-in-your-mouth sweet maple bites that are NOT going to last very long around my grubby little fingers.  If I’d had enough pecans, I would have immediately made a second batch of these.  I highly recommend you double this.  Add to grocery list: more pecans.  LOTS. more.

Plus it’s three ingredients.  

Plus it takes no time at all to make. 

Success.

yields 10 truffles
1 1/4 C pecans
1 C pitted dates
1/2 t maple extract

Process pecans in a food processor until they are the texture of bread crumbs.  Remove 1/4 C of the mixture to coat the truffles.  

Then add dates and maple extract and process until the mixture is well combined and forms a sticky ball. 

Roll the dough into truffles.  I use a small ice cream scoop to measure the mixture, but you can use a really heaping tablespoon too. 

Coat in extra pecans.  

Nutrition facts per truffle: Calories: 144; Calories from Fat: 88; Total Fat: 9.8g; Saturated Fat: 0.8g; Total Carbohydrates: 15.3g; Dietary Fiber: 2.7g; Sugars: 11.8g; Protein: 1.7g