These delicious, no bake Pumpkin Truffles are sugar-free, low carb, dairy free, gluten free and have just 5 ingredients!
NO BAKE Pumpkin Truffles
I don't know about you, but lately all I want is easy. Easy dinners. Easy breakfasts. Easy lunches. Just easy. It must be the busy-ness of the fall, with soccer and dance classes and volunteers meetings, etc.
I don't feel like baking much. No bake recipes are usually all I do in the summer. But for some odd reason we, here in New England, are having a very warm fall season, which is quite unusual. Must be the warmer weather even with the beautiful fall changing colors of the leaves, but I'm just not feeling like baking. Excuse me while I just continue on with easy, no bake desserts for a little while longer and todays recipe is no exception.
Paleo Pumpkin Truffles
This takes like 2 steps! Dump ingredients into a stand mixer and scoop with a cookie scooper! Ok 3 steps because you have to refrigerate them a bit before serving, which will be really hard once you taste the batter, but they are worth the wait.
Most of you know my littlest child has a tree nut allergy so I am forever trying to disguise my use of coconut butter, which he can have and which allows me to make recipes low carb without the use of nut butters. Problem is, he hates the taste of it. So I mask the recipes with coconut butter using other ingredients and so far is working out perfectly. He's not wise to it and I'm not the least bit guilty about hiding the ingredient that pulls easy recipes like this one together.
If you don't have any nut allergies you could sub out the coconut butter with cashew butter or almond butter, but both of those have pretty strong flavors which might overtake the flavor of the pumpkin, just a fair warning there for you if you do sub it out.
Sugar Free Sweetener Options
Other substitutions for the sweeteners I am using here:
- If you don't like or use liquid stevia, switch it out for Swerve confectioner's sweetener. I would suggest just ⅓ cup. Swerve also has a brown sugar sub that's delicious as well!
- Any sweetener you prefer could be used here, maybe just ½ cup.
- I also like Sukrin which is like a brown sugar substitute and works well in recipes.
I would also keep these refrigerated until serving and continue to store left overs in the fridge as well only because if the weather is warm, these will get really soft, really quick if left out on the counter.
Keto Sugar Free Paleo Pumpkin Truffles
Low Carb Sugar-Free Paleo Pumpkin Truffles
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups pumpkin puree not pie filling
- ¾ cup coconut butter softened
- 2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon vanilla liquid stevia
Optional
Instructions
- In a stand mixer, place all ingredients.
- Blend until smooth and combined well.
- Taste and adjust sweetener as needed.
- Use a cookie scoop and place truffles on a parchment lined baking sheet or silpat.
- Makes 18 truffles.
- Refrigerate to firm up until ready to serve. Optional topping: sprinkle of sugar free brown sugar sub or add some melted sugar free chocolate drizzled over each truffle or coat the entire truffle in chocolate, if desired.
Notes
Nutrition
About Brenda
Brenda Bennett is a certified Nutritional Therapy Practitioner, certified Sugar Detox Coach, certified Keto Coach and certified Life Coach. She has been Sugar Free & Refined carb free for 17 years and has written 2 cookbooks, Sugar-Free Mom, and Naturally Keto and her 3rd book The 30-Day Sugar Elimination Diet, is a four part program to help you detox from sugar, eliminate cravings, balance blood sugar and lose weight all while eating a delicious, nutrient dense whole foods. Meal plan offers two tracks to follow, low carb or keto. She is the founder of the Sugar Free Fresh Start course and Sugar Free Tribe weight loss membership. Learn more.
Jerry
Can I use coconut cream instead of coconut butter.
Brenda Bennett
No, it needs to be the consistency and texture of a nut butter.
Leanne
Hi I’m wondering if these pumpkin truffles could be dipped in chocolate if I put them in the freezer beforehand. Would they be better with sugar free white chocolate or sugarfree dark chocolate ? The reason I like to dip all my truffles in chocolate is because I can toss them in the freezer and then I can easily pull them out and make up a nice box of truffles for friends and family and I don’t have to worry about how long they will be out of the freezer and whether or not they move around inside the box or bag and doesn’t turn to mush. Anyway please advise your thoughts and if you would add any additional ingredients to the recipe to make them more stable to dip in chocolate? Thank you for your help. Leanne
Brenda
Yes absolutely! I like your idea of sugar free white chocolate so that or dark would be great. I'd probably add a little butter to thin it out a bit to dip them. Freeze them before dipping in melted chocolate.
Asma Sheikh
Looks like a perfect pumpkin recipe for my mom. Going to try it soon.
Debbie
Using coconut butter how strong is the coconut flavor in the truffles?
Brenda
I think the pumpkin flavor outweighs the coconut flavor in these.
Lori
Will it work if I only use the pumpkin and butter? My dog is fighting cancer on a keto diet and would love to make her a treat she can enjoy
Brenda
Yes pumpkin with coconut butter and no sweeteners will definitely still work.
Lori
Thank you so much for the reply! Can’t wait to try
Helen Cochems
What is a "stand mixer?"
Brenda
Instead of using a hand mixer, the bowl is stationed on a stand and it has an attachment to whip and blend. I have a KitchenAid.
Rachel
Very similar to our favorite fudge- your pumpkin pie fudge, of course!
Blanca
Do you think I could sub the coconut butter with this?
https://www.amazon.com/Lets-Do-Organic-Creamed-Coconut/dp/B00113ZZ5U/ref=sr_1_21_s_it?s=grocery&ie=UTF8&qid=1477594851&sr=1-21&keywords=coconut%2Bcream&th=1
Thanks!
Brenda
Yes that should be fine to sub.
Julie
If I don't have a stand mixer, what can I use?
Ann
Can you use regular butter for coconut butter? Also, can you use Spenda instead of Stevia? I'm diabetic and love the fact that your recipes are sugar free!
Brenda
No regular butter can not replace coconut butter which is like the texture of peanut butter. Another nut butter or even sunflower seed butter can replace coconut butter. You can use Splenda although I am not sure how much, maybe just start with a small amount, 1/3 cup, then taste and adjust.
Michelle
Is there a particular coconut butter that you'd recommend?
Brenda
I like Artisana. I get it cheapest at iherb.com and my discount code is YAJ035.
Michelle
Thanks, Brenda!
Bonnie
Is there a substitute for coconut butter ?
Brenda
Cashew butter