A perfect sweet and salty snack to make at home, especially while you may be cooped up. Peanut Butter Honey Truffles with Coconut - a simple, unprocessed, healthy snack for a burst of sweet protein between meals. Kosher, pareve.
Ingredients
¼ cup oats
½ cup natural unsweetened peanut butter
¼ cup honey (you can use 3 tbsp for a less sweet flavor)
½ tsp vanilla
Pinch salt (if your peanut butter already has salt, skip this)
2-3 tbsp dried shredded coconut
Instructions
Pulse the oats in a blender for 30-45 seconds till they become a powdery flour.
Oats ground to flour in a blender.
In a mixing bowl, stir together peanut butter, honey, vanilla, salt and oat flour.
Peanut butter truffle filling in a bowl.
Roll the peanut butter mixture into 1-inch balls.
Peanut butter honey truffle balls on wax paper.
Roll each ball in dried coconut to coat.
Rolling truffle centers in coconut.
Place truffles in the refrigerator. Chill for at least 30 minutes.
Both kids and adults will enjoy stretching the honey into taffy, and the longer you stretch the honey, the easier and more pliable the taffy becomes. To avoid a sticky situation, make sure any surface you set the taffy on is thinly coated with cooking spray. You can also wear latex gloves (coated with canola oil) to make the pulling a little easier.
Ingredients
Cooking spray
1 pound honey (about 1½ cups)
Instructions
Step 1
Line a baking sheet with parchment paper; lightly coat with cooking spray.
Step 2
Place honey in a medium saucepan. Cook over medium-low heat, uncovered, until honey begins to boil (about 8 minutes). Continue cooking until a candy thermometer registers 280°, about 10 minutes. Quickly pour mixture onto prepared pan, spreading evenly. Cool 20 minutes.
Step 3
Lightly spray your hands with cooking spray. Using your hands, fold the honey over itself to form a ball. Stretch honey into a long strand (about 2 feet long). Double strand back onto itself twice, pressing ends together. Continue pulling and folding honey for about 5 minutes or until the color changes from dark amber to a soft tan. Wrap in plastic wrap coated with cooking spray, and chill for 10 minutes.
Step 4
Coat a knife with cooking spray, and cut the taffy into 4 equal pieces. Roll each piece into a 12-inch log. Cut each log into 6 pieces. Roll each piece into a log, and wrap each piece in confectionary paper, cellophane wrappers, or wax paper.
