When I was a child my grandfather sprinkled Rose Hip powder over his yoghurt to treat hip osteoarthritis. Rose hips are rich in C-vitamin, they actually have a higher content than citrus fruits and they also have anti-inflammatory properties. Now the rose hip powder is back in my life. These truffles taste quite different (not as sweet) than the other truffles that we’ve made. David first claimed that he preferred chocolate and chili truffles. But after watching him open the fridge to “just try one more” every 15-minutes since I made these, I’m starting to believe that rose hip powder also contains some kind of addictive substance.
Rose Hip Christmas Truffles
Makes around 15-20
100 g raw cashew nuts
100 g dried unsulphured apricots
4 tbsp ground rose hip powder
2 tbsp extra virgin coconut oil, room temperature
1 tsp ground ginger
0,5 tsp vanilla extract or ground vanilla
0,5 tsp ground cayenne
1 tsp ground cinnamon
Rolling mixture
1 tbsp cacao powder
1 tbsp rose hip powder
Start by mixing the nuts in a food processor until finely chopped (be careful nut to run them to long). Then add the rest of the ingredients and pulse for about 1 minute or until it forms up like a ball. Remove the knife blades from the food processor. Place the mixture in the fridge for about 10 minutes. Then form 15 – 20 small round truffles with your hands; they should be half the size of a golf ball. Roll the truffles in the rolling mixture and place in the fridge for 20 minutes before serving.
Snowy rose hips just outside our window in the centre of stockholm
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What a fun way to use rose hip powder!!
It sounds really good.
These sound like a healthy fabulous treat! I love your blog. The photos and recipes are wonderful. I love the clean, bright colors. Very cheerful, welcoming and sophisticated at the same time.
BTW: I would love to start adding rose hip powder to my recipes, great idea. Yummy flavor twist too! I remember taking chewable vitamin C’s as a kid and they had rose hips in them……they were soooooo good!
Very interesting!They looks so much like chocolate truffles. I have never heard of rose hip powder but it does sound delicious!
Well, they did look good! and so I decided to try to make them. The biggest challenge was locating “rose hip powder” which is simply not used in North America (or so it would seem). I ended up buying dried organic rose hips and grinding them to a powder in a small grinder I use for spices. After that, my blender wasn’t really powerful enough to make the mix very smooth so it was a bit crumbly. However, I was able to make balls and they are really very good! At this time of year it is really delightful to have a treat that you feel healthier for eating – thanks for the post!!
Hilary, what an adventure! We are so impressed by how far you went to try our rose hip truffles that we decided to send you a bag of Rose Hip powder. Merry Christmas!
/David & Luise
Thank you so much! I shared them with an appreciative family over the holidays. They were a popular addition to the usual treats.
All the best for the New Year!
these sound so interesting. I love drinking rose hips tea, so i will definitely be giving this recipe a go !
Included a link to this post, hope that’s ok. Thank’s for sharing :)
http://wildcraftvita.blogspot.it/2012/10/rosehip-collection-25-things-to-do-with.html
Hello! Aren’t I lucky that I found this wonderful recipe of yours while I am visiting Sweden and am in Stockholm for the whole week on a much needed holiday! Where would I be able to buy this rose hip powder? Any help would be greatly appreciated! Incidentally, I found some rose hip juice in the supermarket today when we went for the first time. I have never seen this anywhere else and it was delicious!
Hi Mina,
Welcome to Stockholm! You can buy Rosehip powder in most supermarket and health food stores. It’s called nyponpulver or nyponmjöl in Swedish. Good luck!
Luise
Thank you Luise! I am really loving it here. Stockholm is gorgeous and the people so friendly! I will definitely be coming back. :) I shall have a look at the supermarket tomorrow.
Do I have to wait until Christmas? I will track down rose
hip powder (or a recipe to make rose hip powder from the gorgeous
rosa rugosa hips that grow here) and make these.
Do you think the coconut oil is essential for those truffles? Or could I leave them out or subsitute it with almond butter, normal butter or any oil? Love your recipes!
Hi Elisabeth, you can leave it out and then place in the fridge to set before serving.