Description
Creamy, tangy, no-bake lemon truffles made with cream cheese, white chocolate, and fresh lemon. A quick, easy treat that tastes like sunshine in every bite.
Ingredients
Scale
- 8 oz (225 g) Cream cheese – Softened, full-fat for best texture
- 1 ½ cups White chocolate chips – Or chopped white chocolate bar
- 3 tbsp Fresh lemon juice – From about 2 lemons
- 1 tbsp Lemon zest – Zest before juicing lemons
- ½ cup Powdered sugar – For rolling the truffles
- Extra Lemon zest – For sprinkling on top
- ½ cup Coconut flakes – Optional, for coating instead of sugar
Instructions
- Soften cream cheese, line baking sheet with parchment, zest and juice lemons, and prepare coating bowls.
- Microwave white chocolate in 30-second intervals, stirring between each until smooth, then let cool 5 minutes.
- Beat cream cheese until smooth, then add cooled chocolate, lemon juice, and zest. Mix until thick and creamy.
- Refrigerate mixture 30 minutes, then scoop and roll into smooth balls between your palms.
- Roll truffles in powdered sugar (or coconut) and chill another 15 minutes before serving.
Notes
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 5 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: No-Bake
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 truffle
- Calories: 120
- Sugar: 10 g
- Sodium: 50 mg
- Fat: 7 g
- Saturated Fat: 4 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 2 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 14 g
- Fiber: 0 g
- Protein: 2 g
- Cholesterol: 15 mg