No Bake Baklava Truffles

If you like baklava then honey you'll love these baklava truffles!

Ingredients:

Filling:
2 tbsps butter
2 cups chopped walnuts or pecans
1/2 cup honey
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp salt
2 cups shredded wheat cereal, hand crushed

Dipping:
1/3 cup honey

Coating:
1 tbsp butter
1 cup finely chopped walnuts or pecans
1  1/4 cups shredded wheat cereal, finely crushed
1/4 tsp salt
coconut (optional)

Note: This recipe calls for shredded wheat cereal, but I used brown sugar flavoured Mini Wheats. Similar but sweeter...worked well.

For the coating melt butter and add the nuts, finely crushed cereal and salt. Toast lightly about 3 minutes, then spread out to cool. To crush the cereal I placed it in a bag and used the rolling pin and for the finely crushed nuts I used my coffee grinder.

For the filling melt the butter and add the walnuts. Toast until fragrant, about 5 minutes. Place the nuts in a food processor along with the honey, cinnamon and salt. Process to make a nut butter.

Mix the nut butter with the hand crushed cereal using your hands to combine well.

Take heaping teaspoons and roll into 1" balls. Place on a parchment lined baking sheet.

For dipping, microwave the honey for 1 minute. Take a toothpick and pick up a ball, dip in honey then roll in coating.

Set back on the parchment to cool.

I added coconut to some of the coating which was nice too!

Store in an airtight container.

Makes 50 - 1" balls

Adapted from the Food Network recipe