Paan Truffles

Bite sized version of Paan Cheesecake, these Paan Cheesecake Truffles are made with cream cheese, parle-g crumbs, real paan leaves and flavored with gulkand and garnished with candied fennel. If you love meetha paan, then you are going to love this fusion dessert.

It’s super easy to make, no-bake and great to make for your Diwali party 

And it’s Diwali yet again and I am back with yet another paan dessert!  You guys know by now, that it’s impossible for me to let go of Diwali without sharing a sweet made with paan leaves. Isn’t it?

For those who don’t know what paan is, these are betel leaves which are popular in South Asia. They are often eaten with tobacco but a non-tobacco version of it known as “meetha (sweet) paan” is popular as a palate cleanser/mouth freshener. It’s stuffed with gulkand (rose petal preserve), fennel and is often eaten post meals. All my paan desserts are based on the flavors of meetha paan.

Ever since my Paan Coconut Ladoo, became popular in 2016, I have shared several paan desserts on the blog. You guys love them and I can never have enough of them and so I keep coming up with new ideas every season.

For Holi this year, I had shared this Paan Cheesecake, and so for Diwali I thought of simplifying it and made these paan cheesecake truffles.