Bliss Balls
These are amazing, on-the-go energy bites that you can prep well in advance and keep in the fridge. They taste JUST like chocolate truffles… and are super customisable so you can mix up the combo of fruits and nuts to your preferences.
Makes about 40 small bliss balls
Special equipment needed: food processor
350g dry ingredients:
100g rolled oats
100g nuts and seeds (raw or roasted, your choice - a combination of almonds, cashews, peanuts, pepitas, sunflower seeds. Anything goes) — I use 50g almonds, 50g pepitas
50g shredded coconut
50g cocoa (cacao powder or baking cocoa will do!)
30g almond meal
20g chia seeds
Pinch of salt
300g dried fruit (your choice of anything you have), e.g.:
100g dates, pitted
50g sultanas
50g apricots
50g cranberries
150g nut butter (peanut, almond, cashew, macadamia)
100g golden syrup, honey or maple syrup
30g oil (melted coconut oil or other neutral oil of choice)
Extra shredded or dessicated coconut, for rolling (optional)
METHOD
Place all the dry ingredients in a food processor and blitz until finely chopped.
Add the dried fruit and continue to blitz until it starts to come together (it will still be dry!). Pour into a large bowl.
Add the nut butter, golden syrup, oil and salt, into the fruit and nut mixture and mix well with your hands until it all comes together.
Use your hands to roll mix into teaspoon sized balls, squeezing so the mix comes together. Roll in coconut if desired. Place into fridge to chill for at least 1 hour til firm.
Keeps well in the fridge for up to 1 month.
