These make a delicious healthy snack and are full of gut healthy ingredients including nuts, seeds and dried fruit. They store really well in the freezer, which is where I like to keep mine, so they are nice and chewy.
PrintHealthy Cacao & Coconut Balls
A beautiful recipe combining nuts, seeds and dried apricots or figs. These are sure to keep the hunger pangs at bay as the kids wait for dinner!
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 5 minutes
- Total Time: 15 minutes
- Yield: Approximately 20 balls 1x
- Category: Snack
- Cuisine: Vegan, Vegan snack
- Diet: Dairy-Free, Gluten-Free, Vegan, Vegetarian
Ingredients
100g Raw Walnuts
100g Raw Almonds
2 Tbsp Linseeds, sunflower seeds or pepitas
170g Medjool Dates
100g Prunes, pitted and chopped
100g Dried Apricots or Figs, chopped
1 Tbsp Hulled Tahini
2Tbsp Unsweetened cocoa powder or raw cacao
1 Tbsp Ground Cinnamon
2 Tbsp Honey OR Rice Malt Syrup
100g Desiccated Coconut for coating
Instructions
Combine the walnuts, almonds and seeds in a food processor and whiz until fine crumbs. Add dates, prunes and apricots and whiz until smooth. Add the tahini, honey (or malt rice syrup), cocoa powder (or raw cacao) and whiz for 2 minutes or until the mixture starts to form a ball.
Take tablespoons of mixture and roll into balls, between lightly wet palms. To finish, roll in coconut and store in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 2 weeks or freezer for 3 months.
