No Bake Date Bliss Balls With Chocolate & Coconut
These No Bake Date Bliss Balls With Chocolate & Coconut have only 5 ingredients & make the perfect healthy snack! They are sweet and tasty and unlike most date balls, my version is nut free!
Servings: 13 balls
Calories: 121kcal
Equipment
Ingredients
- 150 G ( 5oz) Medjool dates
- 75 G (2.5 oz) Desiccated coconut
- 2 tablespoon Raw cacao powder
- 2 tablespoon Maple syrup
- 90 G (3.4oz) Sunflower seeds
- Extra desiccated coconut for coating
Instructions
- Remove the stones from the dates if they are not already pitted.
- Place the sunflower seeds in a food processor and pulse until roughly chopped.
- Add the rest of the ingredients and keep pulsing until all the ingredients come together. This can take a few minutes. (You may need to do this in two batches, dependent on your size of food processor)
- Mould into ball shapes with your hands. This mixture should make between 13-15 medium sized balls.
- Shake some extra desiccated coconut onto a plate and roll the balls in the coconut mixture until evenly covered.
Notes
Lauren’s Tips
Mixture Too Dry?: Add a splash of water or extra maple syrup to the mixture.
Mixture Too Wet?: Pulse in some extra sunflower seeds or cacao powder.
Soak The Dates: If your Medjool dates are a bit dry, soak them in warm water for 10-15 minutes to soften them up before blending. This makes the mixture easier to work with.
Chill Mixture: If you find the mixture too sticky, chill it in the fridge after blending for about 15 minutes before rolling it into balls. This will make it easier to handle.
Variations
- Mix up the seeds: Swap the sunflower seeds for pumpkin seeds or a mixture of pumpkin, hemp and flax seed!
- Oats: If you are not following a gluten-free diet you can make these with oats instead of seeds. Just pulse the oats in the food processor as you would the seeds.
- Nuts: If you do not need to avoid nuts you can switch up the sunflower seeds with an equal amount of cashew nuts for a deliciously nutty flavour.
- Maple Syrup: This can be substituted for honey if you are not following a vegan diet.
- Add Extra Protein: Swap the cacao powder for an equal amount of dairy-free chocolate protein powder.
Nutrition
Calories: 121kcal | Carbohydrates: 14g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 3mg | Potassium: 175mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 10g | Vitamin A: 21IU | Vitamin C: 0.2mg | Calcium: 19mg | Iron: 1mg
