Dates, Pecans & Coffee Bliss Balls
The perfect mid-morning or afternoon pick me up!
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Ingredients - Serves 20 Balls
- 100g/3.5oz Pitted Dates
- 150g/5.3 Pecans
- 75g/2.6oz Ground Almonds (plus extra for rolling)
- 1 Tsp Vanilla Essence
- 1 Tbls Cocoa Powder
- 1 Tbls Honey (heaped)
- 50ml Diluted Coffee
Main:
Method
Soak the dates in the coffee for 30 minutes to 1 hour.
Once their time is up, drain excess liquid off but do not squeeze the dates dry.
Roughly chop them and set aside.
Place the pecans in a food processor and pulse mix until they are fairly powdery.
Add the ground almonds, honey, cocoa powder, vanilla essence and chopped dates and blitz until you have a smooth texture.
The final texture will depend on how moist your dates were. If the mixture doesn't stick, add a little bit more honey or coffee. If it is too wet, add some more ground almonds. Form into balls and into some ground almonds.
Keep refrigerated in a plastic container and enjoy at your own leisure.
Enjoy!