Dairy-free chocolate & coconut bliss balls

Here’s a really simple recipe for a delicious, healthy (yes!) chocolatey treat that you or the kids can snack on. These chocolate bliss balls contain ZERO sugar and it’s full of good things: dates, raw cacao, peanuts, pumpkin seeds and coconut.

I’ve been planning to make chocolate bliss balls for months and finally did it on Thursday because a Lindt chocolate factory opened up five minutes away from my house and it just felt wrong scoffing down Lindor when Mr 3 can’t have any.

So we whipped these up together, and I brought some to a dinner party last night, and was surprised that the boys (read 30+ yo husbands) were massive fans. I gave them some to take home and this morning I got photos of them eating bliss balls for breakfast. Wooo! Must mean they taste alright. Not bad for a totally winged recipe.

You can try it yourself:

Recipe: Dairy-free chocolate & coconut bliss balls

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Prep time

10 mins

Cook time

10 mins

Total time

20 mins

A simple, no-bake chocolate dessert that can be prepared

Recipe type: Dessert / Snack

Serves: 30 small-medium balls

Ingredients

Approx 300g dates (if you buy packaged dates, soak them in water overnight to get them plump and juicy then drain and keep the water separately)
¼ cup crunchy peanut butter
⅓ cup raw cacao powder
¼ cup pumpkin seed kernels, crushed (I chose this because because Mr 3 is allergic to tree nuts, but you can use other seeds/nuts)
¼ cup chia seeds
⅓ cup desiccated coconut (and extra to roll the balls in)
2 tbs maca powder (optional)

Instructions

Soak the dates in water overnight to get them plump and juicy, then drain the water (set it aside in a bottle to use for other recipes). Blitz the dates in a food processor until you get a smooth paste
Add the peanut butter and process until smooth.
Tip your date + peanut paste into a large bowl and add the cocoa. Mix it thoroughly with a spoon until well combined (start it slowly, and take care not to get the cacao everywhere... that's what happened to me).
Mix in the rest of the dry ingredients until everything is mixed evenly.
Pour extra coconut into a separate small bowl to use for rolling the balls in.
Wet your hands, and scoop a bit of the mixture with your fingers and roll into a ball. Roll it gently in the desiccated coconut and set on a platter/container. Repeat until the mix is finished.
Refrigerate them to set (about an hour).
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