Chocolate Date Balls
Healthy snack, seed cycling friendly, and a great way to get your pregnancy dates in. If you're like me and have a sweet tooth by nature, but you eat clean. This recipe is for you. These date balls are easy to make and really satisfy that sweet tooth.
Equipment
- Food Processor
Ingredients
- 8-10 Medjool dates I used organic
- 2 Tbsp raw sesame seeds
- 2 Tbsp raw sunflower seeds
- 2 Tbsp hemp seeds
- 1/3 Cup nut butter I went with peanut butter
- 2 Tbsp cacao powder
- 1/2 ish Cup of dark chocolate chips for melting
Instructions
- First you are going to de-seed your dates and set them inside your food processor.
- Process the dates enough that they start to break apart.
- Add peanut butter and seeds. Blend and scrape sides; you may need to do this a decent number of times.
- Add the cacao powder and blend until it's like a sandy texture! (As pictured below). If there are little pieces of seeds, that's OK!
- Take some of the mix into your clean hands and press/roll into balls. The first time I made this recipe, I made the balls a bit too big. The next time I made this, I made them bite-sized, and it made around 30 or so balls.
- Place your date balls on a parchment-lined dish and freeze for about 20 minutes. Long enough for them to get cold.
- When the date balls are about ready to come out of the freezer, it is a good time to start heating up your chocolate.
- Remove the balls from the freezer and dip them in the bowl of melted chocolate.
- Put the chocolate-covered date balls back onto the parchment paper and add some flaky salt on top!
- When all the date balls are covered in chocolate and placed on the parchment paper, put them back into the freezer for about an hour or so.
- When the date balls have chilled, they are ready to be enjoyed!! Keep them frozen in an air-tight container!