Apricot, prune and nut balls

Ingredients

1 cup of shredded coconut

1 cup of almonds or other nuts

½ cup of dried apricots

½ cup of prunes, pitted

Method

Blitz up until fine and add a little water at a time until it comes together as a ball. Then roll into balls or press into a 20x 20cm lined tin and cut into squares. Keep in an airtight container.

Salted caramel snicker bars

This is just another version of a bliss ball:)

Ingredients

2 cups of roasted salted peanuts (300g) you can use raw unsalted if you want and add some salt at the end, start with ¼ tsp salt and add more to taste.

130g of pitted medjool dates- this is about 10

¼ cup (20g) of cacao powder

Method

Put everything in a food processor or similar and blitz up. Add 1 tsp of water at a time until it comes together in a ball. I used nearly 2 tbsp for this batch.

Then press into a 20 x 20cm lined cake tin (or roll into balls) Cut into 12 bars.

Bounty cheesecake balls

Ingredients

250g block of full fat cream cheese- do not use light as it is softer and might not work as well

1 cup of shredded or desiccated coconut

1 tsp vanilla extract

¼ cup of cacao powder

6 medjool dates, pitted.

Method

Put everything in a food processor and blend until smooth. If you do not have a food processor just soften the cream cheese and finely chop everything and mix by hand- then put in the fridge to firm up before you roll them. Then roll into balls, you will get about 20. You can leave like they are, or you can dip in chocolate. I melted 100g dark chocolate, mix until there are no lumps and is nice and smooth. Quickly dip your balls in and put on a lined tray. Whack in the fridge.

You could also melt the chocolate and put in a small zip lock bag, snip a little bit of the corner and drizzle chocolate over each one.

Jaffa bars/balls

Ingredients

2 cups of nuts/seeds

6 medjool dates, pitted

3 tbsp cacao powder

Zest of 2 oranges

40ml orange juice

Method

Blitz up until it comes together as a ball. You can then either press into a lined 20x 20 cm tin and cut into bars or roll into balls.

Raspberry & Coconut Bliss Balls

Makes 18 approx

Ingredients

2 cups of shredded or desiccated coconut

½ cup of pumpkin seeds, you can use other seeds or nuts if you want

½ cup of raspberries, I have used frozen-you can use other berries

5 medjool dates, pitted

Method

Blend up in a food processor or similar, it should come together, add a few drops of water if needed. Roll into balls. 

Nutella Bliss Balls

Ingredients

1 cup of hazelnuts

½ cup of macadamia nuts

½ cup of pumpkin seeds

6 medjool dates, pitted

2 tbsp cacao powder

2 tbsp water approx.

Method

Chuck in everything, except the water in a food processor or similar but more expensive appliance and blitz until fine. Add 1 tbsp of water at a time until it comes together and forms a big ol ball of brown stuff. Then roll into balls, big balls, small balls, it doesn’t really matter, you could press into a tin and put in the fridge to firm up and cut into squares but that sounds like too much work to me. Hey you could just make one giant ball and keep it in the fridge and take a bite every time you open the fridge door. You did not hear that from me though ;)

Mocha bars/balls

Ingredients

1 ½ cups of cashew nuts, I have used 1 cup cashew and ½ cup of macadamias, you could use all seeds for nut free, flax, chia, pumpkin, sunflower seeds etc

6 medjool dates, pitted

1 ½ tbsp cacao powder

1 tbsp coffee beans

Method

Throw everything in a food processor or similar until fine, then add 1 tsp water or more until it comes together to a ball. Then press into a lined 20 x 20 cm cake tin. Put in the fridge to set and cut into bars. You could roll into balls also. Too easy!!