

Chocolate energy balls
Ingredients
- ½ cup prunes
- ½ cup dried apricots
- ¼ cup almonds
- ¼ cup walnuts
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 tablespoons granulated sweetener (we used Natvia)
- ¼ cup porridgeoatmeal, cookedX oatsoatmeal uncookedX
- 3 tablespoons desiccated coconut (reserve a little to decorate)
- 1 tablespoon cocoa powder (20g) (reserve a little to decorate)
- grated zest of 1 orange (reserve a little to decorate)
- juice of half an orange
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Instructions
1 Blend the prunes, apricots, almonds and walnuts in the food processor until they form a paste.
2 Add the remaining ingredients, reserving a little of the desiccated coconut, cocoa powder and orange zest for decoration, and blend again to form a thick, sticky paste. Don’t over-blend, as the mixture should be quite coarse.
3 Roll the mixture into a sausage shape and cut into 16 pieces, then roll each piece into a ball.
4 Roll 4 of the balls in cocoa powder, 4 in coconut and 4 in orange zest to decorate and store in an airtight container in the fridge, where they will keep for a week.
Variations
You could add other nuts or dried fruits to the recipe, or try making the balls with sunflower, sesame or pumpkin seeds instead of nuts.
Nutrition Info (per serve)
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Calories 80cal
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Kilojoules 335kJ
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Protein 1.9g
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Total fat 3.6g
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–Saturated fat 1.1g
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Carbohydrates 8.9g
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–Sugars 5.7g
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Dietary fibre 2.1g
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Sodium 39mg
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Calcium 17mg
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Iron 0.8mg
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Hi Anny
Thanks for your comment. The recipe has been amended.
Warm regards
Jenny