These Chocolate Orange Bliss Balls are little bites of deliciousness. They’re packed filled with nuts, optimistic with dates and flavoured with orange, cocoa and cinnamon.
At Healthful Little Foodies Headquarters, we like bliss balls (vitality bites/balls). They’re fast to make, freeze efficiently and are a inconceivable after-school or on-the-go snack likelihood.
Vitality balls furthermore make good lunchbox fillers, this recipe accommodates nuts nonetheless consists of directions for a nut-free likelihood. Try these nut free bliss balls for added lunchbox-friendly picks
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Ingredient Info (and Utterly completely different Ideas)
- Blended Nuts: be glad to make the most of any mixture. I used a combination of pistachios, cashews, hazelnuts, macadamias, almonds and walnuts. For a nut-free completely completely different, substitute with rolled oats and a contact of coconut oil.
- Medjool Dates: Very important for binding the balls collectively and along with pure sweetness.
- Cocoa Powder: Gives a wealthy chocolate flavour. Is also substituded with cacao.
- Cinnamon: Added for flavour, skip it or change with a contact of vanilla if desired.
- Orange: Each the orange juice and the zest are used to bolster the orange flavour.
See recipe card for components.
Step by Step Directions (with Images)
- Add nuts to meals processor and mix till they’ve damaged all the best way through which all the best way right down to a crumb
- Add the remaining elements and proceed to mix till the combo is mixed.
See recipe card for full directions.
Prime Methods
Use fashionable dates in order that they mix merely all through the meals processor. In case your dates are a bit dry, soak them in boiling water for a few minutes earlier than mixing.
You in all probability can merely adapt the climate to fit your mannequin. In case you want a sweeter profile you in all probability can up the dates or add a small quantity of sweetener, similar to honey or maple syrup.
Topping the chocolate bliss balls with a little bit of bit orange zest provides a contact of ornament and makes them merely recognisable as orange. Nevertheless, you might furthermore roll them in cacao powder, desiccated coconut or drizzle them with chocolate.
Storage Directions.
Chocolate orange bliss balls are great for storing all through the freezer. Freeze on a single layer earlier than transferring them to an hermetic container. They mannequin glorious straight from the freezer.
Alternatively, retailer in an hermetic container and fridge for as quite a bit as per week.
Recipe FAQs
I don’t advocate these for infants because of the really feel, they’re sticky which may enhance the opportunity of choking. Furthermore, the sugar content material materials supplies is on the acute facet for infants.
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Chocolate Orange Vitality Balls
These Chocolate Orange Vitality Balls are packed filled with nuts, optimistic with dates and flavoured with orange, cocoa and cinnamon.
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Full Time: 10 minutes
Serves:22 balls
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Directions
Add the blended nuts to a meals processor and mix till they’ve damaged down proper into a troublesome crumb.
Add the dates, cacao powder, cinnamon, orange juice and zest. Mix till utterly mixed.
Utilizing your palms, roll approx two teaspoons of the combo into balls. I made 22 balls from the combo.
Roll in cocoa or sprinkle orange zest on extreme of the balls.
Recipe Notes
Dietary data is a ROUGH information solely, calculated utilizing an web primarily based weight reduction plan calculator.