I made these the other day, and they did not last very long at all. Yum.
These don't have dates in them. I love dates in raw sweets, but it is kind of nice to have a change from the particular flavour and texture they impart. Also, medjool dates are pretty pricey!
These balls develop a firm cake-like texture once refrigerated for a while, which I love.
Walnut Oat Bliss Balls (makes about 10 balls) Adapted from Bliss Balls from I Quit Sugar
1/2 cup walnuts
1/2 cup oats
1/2 tsp cinnamon
2 tbsp cocoa
pinch of salt
2-3 tbsp rice malt syrup, to taste
1/3 cup almond butter
1-2 tbsp almond milk (if needed)
desiccated coconut, for rolling
Blend walnuts and oats together to make a coarse powder. Add this mixture to a bowl and add the cinnamon, cocoa, salt, rice malt syrup and almond butter. Mix together with your hands. If the mix is a bit too dry to be rolled into balls, add a bit of milk.
Form the mixture into balls, then roll in the coconut.
Yum! I love balls like this too (as is probably obvious :P ), of all kinds. I haven't experimented much with walnuts though!
ReplyDeleteThanks Kari! No, I hadn't used walnuts much in ball recipes either, so it's a nice change and yummy too :)
Deletelooks delicious !
ReplyDeleteThanks, hope you like them :)
Deletethese sound delicious - I love walnuts in these sort of balls - it is the sort of thing I would love to put in Sylvia's lunchbox if they didn't have the nut free policy :-(
ReplyDeleteThanks Johanna! Yes the nut-free thing is hard when packing lunches. Maybe balls using seeds instead?? Must experiment...
DeleteSometimes if we feel peckish in the evening and don't have any good snack foods, I make a batch of balls and call them "cookie dough" and we eat it and it is glorious. I usually use oats and peanut butter and some raisins, but these sound much more delicious.
ReplyDeleteI do the same! Often it's just stuff piled into the blender and crossing my fingers. Can't really go wrong with peanut butter though :)
ReplyDeleteThese are just the sort of thing I don't know why I don't make every day - healthy, tasty, and perfect for lunchboxes. How long do they take to make, do you reckon? I'm wondering if I could even make a batch before work...
ReplyDeleteI know, I think that every time I make these kinds of recipes! I reckon 5 minutes max, including cleaning up :)
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