Healthy bliss balls and energy bites or protein bars are quite a trend these days. They are great for snacking in between meetings too. This easy recipe reminds me of a small laddoo. Major difference being it is raw, while laddus are cooked. While we make nut based laddu which are generally dairy and sugar based, these energy bites are naturally sugar free. These vegan protein balls recipe is ready within minutes. Total time to make one variation is hardly 10 minutes. Each variation yields 10 medium sized balls. Total weight is 190 gms.
No added sugar, means no extra calories. I love things made with no sugar or natural sugar. Bonus, they are vegan and gluten free. These protein balls made with dates are rich in iron too. Most people think vegan and vegetarian people have low iron. It is not so. You can get iron from many sources. Just eat mindfully and you will never need a supplement.
If it is too hot and you cannot have dates, have a peanut butter ice cream instead.Totally summer ready!
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My heart says yes for anything chocolatey! Adding some cocoa powder, gives you that chocolate fix you need. Perfect to avoid your mid week blues. Enjoy your bliss with cacao bliss recipes 🙂 Toddlers can also eat this and you do not feel the guilt of giving them preservative loaded commercial chocolates.
Both parents and kids are happy with such smart recipes. They get to see a bit of chocolate and we get to see bit of healthy food. Sugar free bliss ball recipes are perfect for that small dose of energy bursts we need while handling work life stress battles.
Equipment
- Food processor
- Grinder
Ingredients
- Roasted almond butter/ Roasted peanut butter
- Pitted medjool dates
- Coconut flour/ desiccated coconut / shredded coconut
- Chia seeds/ goji berries
- Unsweetened cocoa powder
How to make almond bliss balls?
- Roast almonds. Grind them in a coffee/spice grinder. Keep pulsing the mixture until it softens and gels together. It will take around 5 mins to extract almond butter. You may use market based unsweetened almond butter if you have it handy.
2. In a food processor, add coconut flour, chia seeds, cocoa powder along with almond butter.
3. Pulse it in a food processor.
4. Roll into balls by taking small amount of mixture in your hands.
5. Store in an air tight jar.
The above mixture yields 190 grams of bliss ball mix and makes 10 balls each variation.
Almond bliss balls recipe
Equipment
- Food processor
- Spice grinder/coffee grinder
Ingredients
- ½ cup roasted almonds unsweetened
- ½ cup pitted dates
- 2 tbsp. coconut flour
- 2 tbsp. chia seeds
- 1 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa powder
Instructions
- Roast almonds and let it cool. Grind them in a coffee/spice grinder until it resembles a fine powder. Continue to pulse for short intervals till it gels together and oil is released.
- Pulse all the remaining ingredients along with almond butter in a food processor.
- Roll into balls taking small amount of mixture in your hands.
- Store in an air tight container
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Variations - Amaranth gluten free coconut bliss balls
Below are the ingredients:
- Add ½ cup dates to a food processor along with 2 tbsp. coconut flour, 2 tbsp. raisins and 2 tbsp. cocoa powder.
Variations - Peanut butter bliss balls
Ingredients:
Below are the ingredients:
- Dates
- Cocoa powder
- Salt
- Peanuts
- Goji berries
- Roast ½ cup crushed peanuts or (¾ cup whole) and make its peanut butter after grinding it in a spice grinder. Keep grinding it until the peanut powder softens and almost gels together.
2. Add the remaining ingredients along with peanuts in a food processor. Roll it to make ball of desired size. Optionally, roll them in a powder of freeze dried strawberries to get a pink ball.
Total quantity : 10 balls of 190 grams.
There are many ways of making it too. You can add any seeds like hemp seeds, flax seeds. Add chopped walnuts, hazelnuts or macadamias. Add coconut oil, maple syrup, vanilla extract anything you like.
If you like to garnish, you can roll them in some desiccated coconut, powdered freeze dried strawberries or some amaranth.
Variation - cacao bliss balls
In the recipes above you can just replace cocoa powder with cacao powder to make cacao blissball.
Storage
You can store them in an airtight container for 7-10 days at room temperature.
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FAQs
You can eat them at any time of the day.
You can use any nut butter, dates, chia seeds to make this raw vegan recipe. You may also add any dried berries and raisins as per your choice
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