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Chocolate & Blueberry Date Balls

An easy treat or snack without added sugar. Better than the ones you can buy and completely free from nuts, seeds and protein powder. These balls have a high level of vitamin B1 which will balance energy and promote a balanced nervous system.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Rolling 10 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Servings: 16 Balls
Course: Snacks, Teatime
Cuisine: Treats
Ingredients Equipment Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 300 g Pitted Dates (I use organic unsweetened and seed oil free dates like medjoul or deglet)
  • 35 g Dried Juicy Blueberries (I use the ones that have been dried with the use of unsweetened apple juice instead of sugar and seed oils, be aware of that when you buy dried fruits in general)
  • 3 tbsp Cacao Powder (unsweetened)
  • ΒΌ tsp Vanilla Seeds (This is equivalent to 1/4 of a Vanilla Bean or 1/2 tsp of Vanilla Powder)
  • 1 tbsp Natural Non Fortified Nutritional Yeast (Sari Foods make a GMO free Non fortified one)
  • 1 pinch Fleur de sel (or another unrefined fine salt)
  • 3 tbsp Chopped Chocolate 100% (I use the Unsweetened Chocolate Baking Bars 100% Cacao from Guittard. I chop them up on my kitchen aid 3.5 food processor)

Equipment

  • 1 Mini Food Processor (I use the 3.5 Cup Mini Food Chopper from KitchenAid for this)

Method
 

  1. Add the pitted dates to the food processor and pulse until they become like this.
  2. When the dates are ready add the blueberries. vanilla, cacao, salt and nutritional yeast. Pulse until combined.
  3. Add the chocolate and pulse until combined.
  4. When it looks like this, transfer the dough to a mixing bowl and knead it by hand until it becomes smooth enough to roll.
  5. When it looks like this it's ready to roll, roll 16 balls around 27g a piece if you like your balls to look extra delish, this is also a good way to teach kids to measure on a scale and to read numbers.
  6. Serve with Tea or Raw milk and remember to Enjoy!

Notes

These balls can stored in a mason jar in the fridge for weeks, if they last that long. In our house they are usually gone before that jar ever enters the fridge!