The perfect mid-morning or afternoon pick me up!
Ingredients:
100g/3.5oz Pitted Dates
150g/5.3oz Pecans
75g/2.6oz Ground Almonds (plus extra for rolling)
1 Tsp Vanilla Essence
1 Tbls Cocoa Powder
1 Tbls Honey (heaped)
50ml Diluted Coffee
Method:
Soak the dates in the coffee for 30 minutes to 1 hour.
Once their time is up, drain excess liquid off but do not squeeze the dates dry. Roughly chop them and set aside.
Place the pecans in a food processor and pulse mix until they are fairly powdery. Add the ground almonds, honey, cocoa powder, vanilla essence and chopped dates and blitz until you have a smooth texture.
The final texture will depend on how moist your dates were. If the mixture doesn’t stick, add a little bit more honey or coffee; if it is too wet, add some more ground almonds.
Form into balls and roll into ground almonds.
Keep refrigerated in a plastic container.
Enjoy!
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