Do you find yourself reaching for a chocolate bar or biscuit mid-afternoon? Normally by that time in the day, we are feeling a bit zapped! When you feel like you need a pick me up, why not reach for a power-packed bliss ball instead.
Bliss balls (or raw balls) are healthy snacks with just the right ingredients to boost your energy, and they are a perfect size too! Lovely with an afternoon cuppa, bite-size balls that will fuel you up without weighing you down.
Firstly the best things about bliss balls are ;
- They are so quick and easy to make
- They are healthy so make a perfect snack
- They fill you up without weighing you down
- Making your own snacks means “zero waste” so no plastic packaging which means no impact on the environment
Cacao is a superfood
Also, these energy balls are made with cacao. Cacao is chocolate, but in a raw form, so it’s not the same as chocolate. It hasn’t been roasted, but rather cold-pressed and there is no added sugar.
Not only that but cacao is also a highly nutritious food, high in antioxidants, nutrients, and also healthy fats. Cacao also contains only a small amount of caffeine compared to normal chocolate, which means you can eat it before bed too!
As well as all of that, I love the fact that these balls have a hint of orange in them. They remind me of Terry’s Chocolate Orange bars that I used to eat as a child!
Orange Cacao Bliss balls
A very quick, easy, healthy snack to make that tastes delicious!
Ingredients
- 13 medjool dates pitted
- 1 cup almonds roasted
- 1/4 cup coconut oil
- 1/3 cup tahini
- 1 tbsp cacao powder
- 1/2 orange juiced
Instructions
1.Orange Cacao Bliss Balls
2.Preheat your oven to 180 degrees F 82.2 degrees C. Line a baking tray with paper
3.Add almonds to baking tray and toast toast for 4 minutes
4.Remove pit from dates and discard
5.Add almonds to a food processor and blitz to combine
6.Add dates and blitz again
7.Cut orange in 1/2. Juice one half and slice the juiced half and rind into pieces (use orange juice for other purpose)
8.Add dates and blitz again
9.Pour in 1/2 coconut oil and blitz
10.Add tahini and blitz
11.Add cacao and blitz
12.Add remaining coconut oil and blitz
13.Roll into balls
14.Coat with cacao powder (optional)
About the author – Sweet Caramel Sunday is from Queensland, Australia. Adrianne has travelled all over the world, and her favourite foods are Asian-inspired. She is a keen Yogi and animal lover, as well as being a recipe developer and photographer.
Find more easy 5 minute snack ideas here.
My passion for natural, safer alternatives has also been fuelled by the fact that my mum died of cancer when she was very young, something that could well be attributed to the prevalence of potentially harmful ingredients commonly used in hair products and skincare, food additives and chemicals found in the environment.
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