Cacao Date Energy Balls

Name: Cacao Date Energy Balls
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 8 servings
Ingredients: 90 g rolled oats; 16 g cacao powder; 12 ea fresh Medjool dates; 70 g desiccated coconut; 40 ml maple syrup; 14 g desiccated coconut

Recipe from Hannah Medellin · original post

Oats, dates, cacao and coconut blitzed into a no-bake snack that keeps all week in the fridge.

Serves 8 15 minKid-friendly

VeganDairy freeNo cookLunchbox

Ingredients

rolled oats — 1 cup90 g
cacao powder — 2 tbsp16 g
fresh Medjool dates — pitted12 ea
desiccated coconut — ¾ cup70 g
maple syrup — 2 tbsp40 ml
desiccated coconut — 2 tbsp; extra, for coating14 g

Method

Add the rolled oats, cacao powder, dates, coconut and maple syrup to a food processor.
Blitz until the mixture forms a sticky dough that holds together when pressed between your fingers.
Roll into bite-sized balls.
Coat each ball in the extra desiccated coconut.
Store in an airtight container in the fridge for up to one week.

Cooking for a different diet?

Swaps that keep this dish what it is. The prices on this page are for the recipe as written.

Gluten-free
- 90 g Gluten-free rolled oats instead of rolled oats

Swaps are suggestions — check labels if you are cooking for an allergy.

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What it costs, and where to buy it

Shops to compare

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Has every item
Woolworths NZBest choice
no items missing · $13.66 of food
$39.48
65% spare
Missing items
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New World
· $4.26 of food
$32.16
87% spare
No price at New World for:
- fresh Medjool dates
Pak'nSave
· $13.38 of food
$26.06
49% spare
No price at Pak'nSave for:
- cacao powder