Almond Butter Bliss Balls

4.94 from 15 votes

Friends, these no-bake bliss balls taste just like slightly salty vanilla cookie dough but with none of the processed ingredients. Ready in minutes, these no-bake treats taste sweet and buttery but with sugar stabilising rolled oats, they won't have you bouncing off the walls. Main ingredients: Medjool dates, almond butter, coconut, vanilla, salt.

Prep Time10

Cook Time5

Total Time15

Course: Snack, Snacks

Cuisine: Vegan

Diet: Vegan

Servings: balls

Calories: 148kcal

Author: Amanda Logan

Equipment

food processor

Ingredients

240 grams medjool dates around 10-12 dates, depending on their size
1 ½ cups rolled oats 150g (use gluten-free oats if needed)
¼ teaspoon sea salt
¾ cup almond or peanut butter 165g
2 teaspoon vanilla extract
¾ cup desiccated coconut 60g divided in to a ½ cup and a ¼ cup for rolling
2-3 tablespoon water
2 tablespoon peanut butter protein powder (optional)

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Instructions

Soak the dates. Pit the dates and place them in a bowl and cover with hot to boiling water for 5 minutes.
Toast the oats. Place the rolled oats and a pinch of salt in a large skillet and place over low to medium heat to toast. Stirring regularly, cook for around 5 minutes or until the oatmeal is fragrant and just beginning to brown at the edges. Remove from the heat.
Strain the dates and place them in a food processor with the almond butter, toasted oats, vanilla, a ½ cup of coconut and the protein powder (if using)
Process the mixture adding 2 or 3 teaspoons of water to bring the it together. Continue processing until the dates are broken down and the mixture sticks together.
Roll the energy balls. Pop the remaining coconut in a bowl and begin rolling the snack ball mixture in to equal-sized balls (around a tablespoon each) and roll each through the coconut to coat.
Store in an airtight container in the fridge or freezer.

Notes

Toast the oats. You may well be wondering why I toast the oats and to be honest, it's not mandatory. However, I find toasting the oatmeal for 5 minutes before processing enhances the flavour but also makes the finished energy ball less "chewy".

We are aiming for firm but squidgy, not chewy.

Soak the dates. Another little trick is to soak the Medjool dates. Fresh dates will chop up easily in a processor but sometimes they might need a little help especially if the dates are not super fresh.

A quick soak in hot water before going in to the processor takes out some of the grunt work for your machine.

Once the mixture is combined roll it into balls and you are pretty much done. Win.

Use a food processor. This recipe has been tested using a food processor. These are bliss balls with dates so you'll need a bit of space to chop those babies up. While you may be able to use a blender, I suspect the mixture would get all caught up at the bottom of the jug.

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