Raw Energy Balls with roasted seeds

Raw Energy Balls

 Dairy, sugar & gluten free, made with cocao, date paste and roasted seeds.

Raw energy balls with roasted seeds

To make the date paste, soak:

• 12 dates in about 40 ml of water for about ten minutes

Add:

• 3 unsulphured apricots 
• 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla essence

Blend in a food processor- (or nutribullet which is what I used)  into a smooth paste

Mix together in a bowl:

• 60 grams of the  Date paste (which might not be all the paste you made...)
• 70 grams of ground seeds
• I roasted Hemp, sesame seeds, sunflower seeds and pumpkin seeds in a dry pan heavy bottomed pan- separately - until they start to pop. It gives a nicer nutty flavour. Watch out that they don't burn though!
• I used the nutribullet to grind them into a "flour"
• You can just use raw ground seeds too, if you prefer
• 20 grams of pumping seeds
• 15 grams of chia seeds
• 18 grams of raw cocoa
• Add a little more paste it the dough is too dry - or
•  you can add a tablespoon of melted coconut oil

Take a generous teaspoon of dough and roll it with your hands into small balls. 

I made 13, but it is up to you what size you like to make them.

I rolled some in ground almond seeds. Just to have a choice of two varieties.

Put them on a sheet of baking paper and store in the fridge.

And then ... I scraped the deliciously sticky mixture of my hands with my teeth.

A new version of "licking the cake-spoon'!

Enjoy!

I certainly did.

Further reading

• Other wheat, sugar and dairy free recipes, see here  Bread, cakes, muffins...