Tory's Energy Balls
Servings: 20 balls
Ingredients
- 150 g raw almonds or 150g toasted pepitas and sunflower seeds for nut free
- 20 g hemp seeds or add in more pepitas and sunflower seeds
- 30 g natural sultanas
- 3 pitted Medjool dates
- 20 g shredded or desiccated coconut
- 40 g dark chocolate preferably 70%
- 20 g Goji berries optional, but adds a lovely “cherry” flavour
- 20 g coconut butter
- 2 tbls Spirulina or any other green algae powder
- 2 tsp raw cacao or cocoa if you don't have cacao
- 30 g pure maple syrup
- 2 tsp vanilla extract / or 1 tsp vanilla bean paste
- 1 tsp sea salt flakes
- zest of an orange I use zester / or few drops food grade wild orange oil
- Desiccated coconut for coating balls
- NOTE: Spirulina is 100% natural a highly nutritious micro salt water algae, and is a rich food source. It is available at health food stores, and many supermarkets now stock it.
Instructions
- Place the almonds and seeds of choice into ™ bowl and mill 5 seconds / speed 7
- Add the sultanas, dates, coconut, dark chocolate and Goji berries and mix 6 seconds / speed 7
- Add coconut butter, Spirulina or algae powder, raw cacao or cocoa, maple syrup, vanilla, salt and orange and mix 6 seconds / speed 7
- Remove mixture from ™ bowl and place into a separate bowl for portioning (I find this easier and quicker to do that taking it directly from the ™ bowl)
- Have a tablespoon measure sitting in a jug of water
- Place extra desiccated coconut into a bowl for coating
- Use the tablespoon measure to press into mixture, then roll into balls before placing into the coconut for coating
- Dipping the spoon occasionally into the jug of water, continue until all the balls are done
- Place balls into a container and store in the fridge, where they will keep for up to two weeks
Notes
I do love using the Goji berries as they give a rice "cherry ripe" flavour to the balls but they are totally optional.
I keep a batch of these energy balls in the fridge where they will sit happily for a couple of weeks so are handy to have on hand.
It is important to use coconut butter (not coconut oil) in this recipe ... from my observation so many "energy balls" contain coconut oil, which I find "greasy", so the coconut butter is definitely my preference ... see the main post for the link to the recipe to make your own if you wish.
For nut free version I use a combination of toasted pepitas and sunflower seeds which work perfectly too. The seeds don't have as much flavour as the almonds, so to help "lift" the flavour I like to toast them. Because my two children are nut free, I always have a jar of toasted seeds in the fridge as I use them a lot as a replacement for nuts. To toast seeds please see the link in the main post for my process.