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dark chocolate date balls in a white bowl on a wooden tabletop

Dark Chocolate Date Balls

Chef Markus Mueller
Using dried dates, cocoa powder, and peanut butter, these delicious little chocolate date balls are the perfect sweet treat to add to your weekly meal plan or snack rotation.
5 from 3 votes
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Chilling Time 10 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes
Course Snack Food
Cuisine American, Canadian, Danish, Swedish
Servings 12 energy balls
Calories 103.5 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup dried dates soaked in water
  • ¾ cup rolled oats
  • 2 tablespoon cocoa powder
  • 1 tablespoon Chia seeds
  • ¼ cup dark chocolate chips
  • 2 tablespoon natural peanut butter
  • 1 tablespoon raw honey

Instructions
 

  • Soak the dried dates in warm water for about 5 minutes to help soften them up. Drain the water from the dates once soaked, then blitz them in a blender or food processor.
    dried dates chopped on a wooden cutting board
  • Measure out the remaining ingredients and mix them in with the blitzed dates. The mixture should be firm, and tacky, but not wet.
    the chocolate date ball mixture ready to go
  • Form the mixture into small bite-sized balls, and chill them in the fridge for 10 minutes to set.
    chocolate date balls being formed by hand an placed on a sheet tray

Notes

  • Each chocolate date ball contains about 10 grams of sugar.

Nutrition

Calories: 103.5kcal

Nutrition info is auto-generated. This information is an estimate; if you are on a special diet, please use your own calculations.

Keyword energy ball recipes with dates, energy balls
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