Raw chocolate almond balls

Name: Raw chocolate almond balls
Cook time: 30 min
Yield: 10-15
Ingredients: 1 cup almond meal; 2 tbsp desiccated coconut, plus extra for rolling; 1 tbsp melted coconut oil; 2 tbsp cocoa; 1 tsp vanilla essence; 6 medjool dates, finely chopped.

July 22, 2014

These tasty choc-almond balls are a great way to use up almond meal left from milk-making.Scott Barbour

easyTime:< 30 minsMakes:10-15

This is a great recipe for using up almond meal leftover from making almond milk. If you are using dry almond meal, ignore step 1 and 2 in the method.

Ingredients

1 cup almond meal
2 tbsp desiccated coconut, plus extra for rolling
1 tbsp melted coconut oil
2 tbsp cocoa
1 tsp vanilla essence
6 medjool dates, finely chopped.

Method

1. If you have wet almond meal leftover from making almond milk, you will need to dry it out. Spread leftover almond meal on a baking tray (roughly 1/2 cm thick) and place in a pre-heated, fan force oven at 180C.
2. Bake for 20-30 minutes, or until most of the moisture has evaporated from the almond meal (test this by running it through your hands after it has cooled slightly).
3. In a food processor, combine all the ingredients for the choc almond balls, to form a smooth paste.
4. Roll into balls using your hands, then cover with a layer of desiccated coconut. Serve straight away, or refrigerate for later.

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