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I love trying a new energy ball recipe and these are the one for me – I’m a fan of incorporating a chocolate flavour, I find my kids enjoy these more for it. The softened chia seeds also help blend the mix to such a beautiful smooth texture.
Based on a recipe by Jamie Oliver, I have altered it a little, where rather than buying puffed quinoa, I have soaked the same weight of chia seeds in the orange juice. Plus, I vary the seeds depending on what I have in the cupboard.
A great on the go snack.
Makes 18 – 20 balls. V. Vg. GF. DF.
Pictured: Chia chocolate cinnamon energy Bliss balls
Ingredients
- 20g chia seeds
- 70g pumpkin seeds, can substitute and mix with sunflower seeds
- 1 orange, juiced
- 50g whole almonds
- 80g dates
- ½ tsp grd turmeric
- ½ tsp grd cinnamon
- 2 tsp cocoa powder
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ½ tablespoon lavender honey, or your favourite honey
- Soak the chia seeds in the orange juice.
- Blitz the pumpkin seeds – separate 40g onto a plate to roll the balls in later. Keeping 30g in the processer.
- Add the almonds and dates, blitz again as fine as possible.
- Add the turmeric, cinnamon, cocoa, vanilla, honey, and a pinch of salt if you like.
- Blitz it for a few minutes – all depending how smooth you like the bliss balls. I like the smooth so I scrape the sides every now and then and keep going til I can see it is completely smooth and integrated – I find kids prefer this texture too,
- Wet your hands and scoop out large teaspoons of the mix and roll into neat balls, lowering them onto the plate with the seeds – you should make almost 20 balls depending on the size. Roll them all through the seeds to coat thoroughly.
Method
Place in a single layer in fridge to firm up and store. I tend to just cover the plate I rolled them in with some cling film.
Dietary preferences
- Vegetarian
- Gluten-Free with ingredient checks
- Dairy-Free with ingredient checks
- Vegan with substitutions
- Dairy-Free with substitutions
