Description
Delicious and healthy chocolate-covered date balls made with pitted dates and walnuts.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 cup pitted dates (about 11 Medjool dates)
- 1 cup raw walnuts
- 1 tsp vanilla extract (optional)
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon (optional)
- 3/4 cup dark chocolate
- flaked salt
Instructions
- Place the dates in a small bowl. Pour hot water over the dates so that they are fully submerged. Soak for 5 minutes, then drain the water.
- Add the dates, walnuts, vanilla and cinnamon to your food processor. Blend, stopping as needed to scrape down the sides until the mixture forms a sticky, cohesive dough.
- Roll the filling into balls, each about 1 tablespoon in size.
- Place the balls on a lined baking sheet or plate and freeze them for at least 30 minutes.
- Once the fillings have hardened, melt the dark chocolate. Place the dark chocolate in a microwaveable dish and melt in the microwave (on high) at 20-30 second intervals, stirring between.
- Grab the fillings from the freezer and dip them, one at a time, into the melted chocolate. Place them back on your lined baking sheet to set.
- Optional: drizzle any remaining chocolate over the balls and top with a pinch of flaked salt.
Notes
- These date balls make a great snack, rich in natural sweetness and healthy fats.
- Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to a week.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Category: Snacks
- Method: No-Bake
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 ball
- Calories: 100
- Sugar: 8g
- Sodium: 1mg
- Fat: 7g
- Saturated Fat: 1g
- Unsaturated Fat: 6g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 10g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 1g
- Cholesterol: 0mg