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Fig & Date Energy Balls with Orange and Salted Cashews (plant-based)

Fig & Date Energy Balls with Orange and Salted Cashews

Are you in the mood for healthy orange chocolate? Then this must be the perfect recipe for you. With healthy seeds, nuts and natural sweetness these fig and date engergy balls make for the perfect snack!
They are super easy and quick to make, and will let you satisfy your sweet cravings in a healthy way.
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Total Time 15 minutes
Course Snack
Servings 10 energy bites

Ingredients
 
 

  • 40 g salted and roasted cashew nuts
  • 2 dates pitted
  • 4 whole dried figs
  • 1 ½ tbsp baking cocoa / cocoa powder
  • 1 ½ tbsp chia seeds
  • 1 tbsp fresh orange zest
  • ½ tbsp orange juice freshly squeezed
  • ½ tbsp maple syrup

Topping (optional)

  • salted and roasted cashew nuts chopped

Instructions
 

  • Add the salted and roasted cashew nuts to your nutriblender/food processor and blend for about 10 seconds until the nuts are relatively powdered.
  • Prepare your orange zest using the mid-size (finer) grate holes on your multi-puropose box grater to grate enough peel off your orange to fill one tablespoon.
  • Add the dates, figs, baking cocoa/cocoa powder, chia seeds and fesh orange zest to the bowl/container with the powdered cashew nuts.
    Use your nutriblender/food processor to pulse/blend the ingredients until they are well mixed.
  • Squeeze the orange juice from the orange where you got the orange zest.
  • Add the blended ingredients to a baking bowl. Add freshly squeezed orange juice and maple syrup to the rest of the ingredients and mix well using a spoon or fork.
  • Take about a non-topped tablespoon of dough and shape it into a ball form using your hands.
    For me, this recipe makes 10 energy balls, but if you like your treats smaller or bigger then make them the perfect size for you.
  • Enjoy the energy balls right away or add them to an airtight container and place them in the fridge for at least 2 hours.
    If you let them cool down in the fridge you allow time for the chia seeds to soak up some of the moisture and become softer, and the energy balls will also get a firmer texture when they are cold.
  • If you wish to make your energy bites look even more appetizing, you can roll them in chopped cashew nuts (salted and roasted) right before serving them.

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