We are big fans of raw treats like bliss balls. However, I am not a fan of rolling them and getting sticky mucky hands. I took the lazy approach with these and made them in a baking dish and then cut them into pieces once they had chilled and firmed up.
Were they good? HELL YES!! Okay, I may have accidentally got a small piece that flew from the bench into my mouth tried a small piece. My kids, who are my guinea pigs food testers gave it the thumbs up and that is all that matters really.
These have no sweetener at all as I had run out of maple syrup and you know what, they didn't need it as the coconut oil and dried fruit are sweet enough. I also didn't use dates in this like I usually would. I only had dried and didn't want to wait for them to soak.
Ingredients:
1c nuts ( I used a mix of almonds and cashews)
6 dried apricots
1/4c hazelnuts
3tbs raw cacao powder
1/4 shredded coconut
1/4c chia seeds
1/2c buckinis
1tsp cinnamon
1/2c coconut oil
Method:
Put the cup of nuts in your bowl (or food processor) and blitz until relatively fine. Tip into a separate bowl.
Put coconut oil and raw cacao in bowl, if your oil is solid (I live in Tassie) then heat at 50c for 20sec on speed 2 or until completely melted and smooth.
Add all other ingredients including blitzed nuts and mix on speed 2 until well combined, about 10-20sec (I left cutting blade in). I didn't want to do it too much as I wanted some texture but found this worked fine.
Line a dish with baking paper and spoon mix in. I used a 20cm x 20cm dish and it was about 2cm deep. Flatten very well so it is even. I use a freezer bag spread over top so I can press mix down hard with the heel of my hand.
Freeze for at least an hour then cut into pieces and refrigerate.
