These Date and Walnut Energy Balls are a great and healthy snack, full of natural sweetness and nutty tastes. They are simple to prepare and don’t need to be baked, so they are a handy snack for any time of day.
Time to prepare: 20 minutes
Time to cool down: 30 minutes
Time needed: 50 minutes
List of ingredients:
150 grams, which is equivalent to 5.3 ounces. dates
80 grams, which is equivalent to 2.8 ounces. oatmeal flakes
60 grams (2 ounces) of walnuts
1 tablespoon of vegetable oil for greasing hands and chocolate.
100 grams (3.5 ounces) unsweetened dark chocolate
30 grams, which is equivalent to 1 ounce. walnuts (to use as decoration)
Directions:
Get ready for the dates.
Put 150g of dates in cold water for 15 minutes to get rid of preservatives.
Take out the seeds from the dates.
Crush the ingredients.
Blend 80g of oat flakes in a blender until they turn into a fine powder.
Blend 60g of walnuts in the blender.
Blend the dates that have been soaked until they become a smooth paste.
Mix and shape into balls.
Mix the crushed oats, crushed walnuts, and date paste in a bowl.
Use vegetable oil on your hands to avoid them from sticking.
Shape the mixture into little balls.
Cool down.
Put the balls in the freezer for 15 minutes to make them firm.
Make the chocolate covering.
Melt 100g of dark chocolate with 1 tablespoon of vegetable oil in a bowl over hot water until it becomes smooth.
Dress up the balls.
Put 30g of walnuts in the blender to crush them for decorating.
Put the cold balls into the melted chocolate.
Put the crushed walnuts on top of the chocolate-covered balls.
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