The recipe is filled with nutritious ingredients including mood-boosting cocoa powder and protein packed peanut butter. Plus, they are naturally sweetened with medjool dates instead of refined sugar. Bliss balls always make the perfect healthy treat for when those sugar cravings hit. They’re a great snack for on-the-go and the perfect pick-me-up for anyone in the family who needs a nice boost of slow burning energy.

We’ve always got a batch of bliss balls going like these 5 minute apple and cinnamon bliss balls, Cookie Dough Energy Balls, Chocolate Orange Truffles and now these Chocolate Peanut Butter Bliss Balls will be on high request because the kids have declared them their fave.

If you’re looking for more recipe inspiration take a look at my ebook, Easy Wholefood Lunchboxes. It’s packed with 40 delicious nut-free, refined sugar free sweet and savoury recipes which have all been kid-tested and approved and take the guess work out of what delicious, healthy food to make your kids for lunch!

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Chocolate Peanut Butter Bliss Balls

Prep Time 10 minutes

Servings 12

Ingredients

• 125 grams Medjool dates, pitted
• 2 tablespoons Cacao powder
• 2 tablespoons Peanut butter
• 3/4 cup Mixed nuts and seeds I used pepitas, chia seeds, brazil nuts, almonds, hazelnuts and cashews
• 1/2 cup Desiccated coconut plus extra for rolling
• 1-2 tablespoons Brown rice syrup or maple syrup (optional) dates may provide enough sweetness

Instructions

• Pop all ingredients into a food processor and blend until all the ingredients clump together. Scoop around a tablespoon at a time and roll into a ball and roll in desiccated coconut if desired or leave plain. Should make around 12 balls. Store in the fridge.

Notes

I always double the recipe for bliss balls because they keep so well in the freezer. If you double this recipes then it becomes easy to add more variety of nuts and seeds too. 

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