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Raw Cacao Balls
Brenda Janschek
Gluten-free, nut-free, dairy-free
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Total Time
15
mins
Ingredients
2.5
cups
desiccated coconut
¼
cup
coconut oil
1/4
cup
of raw honey or pure maple syrup or rice malt syrup
add up to 1/3 cup of sweetener if needed
½
cup
cacao powder
1
teaspoon
pure vanilla extract or vanilla powder
Instructions
Put all the ingredients into a food processor and whiz them together well (If you don’t have a food processor try mixing all by hand)
Mixture should be wet but not soaked. If you find it too wet just add extra coconut and mix; too dry, add more oil
Roll the mixture into tablespoons size balls with your hands then roll the ball into shredded coconut and place them on a cookie tray
Pop them in the freezer for approx 20 mins or until they set (doesn’t take long)
Either store in the freezer (where they become firm, but not frozen) or the fridge
Notes
If popping into lunchbox, ensure you do so with an ice-brick otherwise they will 'melt' due to the coconut oil