Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Chocolatey Nutty Bliss Balls

  
I made a larger batch, so I didn't measure the ingredients as specifically as I usually do 
Ingredients
  • raw cocoa powder
  • carob powder
  • almonds
  • walnuts
  • pecans
  • raw soaked sunflower seeds 
  • raw soaked cashews
  • Essentially Raw fudge cream (raw organic extra virgin coconut oil, raw organic coconut nectar, raw organic cacao powder, raw organic vanilla bean powder)
  • 1 tbs heaped of organic raw Lucuma powder
  • 1 tbs heaped organic raw Mucuna powder
  • 1 tbs heaped organic raw Maca powder
  • 1 tbs level of organic raw Mesquite powder
  • 1 tbs level organic raw Deer Antler Velvet powder
  • 2 tbs vanilla raw whey protein powder 
  • raw coconut oil
  • 1/2 tsp Himalayan salt
  • Drizzle of raw honey
  • 1tsp vanilla 
  • 10 oz of dates
  • cup of shaved coconut to coat chocolate balls
  • frozen bananas chopped up into bite size pieces



Recipe:
  • If you choose to have some banana bites as well, make sure you freeze the bananas the previous day. You can freeze the whole banana, and peal and chop right before use...sticking it back in the freezer until the moment you use it. This dessert is very hands on, so either wash your hands very well or use disposable gloves. 
  • Blend the almonds, walnuts, pecans, cashews and sunflower seeds...it's ok to leave in a few chunks for texture. I like to blend each separately because they blend differently. The raw soaked nuts almost turn into a butter paste.
  • Mix together the cocoa powder, carob powder, Mucuna powder, Lucuma powder, Maca powder, Mesquite powder, Himalayan salt, drizzle raw honey and vanilla extract.
  • Blend the dates with coconut milk for a creamy consistency and blend into mix.  I also add the coconut oil and the vanilla bean seeds to the blended mix for more moisture and a creamy outcome
  • Mix all ingredients together now and massage with hands into a nice firm batter
  • Roll into small balls, flatten some for a different shape
  • Roll in coconut shavings and you are done! Store in Freezer
To make the banana filled balls

  • Take out the bite size frozen bananas from the freezer (don't take out before hand they will get soggy as they defrost and become very hard to cover in chocolate. I take out half a chopped banana at time. 
  • Take a mold of the chocolate mix and wrap around the banana pieces. Roll in hand gently, flatten, wrap around banana, roll up and roll in coconut shavings to coat.

 All ingredients
 I used this raw chocolate paste instead of plain coconut oil
 Good stuff ^_^
 Essentially Raw fudge cream (raw organic extra virgin coconut oil, raw organic coconut nectar, raw organic cacao powder, raw organic vanilla bean powder)
 roll chocolate balls and coat in coconut:)