Almond Pulp Date Nut Cocoa Ball
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This is a festive holiday and party favorite I like to make and roll in coconut flakes during Christmas
Ingredients: 1 cup almond pulp *see my recipe below for making almond milk and almond pulp 1 cup raw walnuts 1 5oz package -Chopped fine in a Vitamix Blender ½ cup Medjool pitted dates (8-9 dates) chopped 1/3 cup Ghirardelli unsweetened 100% cocoa powder 3 tsp chia seeds ¼ tsp pink sea salt 3 tbsp creamy peanut butter For topping to roll balls in: ½ unsweet cocoa powder and ½ whole earth sweetener a blend of stevia & monk fruit |
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Directions:
1. Add chopped walnuts to Kitchen Aid food processor and pulse, then add chopped dates, almond pulp, cocoa powder, chia seeds, and pulse to blend.
2. Scoop out a small amount to make about 1” balls and roll in your hand and then roll into the cocoa powder/ stevia mixture.
3. Store in the freezer for up to a month and take out and thaw enough to eat
*Makes approximately 18-20 balls
To make snow balls for Christmas
1/2 C ground dried unsweetened coconut flakes
1/2 tsp whole earth sweetener a blend of stevia & monk fruit
Grind in blender and form balls and roll into coconut
1. Add chopped walnuts to Kitchen Aid food processor and pulse, then add chopped dates, almond pulp, cocoa powder, chia seeds, and pulse to blend.
2. Scoop out a small amount to make about 1” balls and roll in your hand and then roll into the cocoa powder/ stevia mixture.
3. Store in the freezer for up to a month and take out and thaw enough to eat
*Makes approximately 18-20 balls
To make snow balls for Christmas
1/2 C ground dried unsweetened coconut flakes
1/2 tsp whole earth sweetener a blend of stevia & monk fruit
Grind in blender and form balls and roll into coconut
Date Sweetened Almond Milk and Pulp
Ingredients:
1 ½ Cups 1 package raw almonds (soak overnight in water)
4-5 Cups cold water
6 large Medjool pitted dates
1 tsp almond extract
¼ tsp pink sea salt
Ingredients:
1 ½ Cups 1 package raw almonds (soak overnight in water)
4-5 Cups cold water
6 large Medjool pitted dates
1 tsp almond extract
¼ tsp pink sea salt
Directions:
1. Put almonds in a container and cover with water and soak overnight
2. Drain and rinse almonds
3. Add to blender almonds, dates, water, salt and almond extract and blend on high until liquid
4. Strain through a cheesecloth (save almond meal)
5. Store in an airtight container for up to three days
6. Shake before using
Almond pulp can be used in a recipe right away or cover and freeze to be used later, (see date-nut coco-balls in sweets chapter).
Or almond pulp can be baked and ground in a food processor into almond meal to be used in almond meal muffins (see beginnings chapter).and 45 minutes
1. Heat oven to 220
2. Bake 1 hour and 45 minutes
3. Stir every ½ hour
4. Cool
5. Blend in Vitamix blender
6. Keeps up to one month in freezer
Yum! Enjoy and I hope you have a Merry Christmas!
1. Put almonds in a container and cover with water and soak overnight
2. Drain and rinse almonds
3. Add to blender almonds, dates, water, salt and almond extract and blend on high until liquid
4. Strain through a cheesecloth (save almond meal)
5. Store in an airtight container for up to three days
6. Shake before using
Almond pulp can be used in a recipe right away or cover and freeze to be used later, (see date-nut coco-balls in sweets chapter).
Or almond pulp can be baked and ground in a food processor into almond meal to be used in almond meal muffins (see beginnings chapter).and 45 minutes
1. Heat oven to 220
2. Bake 1 hour and 45 minutes
3. Stir every ½ hour
4. Cool
5. Blend in Vitamix blender
6. Keeps up to one month in freezer
Yum! Enjoy and I hope you have a Merry Christmas!