Chocolate Power Bar Balls
Ingredients
- 1 cup dates (remove pits)
- 2 cups walnuts
- ½ cup chocolate chips
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- ¼ teaspoon celtic sea salt
- 1 teaspoon water, if necessary
Instructions
- Place dates, walnuts and chocolate in food processor
- Pulse on high speed until the texture of coarse gravel
- Pulse in vanilla and salt (if necessary, add water so that dough forms a big ball)
- Form mixture into 1-inch balls
- Serve
Prep Time 10 minutes
Total Time 10 minutes
Equipment
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I don’t often discuss nutrition, however, a bunch of readers have pointed out recently that just about all of the recipes on this site are not only gluten free, they are dairy free as well –like these yummy power bar balls.
will find it at your doorstep. Happy baking!
Terris says
This looks wonderful Elana. My family does a lot of hiking and backpacking so we are always looking for allergy friendly recipes to snack on when out on the trail. I will definitely be giving these a try!
AndreAnna from Life as a Plate says
Thank you for linking my balls, my love.
(Sorry, couldn’t resist.)
These look awesome. I love walnuts and chocolate together.
Sandra says
Thanks, Elana!
I’m going to try this recipe with raw cacao powder.
susan says
sandra ~ they will be great with raw cacao powder! that is how i make them. my family does not like walnuts so i use almonds or a combo of hazelnuts and almonds. can also be rolled in coconut.
great, healthy snack!
Ginny says
When you use cacao powder, do you use the same measurement (1/2 cup)? Or less?
Kristen says
How could I not want to make these? Easy and sounds yummy! I think I will have to make a batch tonight. :)
debi riley says
these look so yummy, thank you!! cant wait to make these
Samantha Angela @ Bikini Birthday says
Using dates as a base, you can really make an endless combination of ingredients for all different flavoured energy bars.
My favourite is dates, rosemary, sea salt, and dried cranberries.
Beth Patterson says
Samantha–
What a good idea–I’m going to experiment with dates as the base…thansk for the inspiration!
Tracy says
Looks fantastic!!! I am pulling out th food processor now!
Sunnie says
Do you have any suggestions for substutions if someone is allergic to nuts of any form?
Tressa R says
Can you do seeds? You could try using pumpkin, sunflower and sesame seeds.
Maegan says
We do date nut balls all the time ,grinding up nuts and seeds. Plus we’ve used dried fruit in some or we leave out the choc. chips and do cocoa or cinnamon instead.
Linda says
Sunnie, I have used sunflower seeds for similar recipes and they work great. I am confident you could sub sunflower seeds for these power bar balls of Elana’s as well. This is one that even calls for sunflower seeds and it’s quite delicious. http://www.nourishingmeals.com/2010/01/cinnamon-sunflower-truffles.html
Dawn-Marie Valdron says
I am confused about chocolate/chips listed at a high percentage of cacao.Are they gluten/casein free as my son’s diet requires? So far I will only chance Enjoy Life chocolate chips but they are expensive and not easy to find.
Nicole Smith says
I use Gevalia chocolate chips and they are really comparable priced to regualar chips such as Nestles and they are vegan so no casein in them, they do use soy though. Hope that helps!
mindee says
Have the same issues with Dagoba chocolate chips- they are NOT dairy or caesin free. I use only Enjoy Life as well. was really disappointed that Elana and other amazing gluten free chefs haven’t picked up on this when claiming dairy free but using Dagoba chocolate chips (yes, even the 73% ones have dairy). Unless there is some special type of Dagoba 73% that whole foods doesn’t carry- but even the ones linked on amazon have dairy. Sigh.
Marianne UK says
I can only get ground almonds which I think is too coarse a texture for cakes and would love coconut flour but very expensive and not easy to source
Tressa R says
I make my own almond milk and then I dry the left over almond pulp. I grind it again in the blender and it makes pretty fine almond flour. :)