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!
Jill says
I am so excited to try these!!!!! But I am even more excited that your new cupcake cookbook just shipped out to me yesterday, cannot wait!!!!!
Dayle says
Elana,
I was so excited to get your book in the mail today! My nine year old daughter whisked it away before I could open the cover! We are going to have so much fun baking! Thank you for all your work in creating beautiful, healthy food for us!
Dayle
AmyGrace says
Got my cupcake book in today. I am so stoked and ready to do cook!
Jen @ keepitsimplefoods says
Love these! I actually make something very similar, but I like to coat them in white chocolate! ;)
Tina says
Could you tell me if these need to be refrigerated?
Thanks!
Angie says
I have been looking for a recipe for snack balls like this…my friend used to make something very similar but was always perfecting the recipe and wouldn’t share it till she was done.lol These have fewer ingredients..maybe I’ll share this one with her!
carrie @ gingerlemongirl.com says
Thank you so much for the link love Elana!! :-) I love little raw brownies/ power balls like this! They are so easy too!
Kari says
These look fabulous. Mark Sisson has a “ball” recipe in his new cookbook as well that is to die for! For this I would recommend a touch of coconut oil instead of water to help hold it all together. Especially since you can then refrigerate them and they will firm up for better transport. I look forward to trying these. For those wanting other nuts options, macadamia nuts are a good choice too, at least for part of the recipe.
And to answer others questions, You will notice Elana said these are vegan, so no, there is no casein in the specific brand of chocolate she uses, Dagoba.
Kayla @ Fitter Than Choc says
Lately, I have been crazy over snack balls like these – yes, they are so convenient and easy. I’ve made some using dried mango, sunflower seeds, cashew nuts, and dates and they are wonderful. I would imagine these to be awesome too! There’s no way anything with chocolate, walnuts and dates can go wrong:) I’d certainly love to try these!
I believe these snack balls would be really heavenly when rolled in shredder coconut too:)
Yvonne says
I would think that the chocolate chips have casein?
Jeanette says
The Enjoy Life brand of chocolate chips are dairy, gluten, refined sugar and soy free.
I usually make these guys with cacao powder instead anyway, since the dates are sweet enough on their own.