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Vegan Spiced Date Balls

Course Dessert
Servings 15 balls

Ingredients
  

  • 15 g coconut oil
  • 100 g dried dates
  • 100 g almonds
  • 50 g hazelnuts
  • ¼ tsp nutmeg grounded
  • tsp cardamom grounded
  • tsp cloves grounded
  • 75 g dried apricot
  • 50 g dried cranberries
  • 25 g walnuts
  • 30 vegan white chocolate chips about 15 g
  • 75 g vegan dark chocolate
  • 50 g chocolate sprinkles

Instructions
 

  • Warm the coconut oil in a pan till it has melted
  • Removed the seeds from the dates if there are any
  • Blend the dates till smooth together with the coconut oil
  • Pour the dates into a bowl
  • Now blend the almonds and hazelnuts till it has turned into flour
  • Mix the dates, almonds, hazelnuts, nutmeg, cardamom, and cloves
  • Chop the dried cranberries finely and the apricot and walnuts into larger chunks
  • Chop the dried apricot and walnuts into larger chunks
  • Mix the dates with cranberries, apricot, and walnuts
  • Roll the dough into 15 balls
  • Melt the dark chocolate in a waterbath
  • Pour the sprinkles onto a plate
  • Insert a toothpick into one of the balls and dip it in dark chocolate, then immediately roll the ball in the sprinkles
  • Put the ball on a piece of baking paper to dry
  • Do this for all the balls
  • Put the leftover dark chocolate in a piping bag and make a clip a small hole at the end of the bag
  • Make a pupil on each white chocolate chip and make some arms and legs on the baking paper, which the balls are laying on
  • Heat a bit of dark chocolate in a waterbath again when the balls, legs, arms, and eyes are dry
  • Use a toothpick to put a bit of chocolate at the back of the eyes and press them onto the balls. Do the same thing with the legs and arms