Hazelnut Cacao Balls
Ingredients
- 14 large medjool dates
- pitted ?100g roasted hazelnuts
- chopped ?2 tbsp raw unsweetened cacao ?2 tbsp hazelnut butter ?Optional extras: melted chocolate of your choice & chopped toasted hazelnuts
Preparation
Put all ingredients in a food processor and pulse till it resembles bread crumbs
Do not overmix or you will breakdown the nuts too much; they will release their oils and make the mixture oily
To check if it’s ready, take a little bit of mixture and firmly press it together
It should stick together
If it’s not, add a little more hazelnut butter and give another quick blitz
Roll into balls
This mixture makes about 20) ?pop in the fridge to set
If adding the chocolate and nut topping, melt the chocolate, drizzle it over the top and while the chocolate is still wet, sprinkle a few hazelnuts on top ?return to the fridge to set
Enjoy! ?keep them in the fridge
They will happily last several days but they never last that long in our home!
