Chocolate Goji Bliss Balls

By Tamika Woods on April 26, 2016 in Food

Photo: Tamika Woods

As summer ends and the reality of being back at work, school or university really sets in it gets harder to achieve our health goals. One of the keys to maintaining your healthy habits from the warmer months is preparation.

When you start the day with your meals and snacks prepared, it’s a lot harder to make unhealthy food choices. Spend half an hour on your weekends preparing healthy snacks like these chocolate goji bliss balls and you will thank yourself all week when you don’t waste money on unhealthy snacks.

Using only medjool dates as a sweetener, these delicious morsels will supply you with a balanced blood sugar hit that will keep you going all day long, as well as satisfying those chocolate cravings – double win! These delicious balls can be stored in or out of the fridge, but will last longer if kept cold.

Ingredients (makes around 15 bliss balls)

250g medjool dates, seeds removed

150g raw cashews

150g raw macadamias

20g cacao nibs

30g raw carob or cacao powder

50g shredded coconut

1 tbsp maca powder

1 tbsp mesquite powder

1 tsp vanilla powder or essence

1 tsp Himalayan salt

30g goji berries

Method

1. Combine all ingredients except for the goji berries in a food processor and process until the mixture is smooth and forms a large ball in your food processor. If the mix seems to dry and isn’t coming together, add 1 tablespoon of water.
2. Add the goji berries and mix by hand.
3. Roll tablespoons of the mixture into balls.
4. Devour immediately (or hide well), otherwise risk losing your delicious balls to hungry flatmates, family members or spouses!

Tamika Woods is a Nutritional Medicine student and founder of Sproutly Stories, a new health food blog designed to translate evidence-based information into digestible pieces of knowledge. Her wholesome recipe ideas inspire others to implement their health learnings in an easy and delicious way. For more guilt free recipes, check out sproutlystories.com.