Raw Coco Bites

In my opinion, one of the best and easiest ways to stay healthy is to have healthy snacks on hand all the time, so that sudden sugar cravings can't catch you off guard, resulting in you raiding your cupboard for those old sweets left over from Christmas (come on we've all been there). 

So, I wanted to make something that I could put in a little tuppawear and take around with me (to work , on journeys etc) or that I could keep in the fridge for my afternoon sweetness fix. If you have a crazy sweet tooth like I do, but still want to eat nourishing, natural wholefoods, these coco bites are for you! They’re also so so quick and easy to make, with very few ingredients, so you can whip them up on a Sunday afternoon and your sweet snack for the week is sorted.

They also look really cute so are great to serve with cups of tea when friends pop over, or put in sweet little packages and give as gifts. 

Ingredients:

12 medjool dates
125g almonds
3 tbsps coco powder/raw cacao powder
Coconut sugar to roll the bites in (optional)

Method:

Soak the dates for half an hour to an hour so that they’re really soft for blending.
Remove the stones (do not forget to do this I’ve made this mistake before and it was a terrible experience).
Blend the almonds, but not so much that they form a smooth flour, you want to have them a sort of gravel-like consistency.
Add the dates to the blended almonds and blend until they form a sticky paste.
Add the coco/cacao powder to the mixture. Obviously, the more cacao you add the more chocolately they will be so feel free to add more! Nothing can ever be too chocolatey I feel..
Roll the mixture into bite-sized balls and then roll them in the coconut sugar if you like, but this is completely optional. I made half with and half without and both tasted great. I’d say if you have less of a sweet tooth, go without.

Let them set in the freezer for about half an hour and then enjoy your natural little sugar kick!