Our modern lives are busy and our fridges aren't always stocked with nutritionally-optimal snacks. That's where store cupboard items like nuts, seeds and dried fruits come into play. So it makes dietary sense to have a repertoire of easily prepared snacks up your sleeve like our Prune Energy Balls. They’re healthy, tasty, easily-made and can last up to a week. Think school lunch boxes, pre or post-exercise pick-me-ups, an office 'deskfast'.
Ingredients
125g Sunsweet Prunes
80g almonds / walnuts / mix
60g Chia seeds
15g cocoa powder
15g cup smooth nut butter
Coconut oil, to blend
Desiccated coconut, for rolling (optional)
Makes about 20 balls
Instructions
- Place the nuts in a food processor and blitz for a moment. Add prunes and further blitz until a soft dough begins to form. Add other ingredients, except the coconut oil and desiccated coconut, and blend until smooth. Add a small amount of coconut oil, a few drops at a time, until the mixture is sticky, and holds its shape.
- Take a tablespoon of the mixture, roll into a ball and continue until all the mixture is used. Roll the balls in the desiccated coconut, to coat (optional).
*Sunsweet tip: place in the Prune Energy Balls in the freezer for about 45 minutes to set. Stored in an air-tight container in the fridge they will keep for up to a week.
