My youngest daughter loves lemony sweet treats. Her favourites are lemon curd muffins, lemon slices and lemon meringue pies. As I’m sans an oven at the moment I can’t “make over” her favourite baked treats into healthier versions, so I came up with these raw lemon and date balls.
These little lemon and date balls didn’t last long in our house! Tart and sweet at the same time, they are a great refined sugar, dairy and gluten free snack. Simple and easy to make and ooh so delicious. They are great as an after school snack and lunchbox filler. So simple to make, so get the kids helping in the kitchen. 🙂
You Will Need:
Desiccated coconut 1 ½ cups
Cashews 1 cup
Medjool dates 8 (chopped)
Maple Syrup 2 Tablespoons
Coconut Oil 4 Tablespoons
Lemon Juice and Zest – 1 lemon
Desiccated coconut ½ cup for coating
To Do:
1. Pop all of your ingredients in a large bowl and mix together. I find using your hands to mix works the best.
2. Blend until you can form dough with your hands.
3. Roll dough into balls.
4. Put the topping coconut on a plate and gently roll the balls in the coconut. You can eat some now ☺ or place the balls in the fridge for about an hour to set.
5. Keep in the fridge and pull out for a little snack or they are great to pop into kids lunches.
Recipe makes around 15 balls, or if you roll them smaller than I did, about 24. Yum.
