My wife is guest blogging for me today with another tasty recipe. This one is actually pretty healthy to.
I wanted a “healthy snack” to satisfy those chocolate cravings and came across this recipe, which I modified just a tiny bit.
Hot Fudge Brownie Larabars from Chocolate Covered Diet’s Blog.
Instead of bars I wanted bites sized balls and I also added in Cashews as I like their milder flavor compared to walnuts. The best part of this recipe? no added sugar except for the chocolate chips, which you could leave out.
1/2 cup walnuts
1/2 cup cashews
1 and 1/3 cups pitted dates
1 tsp pure vanilla extract
3-4 T cocoa powder
1/4 chocolate chips (optional)
Throw all the ingredients into a food processor, blend until smooth then form into bite sized balls. Here was the challenge for me. I do not own a food processor (yet). So I used my regular old Oster blender. Yup a blender. BUT I had to blend the ingredients once all together, then dump them into a large bowl and add them back into the blender 1/4 cup at a time. Yes it was a pain but it also shows even if you do not have a food processor you can make some nice healthy snacks. Store in fridge in airtight container.
These look great. This looks like a recipe I can tackle with my kids!
This would be very fun to make with kids and you could even roll them in coconut for added fun
These do indeed look like bliss. Yum!
Thanks for the visit. So happy to have discovered your sight, I will spending some time there as the recipes are my favorite kind, simple and flavorful.
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