Coconut-Nut Balls

Ingredients
100g Cashew Nuts
50g Almonds
50g Brazil Nuts
5tsp Desiccated Coconut
15 Dates (pitted and roughly chopped)
1tbsp Coconut Oil
2tbsp Water

Method 

1. Add all the nuts to a blender and whizz round until fine. 
2. Add the rest of the ingredients and pulse until the mixture becomes dough-like. Make sure that if any mixture gets stuck to the side of the blender, you re-combine it with the dough. Also, if the mixture struggles to become doughy, add a little more water. 
3. Remove the dough from the blender and roll into small-sized balls. Leave them to set in the fridge for a couple of hours and they are ready to eat. 

This recipe makes around 10-12 small balls, so if you would like to make more, adjust the recipe accordingly. Also, if you want to do something a little different, roll the balls lightly in desiccated coconut or in toasted sesame seeds before you refrigerate them.

These are a delicious healthier snack if you, like me, have a sweet-tooth but are trying to eat a little healthier. Additionally, this recipe is gluten-free, dairy-free and sugar-free, a diet for which sweet snacks are particularly hard to come by, unless you’re willing to pay quite a bit more for them. 

If you don’t like the nuts used in this recipe then feel free to use any combination you wish: pistachios and walnuts would work equally well, for example. Just make sure you use around 200g of nuts in total for every tablespoon of oil.