Snack

Chocolate Date Balls (no cook!) is for Snack.

Chocolate Date Balls (no cook!) takes 20 minutes to prepare.

Chocolate Date Balls (no cook!) takes several minutes to cook.

Chocolate Date Balls (no cook!) makes 33 servings.

The ingredients for Chocolate Date Balls (no cook!) are:

Ingredients:
*Flax Seed Meal (ground flax), .5 cup
Sunflower Seeds, ground,without salt, .5 cup Soy Protein Isolate, .25 cup
*Carnation Milk Powder, .25
unsweetened cocoa powder .25 cups
Sun flower seed butter or peanut butter .5 cup
Dates, 1.5 cup, pitted, chopped
*Canola Oil, 3 tbsp or Flax oil
Maple Syrup, 3 tbsp or Honey, or Agave necter
Apple juice, unsweetened, .1 cup
Organic Sugar, .25 cup Note: you can substitute finely shredded coconut for the sugar to roll the date balls in

Here is how you make Chocolate Date Balls (no cook!):

In blender pulse grind sunflower seeds into meal consistency (could use nuts but so many kids alergic these days!) Add them to large mixing bowlAdd in milk powder & soy powder , & coaco powderIn blender pulse grind flax into a meal an add to bowlAdd sunflower seed butter or peanut butter (etc) In blender add chopped & pitted dates, oil, maple syrup, and apple juice and pulse grind. May need to stop and stir the mix from time to time until the mixture has been completly groundCombine the date mixture into the mixing bowl, with the seed or nut butter and slowly work them together. Will take a bit - may need to use hands. Form small balls (fit snuggly into a tbsp)Roll in organic sugar crystals or fine shredded coconut. Makes about 31 - 33 Store in Freezer as ground flax quickly looses nutritional value unless frozen. Number of Servings: 33Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user ROOSTA70.

The nutritional information for Chocolate Date Balls (no cook!) is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 33
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 97.8

• Total Fat: 4.9 g
• Cholesterol: 0.2 mg
• Sodium: 25.1 mg
• Total Carbs: 11.9 g
• Dietary Fiber: 1.6 g
• Protein: 3.4 g

The dietary needs meet for Chocolate Date Balls (no cook!) is Gluten Free