Acai Bliss Balls
Sweet and fruity with a wonderful fudgy texture. These quick and easy energy balls are vegan, sugar-free, gluten-free, super nutritious and so incredibly delicious.
Ingredients
- ½ cup dates, tightly packed - I used Deglet Noor
- ½ cup blueberries, fresh or frozen*
- ¾ - 1 cup oat flour, use GF if necessary
- ¼ cup unsweetened shredded coconut, plus more for rolling
- 3 Tbsp acai powder
- 2 Tbsp peanut butter, can substitute with almond, cashew or hazelnut butter
Instructions
- Soak dates in hot water for 30 minutes. Drain and pat dry with a paper towel. If you are using soft dates, you can skip this step.
- Place dates and blueberries in a food processor. Blend until you reach a chunky paste consistency. You might need to stop a few times and scrape down the sides.
- Add oat flour, coconut, acai powder and peanut butter and blend until you reach a cookie dough-like texture. NOTE: Frozen blueberries will require about ¾ cup of oat flour, but fresh, juicy blueberries will need closer to 1 cup. I recommend starting with ¾ cup of oat flour, if they dough is still wet and sticky, add another tablespoon of oat flour. Keep adding 1 Tbsp of oat flour at a time until the dough is moist, but firm enough to form the balls.
- Roll into balls. Optional: roll each ball in shredded coconut.
- Enjoy!
Notes
*I recommend using frozen blueberries, the recipe will require less oat flour. But feel free to use fresh if that’s what you have.