5-Ingredient Chickpea Hazelnut Energy Balls

Recipe characteristics:

• Quick and easy to make
• Made with healthy and wholesome ingredients
• Only 5-ingredients needed
• Great as a healthy snack or a healthy sweet treat
• Delicious nutty flavor and a rich texture
• Dietary requirements: vegan, gluten-free, soy-free, grain-free, no-added-oil, no-added-sugar, whole-food plant-based

Notes on ingredients

• Cooked chickpeas: Chickpeas are usually sold dried or pre-cooked in a can. I prefer to use the dried ones and cook them myself (check How to cook chickpeas below) but if you don’t feel like cooking, you can use canned chickpeas instead. If you are using canned chickpeas, pour the contents of the can into a colander and drain well. Rinse chickpeas with cool water until the liquid runs clear. Give it a good shake to remove excess water.
• Dry roasted hazelnuts: Roasting hazelnuts deepens their flavor and gives them a crispier texture. Check How to roast hazelnuts below.
• Dates: Put pitted dates in a bowl and cover them with water. Soak the dates as long as needed to make them soft – 1 or 2 hours, or more. By soaking them before blending, you’ll get a smoother texture and you will make things much easier on your blender or a food processor.
• Date syrup: It can be subbed with maple syrup. Date syrup and maple syrup are both natural products with many health benefits.
• Coconut flour: This recipe calls for coconut flour. And no, coconut flour and desiccated coconut are not same. Desiccated coconut comes from grinding, drying and pulverizing the coconut meat. This version of coconut flour retains a level of the coconut oil in the meat. Coconut flour comes from the coconut meat after it has been pressed for virgin coconut oil. After the meat has had the oil removed, it is then ground, dried and pulverized. Regular coconut flour has a significantly lower level of residual oil content than desiccated coconut.

How to make it

• Drain dates, squeeze out any excess water, and place them into a food processor.
• Add chickpeas and date syrup, and process until you get a smooth paste.
• Add in ground hazelnuts and coconut flour and process until all is well combined and the mixture sticks together. Adjust sweetness if needed. Tip: If the mixture is too soft, add a little extra coconut flour.
• Roll the mixture into small balls.
• Roll each ball in finely chopped or ground hazelnuts.

Serving suggestion

Enjoy immediately or store in the refrigerator.

Storing

These can be stored in a sealed container in the fridge for up to 5 days or frozen for up to 3 months.

Tips and how-tos

5-Ingredient Chickpea Hazelnut Energy Balls

Nensi Beram

5-Ingredient Chickpea Hazelnut Energy Balls are made with healthy and wholesome ingredients. A guilt-free sweet treat with a delicious nutty flavor and a rich texture!

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Prep Time 30 minutes mins

Cuisine Gluten-free, Vegan

Servings 30

Calories 58 kcal

Equipment

• Colander
• Food processor

Ingredients

  

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• 200 g cooked chickpeas peel the skins and then measure 200 g
• 200 g dates soak in water for 1-2 hours or until soft
• 100 g dry roasted hazelnuts
• 30 ml date syrup
• 60 g coconut flour

Instructions

 

• Drain dates, squeeze out any excess water, and place them into a food processor.
• Add chickpeas and date syrup, and process until you get a smooth paste.
• Add in ground hazelnuts and coconut flour and process until all is well combined and the mixture sticks together. Adjust sweetness if needed.

  Tip: If the mixture is too soft, add a little extra coconut flour.
• Roll the mixture into small balls.
• Roll each ball in finely chopped or ground hazelnuts.

Serving suggestion

• Enjoy immediately or store in the refrigerator.

Storing

• These can be stored in a sealed container in the fridge for up to 5 days or frozen for up to 3 months.

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Nutrition facts

Nutrition Facts

5-Ingredient Chickpea Hazelnut Energy Balls

Amount per Serving

Calories

58

% Daily Value*

Fat

 

2

g

3

%

Sodium

 

23

mg

1

%

Carbohydrates

 

9

g

3

%

Fiber

 

2

g

8

%

Sugar

 

5

g

6

%

Protein

 

1

g

2

%

* The nutritional information provided is calculated automatically and should be used as an estimate.

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