White Chocolate Sunbutter Bliss Balls {Whole30, Paleo, GF, Vegan}
These bliss balls are exactly as described…a bite of bliss! They’re filled with creamy Sunbutter, healthy omega-3 from flaxseed and hemp hearts and 100% pure cacao butter adds a hint of white chocolate. The dates give these just the right amount of natural sweetness!
Ingredients
- 1 cup pitted Medjool dates-about 8 Large *
- 3/4 cup coconut chips **
- 4 tbsp Sunbutter (any nut or seed butter of your choice will work!)
- 1 tbsp ground flaxseed
- 1 tbsp hemp hearts ***
- pinch of sea salt
- 1/2 cup cacao butter, wafers or chopped (different than coconut butter) ****
- Optional toppings: pistachios and dried rose petals. You could also use hemp hearts and dried culinary lavender.
Instructions
- Place dates in food processor with paddle attachment. Process on high until very finely chopped and comes together like a ball of dough.
- Add coconut chips, Sunbutter, flaxseed, hemp hearts, and salt to food processor and process until everything comes together, is very finely chopped and you can pinch the mixture between two fingers and it stays together well. Stop and scrape down sides of processor often to assure everything is getting mixed, especially stuff on the bottom. This may take a little while.
- Turn mixture out to a sheet of plastic wrap, form into one big ball and place in the fridge for 10 minutes.
- While the mixture is being refrigerated, melt the cacao butter in a small saucepan over low-to-medium heat until completely melted. It will look like a yellow oil. Don’t worry…it will harden in the fridge! Let melted cacao butter sit so has time to cool before use.
- If you want to top with pistachios and dried rose petals now would be good time to prep. Place small amount of pistachios in food processor and process until finely ground and place in small bowl. For dried roses petals crush with fingers into small/tiny pieces in small bowl.
- When 10 minutes are up, remove date mixture from fridge and form into about 1 inch balls.
- Place balls, one a time in slightly tipped saucepan with cacao butter. Use fork to roll around to assure melted cacao gets all over ball. Use the fork to life out of melted cacao butter and slightly shake off excess. Place on parchment or foil-lined cookie sheet. Then top with favorite toppings while still warm, before placing in freezer for 10 minutes to harden.
- Place finished bliss balls in fridge in an airtight to store up to a week. You can also freeze for up to a month. May need to pull out of freezer a bit to thaw before biting into. ENJOY!
Notes
*I purchased these.
**I purchased these. You could also use shredded coconut but I prefer to use the chips as they are more of an oat-like texture. In fact, in recipes like granola and fruit crisps that call for oats, I like to sub with these:).
***I purchases these.
****I purchased these. These wafers melt very well. Make sure pure cacao butter.
Recipe adapted from Flora & Vino and Blissful Basil.