Chocolate pistachio energy bites

Name: Chocolate pistachio energy bites
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 15 servings
Ingredients: 61.5 g pistachios; 45 g sweetened shredded coconut; 21.5 g cocoa powder; 0.25 salt; 1 tsp vanilla; 14 medjool dates; 15 servings dark chocolate

A gluten-free, dairy-free, paleolithic, and lacto-ovo vegetarian hor d'oeuvre recipe for Chocolate Pistachio Energy Bites. Each serving covers 4% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Perfect for a healthy snack or dessert, these energy bites are made with pistachios, medjool dates, cocoa powder, and salt.

Ingredients

pistachios

61.5 g

sweetened shredded coconut

45 g

cocoa powder

21.5 g

salt

0.25

vanilla

1 tsp

medjool dates

dark chocolate

15 servings

Method

Soak the dates in warm water for about 10 minutes.
Drain.
In your food processor, combine pistachios, shredded coconut, cocoa powder, and salt. Pulse until finely ground.
Add in vanilla and the softened mejool dates and pulse until a ball forms.
Roll into bite sized balls (mine were about tablespoons) and dip immediately in to cocoa powder, shredded coconut, or my personal favorite dark chocolate that's been melted with a *hint* of coconut oil.
Enjoy immediately! Store the leftovers in an airtight container in the fridge.
NOTES
Cocoa powder is extremely bitter, so make sure you like the taste before rolling all of them in cocoa powder. My personal favorites are the shredded coconut or dark chocolate! :)