Chocolate Seed Bites
2 dozen -1 inch round bites
Ingredients
12 Large pitted Medjool Dates
6 Apricots or 1/3 cup Raisins
1/2 Sunflower Seed Butter
1 Tablespoon hulled Hemp Seeds
2 Tablespoons Chia Seeds
1/4 cup Oats
1 teaspoon Cocoa Powder
1/2 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
1/2 teaspoon Cinnamon
1 Orange (zest)
1/4 cup Dark Chocolate Chips or Cocoa Nibs
Shredded Unsweetened Coconut (for rolling) optional
Instructions
Chop the Dates and Apricots (or Raisins) into very small pieces.
In a medium size bowl, add the remaining ingredients and stir with a spatula until all ingredients are fully mixed together and forms into a paste.
Portion out small 1 inch rounds of the mixture on a sheet pan and roll between the palms of your hands into rounds. Optional to roll in Coconut until lightly covered.
Place in the refrigerator to firm up. Store in an air tight container for up to a week.
Notes
These special treats are a unique blend of dried Fruits, Oats, Hemp Seeds, Chia Seeds, and Chocolate. Eat them as a quick morning breakfast or an afternoon pick me up. Not to sweet and not too healthy tasting either. Satisfying and nutritious with protein and magnesium from hemp seeds, fiber and omega- 3 fatty acids from the chia seeds but you wold never suspect they are “healthy”. You can also mix up the flavors if you don’t have allergies to nuts by substituting a nut butter for the sunflower seed butter and adding chopped nuts in place of the oats.