Name: Espresso supremo power balls
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 2 min
Total time: 17 min
Yield: Makes 20
Ingredients: 150 g/5 oz/8 Medjool dates, stoned (pitted); 1 tbsp/15 ml cacao powder; 40 g/1½ oz/½ cup unsweetened desiccated (dry shredded) coconut; 50 g/2 oz/⅓ cup unblanched hazelnuts; 2 tbsp/30 ml chia seeds; 1 tbsp/15 ml maple syrup; 4 tbsp/60 ml or 1 espresso shot of black coffee; 150 g/5 oz/1½ cups porridge (rolled) oats

Preparation info

Makes
20

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
20 min

Appears in

Energy Balls & Power Bites

By Sara Lewis

Published 2017

About

Naturally sweet Medjool dates, coconut, chia seeds and toasted hazelnuts mixed with strong espresso coffee make this a winning early morning gym combo.

Ingredients

50 g/2 oz/⅓ cup unblanched hazelnuts
150

Method

Line the base of the grill or broiling pan with a piece of foil, fold up the edges then grill the hazelnuts for 2–3 minutes until lightly toasted. Rub in a kitchen towel to remove the brown skins.
Add the dates to a food processor with the oats and chia seeds, and blitz briefly until roughly chopped. Spoon in the hazelnuts, coconut, cacao and maple syrup, and t