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Sweet and fudgy, these healthy passionfruit bliss balls are perfect with a cup of herbal tea for a mid-morning or mid-afternoon pick me up.
Don't you just love passionfruit? Their arrival each year is such a wondrous thing, and their season is so short lived! Their unique blend of sweet and tangy is one of my favourite flavours.
This easy bliss ball recipe uses strained passionfruit pulp to infuse that sweet tang. The result is a moist and fudgy bliss ball, almost reminiscent of soft cookie dough. Yum.
Fudgy bliss balls
I really wanted to make something approaching fudge - with less of the granola like mouth feel you get with some bliss balls, and a bit more decadence.
These sure aren't fudge (really there's no way to make that healthy) but I love their smooth texture which is achieved by processing the dry ingredients until fine, before adding in the wet ingredients.
You'll need a food processor to make these, and about 10 minutes of your time. Serve with your favourite herbal tea.
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Passionfruit bliss balls
Sweet and fudgy, healthy wee passionfruit bliss balls are perfect with a cup of herbal tea for a mid-morning or mid-afternoon pick me up.
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Prep time: 10 minutes minutes
Total time: 10 minutes minutes
Course: Sweet treats
Cuisine: Gluten free, Vegan
Servings: 20
Calories: 69kcal
Author: Quite Good Food
INGREDIENTS
- ¼ cup strained passionfruit pulp approximately 6 fresh passionfruit
- ½ cup dessicated coconut
- ½ cup rolled oats check label if gluten free
- ½ cup + 2 tablespoon ground almonds (almond meal)
- 4 medjool dates
- 1 tablespoon coconut oil
INSTRUCTIONS
Start by straining your passionfruit. Spoon the pulp into a fine sieve, then use the back of a spoon to scrape the seeds and pulp around and extract as much pulp/juice as possible. You'll be left with a mess of seeds. As far as I know they're not good for anything, so dispose of them.
Put coconut, oats and ground almonds into a food processor and pulse until you have a fine textured dry mixture. The odd chunky bit here and there is fine, but it's the fine texture of these ingredients that adds to the fudgy texture of the finished bliss balls.
Add dates, coconut oil and passionfruit pulp to the food processor and whizz to combine. The mixture will come together into a ball.
Roll teaspoonfuls into balls then refrigerate to firm up. Store in the fridge or freezer.
Makes 20.
NUTRITION INFORMATION
Calories: 69kcal | Carbohydrates: 7.7g | Protein: 1.1g | Fat: 4.3g | Saturated Fat: 2.5g | Cholesterol: 0mg | Fiber: 1.9g
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Michelle
Hey Amber,
How long will these keep fresh for? 😀
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Amber
Hi Michelle, I'm not sure of the maxīmum storage time but they will easily keep in a sealed container in the fridge for a week, and I think that could be extended to a few months if you stored them in the freezer.
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mei
FANTASTIC RECIPE thanks for sharing 🙂
i added chia, hemp powder, peanut butter and coated with extra desiccated coconut and 1 extra date and it was super delicious!Reply
mei
FANTASTIC RECIPE thanks for sharing 🙂
i added chia, hemp powder, peanut butter and coated with extra desiccated coconut and 1 extra date and it was super delicious!Reply
Dave Cresswell
Passion fruits are quite expensive in the UK so used the basic recipe but instead of those I used the juice and finely chopped rind of an orange. As an experiment, I melted 125g of very dark chocolate (85%) and mixed the rest of the ingredients into this. Also had to add some muscavado sugar to sweeten a little. Result was lovely firm chocolate orange balls. Will def be making more of these
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Amber
They're quite expensive here in New Zealand too so I usually make these when they're in season and available homegrown. Your orange version sounds delicious!
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Faye
Wow. I had the ingredients so I went ahead and made these. Didn’t expect them to be so good. Loved them.
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Hassy
I’ve just tried this yesterday. Honestly it tasted horrible. The combination of the ingredients didn’t go together well and the dates weren’t enough to sweeten it against the sour taste of the passion fruit. It basically tasted like sour oats. With coconut. And almonds. Disappointing. A complete waste of ingredients.
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Amber
Hi Hassy, I'm sorry to hear you didn't enjoy these - they're one of my favourites and a popular recipe with others too. Maybe your passionfruit were unusually sour as these are quite sweet when I make them. Have a great day 🙂
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Leslie
Mine were delicious! My dates are fresh and the passion fruit was perfectly ripe. I used pecans and added some flax meal to replace some of the oatmeal. I think it is a matter of taste and ingredients used. Great recipe. Thanks again.
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Amber
Thanks Leslie, really glad you enjoyed these 🙂
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Tracy
Will these freeze well?
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Amber
Hi Tracy, I haven't tried it but yes I think they would freeze just fine 🙂
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Celesta
Yes please let me know how they go for day care situation:)
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Bel
What can I use to replace the almond meal to make them but free for day Care?
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Amber
Hi Bel, I haven't tried it but you could probably replace the almond meal with sunflower seeds. If you try it, let me know how it goes 🙂
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Chelvi S
Simple and delicious. I am thinking whether passionfruit can be replaced with mango pulp
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Amber
What a nice idea, I'm sure mango pulp would work well. A combination of the two would also be great for a tropical flavour! Let me know if you try it : )
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reciperenovator
How do you get them so perfectly round? I am impressed!
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