Skinnymixer’s Gingerbread Bliss Balls are the perfect festive sweet treat to snack on this holiday season!
For a number of year’s my Paleo Gingerbread Cake and Raw Spiced Rum Balls have been very popular in the Skinnymixer’s community – the taste of Christmas dairy-free and gluten-free, without large amounts of refined sugar.
These Gingerbread Bliss Balls have been a big hit with the testing team kids (and adults) as a sweet treat that is a little bit healthier.
The best part is – they are perfect to make now, snack on a couple and then pop the rest in the freezer for serving over the holidays.
Join Hollywood in the kitchen as he makes these Gingerbread Bliss Balls.
What you will need:
- Oats – you can also use quinoa flakes or almond meal to make these Gluten-free.
- Macadamias – you can also use cashews or sunflower seeds.
- Coconut Oil – you don’t want the liquid MCT oil, as the coconut oil helps the bliss ball set.
Ingredients
- 150 g macadamias - or cashews
- 150 g medjool dates - pitted or soaked dried pitted dates
- 100 g rolled oats - or quinoa flakes or almond meal
- 1/2 - 1 tsp ginger powder
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon powder
- 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
- 1 large pinch salt
- 1 tsp chia seeds
- 30 g coconut oil - refined & not liquid MCT variety
- 20 g molasses - (store in a snaplock bag)
- 20 g desiccated or shredded coconut - for rolling
Instructions
- Add ingredients except oil, molasses and coconut to mixer bowl. Combine for 15 sec/speed 9/MC on.
- Add molasses and coconut oil. Blend for 15 sec/speed 5/MC on.
- Remove mixture from the bowl and use your hands to roll the mixture into 20 small balls, about 1 inch in diameter or approximately 22 g each.
- Roll the bliss balls in coconut.
- Place the bliss balls in the fridge for about 30 min to firm up. Store in the fridge or freezer.
Notes
Tip: Keep your molasses in the fridge or decent into a glass jar if storing in the pantry.
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Nutrition
Serving: 22g | Calories: 117kcal | Carbohydrates: 11g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 5g | Trans Fat: 0.001g | Sodium: 2mg | Potassium: 120mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 11IU | Vitamin C: 0.1mg | Calcium: 18mg | Iron: 1mg