Ingredients
- 1 3/4 cup almonds or pecans
- 10 medjool dates
- 1 cup raw cacao powder
- pinch of salt
Preparation
Step 1
1. Remove stones from dates.
2. Cover a large cookie sheet with parchment paper.
3. In food processor, chop almonds into a fine meal.
4. Add dates, cacao, and salt to almond meal and process until mixture is well-combined. (I use a fork rather than a food processor to combine ingredients. I mash dates, almond flour, cacao powder, and salt until I get desired consistency.)
5. (As I often do, I suggest sampling the dough to make sure it is sweet/rich/chocolatey enough for your preference. You can always add more chocolate powder for flavor, more almond flour to reduce sweetness, and more dates to increase sweetness.)
6. The mixture will be slightly crumbly. Set it in freezer for 30 minutes. This will slightly harden the dough so it is easier to work with when shaping the brownie bites into a ball. If dough is at room temperature, it may stick to your hands and make shaping a bit difficult.
Sunbutter Mixture
3/4 cup sunbutter, unsweetened
3 spoonfuls of raw honey
pinch of salt
1. Mix all ingredients together with a spoon in a bowl until well combined.
3. Sample the mixture to know if it's to your liking.
4. Set mixture in freezer for 30 minutes.
Preparing the Brownie Bites
1. Once mixtures are chilled, place 1 tbs. of brownie dough onto parchment paper and mash with hands until you have a dough-like texture.
2. Mold the brownie mixture into a flattened circle about 1/4 inch thick.
3. Then drop a small dollop of sunbutter mixture right onto the center of the dough.
4. Fold the brownie dough over the sunbutter mixture so that it is covered. Then, fold over the loose ends of the dough until the sunbutter mixture is completely wrapped up by dough. Gently roll the dough into a ball with your hands.
5. Place onto parchment paper and repeat the process until you have run out of dough and mixture.
6. This should make about 20 balls.
7. Eat right away. Store in fridge. These tiny little treats will become very sticky and lose their shape if left out of the fridge too long.
* If you have leftovers of the dough or mixture, keep it in fridge or place it in freezer and use it next time...or you can snack on it straight out of the bowl.
**You can also store brownie bites in freezer and thaw when ready to eat.