I love chocolate, a lot. I'm trying to make better choices about food, especially at work and these little beauties are wonderful. They're sweet and chocolately and can cut that sweet tooth without that much guilt! They also are wonderful to get things going!
Energy bites..
2 cups medjool dates
2 cups almonds
1/2 cup cocoa powder
1/2 cup shredded coconut plus more to roll in
1/2 cup chopped dried cherries
1/2 teaspoon almond extract
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 tablespoon coconut oil
Instructions:
Put dates, coconut, almonds, cocoa and 1/2 of the cherries into a food processor.
Pulse a few times to combine the ingredients, scrape down the sides and add in almond extract, vanilla extract and blend for 2-3 minutes until the mixture begins to come together in clumps.
Add a little coconut oil as you go, you might not need it all.
Add the remaining cherries and pulse together a few times to mix the cherries in. (You can put them all in at first, but I like cherry chunks).
Roll in a little coconut.
Store in an airtight container in the fridge.
