Date and white chocolate balls

Babiche Martens

These Christmas balls are a sweet delight. Placing a few ingredients into a processor, blitzing, shaping and rolling in coconut has to be the easiest assembly and will appeal to all ages. They’re also a great addition to a picnic basket, at any kind of celebration or simply with afternoon tea.

Ingredients

140 g	Almonds, skinned (Main)
¾ cup	Dried dates, soaked for 10 minutes then drained (Main)
½ cup	White chocolate chunks (Main)
¼ cup	Dried cranberries (Main)
3 Tbsp	Coconut oil
2 Tbsp	Crystalised ginger (Main)
1 cup	Shredded coconut, plus extra for rolling (Main)
1 tsp	Lemon zest

Directions

1. Into a kitchen blender place the almonds and dates, blitzing until well combined. Add the chocolate, cranberries, oil, ginger, coconut and lemon zest. Blitz again until the mixture is sticking together.
2. Roll into small balls, then roll in extra coconut. Store in the fridge until ready to wrap and give.

More of Angela's Christmas treats

• Christmas mince tarts
• Fig and nut logs