Best Date & Tahini Brownie Balls (no-bake bites)
These easy date & tahini brownie bites are quick to make and a healthier take on a fudgy chocolate brownie. Beware they are addictive!
Servings: 12 brownie balls
Calories: 138kcal
Ingredients
- 11 medjool dates (tear open and remove stone in each date)
- 3 tablespoons tahini paste
- 2 tablespoons maple syrup (or other liquid sweetener)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 tablespoons cocoa powder (or cacao powder)
- 3 Tablespoons porridge oats (rolled oats)
- ¾ teaspoon salt (you can use less but it adds a burst of flavour)
brownie ball coating
- 100 g dark chocolate chips (or dark chocolate)
Instructions
- Remove the stones from your dates and add them to your food processor or blender jug
- Then add all the other ingredients, except the chocolate chips or dark chocolate, which is for coating the brownie bites.
- Now blend the mixture. If your blender or food processor isn't powerful, you may want to pulse it in burst instead of continual blending. You can also clean down the sides with a silicone (rubber) spatula to help it along.
- Roll into balls as big as you like (I make mine fairly small, less than a tablespoon of mixture, but you can make them any size you like) and place them on a parchment paper (baking paper) lined baking tray (for easy clean up).
- Pop them in the fridge to cool while you melt the chocolate.
- Melt the chocolate in a bowl in the microwave or over a pot of simmering water (a bain marie), just make sure the bottom of the bowl doesn't touch the water or the chocolate will seize.
- Coat the balls in the melted chocolate. I lower each one into the chocolate with a teaspoon, roll in the chocolate then lift out and onto the lined baking sheet.
- Do the same for all the brownie balls, then pop the tray into the fridge to cool.
- Once the chocolate is set, tuck in and enjoy!
Notes
- Make the brownie bites any size you like.
- It took 1 minute in my microwave (800 watts) to melt the chocolate but keep checking on it, your microwave may be quicker or take a little longer.
- I take the chocolate out just before it's completely melted and use the warmth from the bowl to melt the chocolate completely as I stir it with a spoon.
- You can swap the tahini with peanut butter, almond butter, cashew butter or sun butter (sunflower seed butter).
- Keep in an airtight container in the fridge for up to a week.
- Freeze in a freezer friendly tub or freezer bag for 1 month, defrost in the fridge.
Nutrition
Serving: 1 brownie ball | Calories: 138kcal | Carbohydrates: 26g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 5g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 0.1mg | Sodium: 156mg | Potassium: 249mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 20g | Vitamin A: 36IU | Vitamin C: 0.2mg | Calcium: 50mg | Iron: 1mg
