Coconut and date balls: Healthy snack for the sweet tooth. Image: Marco Verch, Creative Commons.
Date & Coconut Balls – The perfect anytime treat
Looking for those one-bite snacks for the celebrations or tea with your friends? Try out these delicious Date & Coconut Balls with your favourite cuppa’.
Coconut and date balls: Healthy snack for the sweet tooth. Image: Marco Verch, Creative Commons.
Do you love getting creative and creating fun desserts that put smiles on the faces of your friends and family? Do you also enjoy a snack that you can gobble up in one bite? These Date & Coconut Balls are the perfect treats for any occasion. As it is almost the holiday season, these snacks are great for any themed snack table. Date balls are a favourite around the world and this is bound to become a new favourite at family gatherings.
Even though this is a dessert, dates are very good for your health with great nutrients and lots of dietary fibre. Marie biscuits aren’t just for coffee or tea time on their own and make a great addition to the recipe. These Date & Coconut Balls are perfect for your next tea party with your closest friends. Cinnamon adds great flavour and tastes like the holidays. Wrap these treats up and give them as a gift as well.
Looking for those one-bite snacks for the celebrations or tea with your friends? Try out these delicious Date & Coconut Balls with your favourite cuppa’.
Date & Coconut Balls Recipe
Course: Dessert, TreatsCuisine: GlobalDifficulty: EasyPrep time
10
minutesCooking time
5
minutesResting time
20
Servings
20
Total time
15
minutesIngredients
125 g 125 butter
¼ cup ¼ sugar
1 teaspoon 1 vanilla essence
¼ teaspoon ¼ cinnamon
250 g 250 dates, chopped
1 1 egg, whisked
1 packet 1 biscuits (Tennis or Marie biscuits work best), crushed
100 g 100 coconut, for rolling
Method
- In a small saucepan, melt the butter. Add the sugar and stir until the sugar has dissolved.
- Add the vanilla essence, cinnamon and the dates and heat for five minutes until the dates are soft.
- Take the mixture off the stove and transfer it to a large mixing bowl.
- Add the whisked egg and mix well.
- Add the biscuits and coat well with the mixture.
- Put the mixture in the fridge to cool for 20 minutes and then roll into medium-sized balls.
- Roll in coconut and store in an airtight container, in the fridge.
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