Giorgia’s Bars and Balls
Approximate cooking time:
30 minutes
"This recipe is perfect to make when I'm feeling a bit bored, but don't feel like following a super complex recipe. I blast some music, and just take my time to chill out and chop some dried fruit and nuts - it's therapeutic...the smell of the boiling sweet syrup and date mixture is so soothing.
I also love the versatility of this recipe: you can easily swap the ingredients with something else! Make them into bite sized balls, or chunky bars! Drizzle with dark choc or leave bare! I usually enjoy my final bars/balls with a hot cup of tea - for brekky, at uni, a snack anytime and anywhere!"
INGREDIENTS
- 1 cup golden syrup or maple syrup
- 1 cup of assorted nuts (eg almonds, hazelnuts, pecans, walnuts, cashews - whatever you have and like!)
- Handful of dried fruit (eg cranberries, apricots, sultanas, raisins, currants - again, anything you enjoy!)
- Handful of seeds (pumpkin, sunflower etc.)
- Approx. 6-8 pitted dates
- 2 tablespoons coconut oil
- Dark chocolate
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METHOD
- Roughly chop all nuts and dried fruit
- Place oats, nuts, dried fruit and seeds in a bowl together (*leave out the dates*)
- Place golden/maple syrup and chopped dates in a saucepan
- Bring yummy gooey sticky syrup/date mixture to a boil and let it boil for approx. 3 mins
- Take off heat and add 2 tablespoons of coconut oil to the mixture
- Pour syrup/date mixture into bowl with other ingredients
- Mix it all up
- Place mixture in a square baking dish, cut into bars &/or role into balls
- Now you can either put them in a 180 celsius oven for about 10mins, take out, leave to cool OR just place them in the fridge as is OR eat them as they are
- Melt dark chocolate and drizzle on top (or completely coat in choc - or leave with no choc - whatever you please!)
