Dates & Cashews Vegan Bites

Sometimes it can be hard to stop our food cravings, especially if you need to eat something sweet. Try natural candies! The taste of these healthy sweets depends only on your preferences: the basis of sweets can be various ground nuts, seeds, chopped dried fruits (dates, figs, dried apricots, raisins, prunes). You can also add syrups, honey, carob, coconut flakes, and ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg and other spices will add an interesting spicy note to sweets.

We offer a classic recipe for vegan dates and cashews bites with cocoa.

Ingredients:

200 g dried dates
100 g raw cashews
2 tsp raw cocoa powder
Cocoa powder for decoration

Instructions:

1. Place the cashew in a blender and blend until they have a crumbly texture.
2. Add the dates and the cocoa and blend again.
3. Make balls from the sweet mass with your hands.
4. Roll the balls in cocoa powder - and natural sweets are ready to eat.
5. You can store the bites in a sealed container at room temperature, or keep them in the fridge.

TIPS

• If the bites mass does not hold well and falls apart, add 1-2 teaspoons of maple syrup or agave syrup to make it sticky.
• Cocoa powder can be replaced with carob powder. This is a wonderful alternative to cocoa, it has a naturally sweet taste and has many useful properties.
• You can also decorate sweets by rolling them in coconut flakes, chopped nuts or sesame seeds..