Choc-orange energy balls

Jun 23, 2025 | Recipes

Serves 4

It only takes 15 minutes to blitz dates, nuts, seeds and oats to make this high-energy snack – perfect popped into a lunch box.

Ingredients

  • 100g pitted medjool dates
  • 100g pecan nuts
  • 50g pumpkin seeds
  • 50g rolled oats
  • 4 tbsp cacao powder or unsweetened cocoa
  • 2 heaped tbsp almond butter
  • zest and juice 1 orange

Method

Place all the ingredients and 3 tbsp orange juice in a food processor. Blitz until chopped and starting to clump together. If it’s a bit dry, add a drop more orange juice. Roll the mixture into walnut-sized balls with lightly oiled hands. Pop 2 or 3 into a lunchbox for a snack. Keeps in a sealed container for 2 weeks in the fridge.