Dearest medjools. You make everything taste like dessert. And yet, you count as a fruit. One of mother nature’s true gifts.
Dearest peanut flour. You’re so rare. So special. People have to seek you out and hoard you.
These two together are like…heaven. No really.
I named these treats “five” balls because the ingredients are oh so conveniently organized in fives.
Ironically, the recipe yields more than five balls, but whatever. I suppose I could have just made really large ones in order to honor the name. But I didn’t. Oh well.
“Five” balls [vegan, gluten free]
Ingredients:
- 5 medjool dates, pitted and halved
- 5 tbsp peanut flour
- 5 tbsp oat flour
- 5 tbsp liquid (3 water + 2 coconut oil)
- 5 shakes of salt
- cane sugar/almond flour blend (to coat the balls)
Directions:
Add everything to food processor (except the sugar and almond flour) and pulse until just combined. Try not to over process.
Refrigerate mixture (in food processor) for 10 minutes.
Form into balls and roll in 50/50 blend of almond flour and cane sugar.
Makes ~8 balls (give or take depending on the size you make them and how much of the batter you eat).
These are in a league of their own.
In all honesty, it was reallllllly hard to make them last longer than 48 hours. Kyle saw them in the fridge and badgered me to death until I let him try one. And after that it was all over.
They taste like sweet peanutty cookie dough. But since I used peanut flour instead of butter, and dates as the only sweetener, you really don’t have to feel guilty if you do polish them off in one dessert session. I promise I won’t judge you either way. 😉
Store them in the fridge. It’s a good idea for a variety of reasons. Most importantly, it keeps their texture firm. But it also keeps them out of sight. Which might help them last longer…than a day.
ooh these look great! i must try… wonder where i can find peanut flour..
These look delicious! Do you think we could use coconut flour? I’ve never heard of peanut flour. But I imagine it’d be amazing!
These look amazing! Medjools are my absolute favourite!
These look amazing! I love using dates to make desserts. I’ve never been able to find peanut flour, but I do have some PB2 powdered peanut butter, so I think I’ll try using that.
Good God. If I lived closer to WF or had a car I’d be there now buying dates and peanut flour to make these!
I’m on a medjool date kick, too. I’ve been making lots of snacks with them. These look really yummy!
online: http://byrdmill.com/product-category/gourmet-peanut-flour/
you can find peanut flour online – amazon has the protein plus brand: http://www.amazon.com/Protein-Plus-Roasted-Natural-Peanut/dp/B0052OOYO2
and then byrd mill makes it: http://byrdmill.com/product-category/gourmet-peanut-flour/
im sure coconut flour would be good, but i dont know how the amount would work or if it would hold together. but if you give it a shot lemme know!
im surepb2 would work. i think its basically the same-ish stuff.
ha! good thing you’re not as close as i am then…
The choco balls looks delicious. We have also recipe just like this in which we use choco cracker with milk for the choco balls.
theres no chocolate or cocoa in these though.
You’re my hero. I’ve been obsessed with dates recently, so I can’t wait to make these!
me too – dates are soooo good 🙂
I like to mix dates with nut butter and dutch processed cocoa (because it’s less bitter) to make a chocolate spread. Even though it never makes it past the spoon before it goes into my mouth….