Tahini Bliss Balls

Ingredients

• 3 cups of amaranth puffs

• 200g of dates, chopped and pitted

• 2 tbsp cocoa

• 1/2 cup of tahini (sesame butter)

• 50g sunflower seeds

• 100g dried apricots or figs chopped

• 100g sultanas

• 100g walnuts chopped

• 1 cup of dried coconut flakes

Method

In a large bowl put the dates and cover with boiling water. Leave this to soak for half an hour. Strain the water off the dates into a separate bowl and mash them slightly. Don’t throw the date water away because you may need to add this to the mix if it becomes too dry to work with although the mix should remain firm. Add to the dates the tahini, cocoa, fruit, nuts and seeds and mix.

Pour this over the amaranth puffs. Mix well and then roll handfuls of the mixture into balls, compacting them together by squeezing a little. This is done easier with wet hands. Then roll each ball in the coconut and refrigerate.