Chocolate Ice Cream Bites

This was given to me as a recipe for Bliss Balls, to be chilled. As you can see from the video below, I freeze these because that taste reminds me of ice cream and is more chocolatey melting in my mouth. So try both versions.

Below the 2 recipe videos is a video of me describing what happened when I tested this out on my kids, and there is a useful discussion about The Replacement Kick. Enjoy!

Ingredients

1 cup ground almonds

Half a cup of sultanas

Half a cup of dessicated coconut

Half to 1 cup of coconut milk

2 heaped dessertspoons cocoa

Optional:

Quarter cup of milled flaxseeds (In the video I recommend these, but you do get the same nutrients in the other ingredients, so if you are on a budget, you can miss these out)

A couple of drops of orange essence or flavouring

A bar of sugar free chocolate sweetened with maltitol, stevia or xylitol

Method

Put the almonds, dried fruit, dessicated coconut, flax seeds and cocoa in a blender and blend.

 

Add the orange flavour to the coconut milk (if desired) and add the milk to the rest of the ingredients until the mixture is like a heavy dough

 

Make into balls and freeze for 2 and a half hours

 

OPTIONAL

Melt some of the sugar free chocolate and dip the frozen balls in, then replace in the freezer.

 

 


And here they are dipped in chocolate


What happened when I gave my kids these ice cream balls...


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