Date Balls with Nuts (Pistachio Date Balls)

Ingredients

• 130 g dates (stones removed)
• 1 tbsp peanut butter or other nut butter
• 1 tbsp maple syrup or honey
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp vanilla essence
• sea or kosher salt to taste (optional)
• 70 g pistachios (roughly chopped)

Instructions

1. 1

   Place the dates, peanut butter, honey or maple syrup, ground cinnamon, vanilla essence and sea salt in a food processor and blitz until smooth and incorporated. (Note 1 and 2)

2. 2

   Transfer the blended date mixture to a bowl and mix in the chopped pistachios. I use my hands to do this.

3. 3

   Roll the mixture into 8-10 even-sized balls.

4. 4

   Place in an airtight container and store in the fridge or freeze for later.