Christmas Chocolate Orange Balls

You can never have too many hor d'oeuvre recipes, so give Christmas Chocolate Orange Balls a try. This recipe makes 15 servings with 134 calories, 3g of protein, and 8g of fat each. For 61 cents per serving, this recipe covers 4% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. It will be a hit at your Christmas event. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free, dairy free, paleolithic, and lacto ovo vegetarian diet. A couple people made this recipe, and 73 would say it hit the spot. It is brought to you by Nutritionist in the Kitchen. Head to the store and pick up medjool dates, coconut oil, dark chocolate, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 45 minutes. Overall, this recipe earns a not so amazing spoonacular score of 35%. 4 Ingredient Christmas Chocolate Rum Balls, Christmas Cookies: Norwegian Christmas Cookies, Carrot Spiced Plum Preserve Crescents and Chocolate Orange, and Kenwood Christmas Menu: No Bake Chocolate Orange Cheesecake are very similar to this recipe.

Servings: 15

 

Ingredients:

¼ cup coconut flour

1 tablespoon coconut oil

100g 75% dark chocolate

1 cup pitted medjool dates

¼ cup fresh squeezed orange juice

2 tablespoons + 2 tablespoons orange zest

1 cup raw cashews

Equipment:

food processor

baking pan

frying pan

Cooking instruction summary:

In a food processor add cashews, dates, coconut flour, orange juice, 2 tablespoons of the orange zest.Process for 2-3 minutes until well combined into a sticky "dough".With clean, wet hands, roll the dough using your palms into golf ball sized balls, and place on a baking pan.Place the balls in the freezer for 1 hour.After an hour, heat a small pan over low heat and add in the chocolate and coconut oil. Stir until melted together into a smooth sauce.Take a large plate and sprinkle the remaining 2 tablespoons of zest on the plate.Take the orange balls out of the freezer and roll each ball into the melted chocolate mixture to coat, then lightly over the orange zest. Place back on the baking pan.Once all balls are coated in chocolate and orange zest, place the pan back in the freezer for 1 hour longer to set.Enjoy!

 

Step by step:


1. In a food processor add cashews, dates, coconut flour, orange juice, 2 tablespoons of the orange zest.Process for 2-3 minutes until well combined into a sticky "dough".With clean, wet hands, roll the dough using your palms into golf ball sized balls, and place on a baking pan.

2. Place the balls in the freezer for 1 hour.After an hour, heat a small pan over low heat and add in the chocolate and coconut oil. Stir until melted together into a smooth sauce.Take a large plate and sprinkle the remaining 2 tablespoons of zest on the plate.Take the orange balls out of the freezer and roll each ball into the melted chocolate mixture to coat, then lightly over the orange zest.

3. Place back on the baking pan.Once all balls are coated in chocolate and orange zest, place the pan back in the freezer for 1 hour longer to set.Enjoy!


Nutrition Information:

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133k Calories
2g Protein
7g Total Fat
14g Carbs
3% Health Score
Limit These
Calories
133k
7%

Fat
7g
12%

  Saturated Fat
3g
21%

Carbohydrates
14g
5%

  Sugar
9g
10%

Cholesterol
0.2mg
0%

Sodium
6mg
0%

Caffeine
5mg
2%

Get Enough Of These
Protein
2g
5%

Copper
0.34mg
17%

Manganese
0.3mg
15%

Magnesium
46mg
12%

Fiber
2g
10%

Iron
1mg
8%

Phosphorus
78mg
8%

Potassium
182mg
5%

Zinc
0.76mg
5%

Vitamin C
3mg
4%

Vitamin K
3µg
4%

Vitamin B6
0.07mg
3%

Vitamin B1
0.05mg
3%

Selenium
2µg
3%

Vitamin B5
0.19mg
2%

Vitamin B3
0.34mg
2%

Calcium
16mg
2%

Folate
5µg
1%

Vitamin B2
0.02mg
1%

covered percent of daily need
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