Are you interested in knowing how to prepare Paleo chocolate balls? These are sweet desserts that can give you an instant sweet fix for your cravings. Making the chocolate balls is very easy and it will be great to ask your children to help you out.
Why are they called Paleo chocolate balls anyway? Paleo is short of Paleolithic; it is a diet used today by people who want to lose weight and become healthy. Basically, it is described as how and what
people ate 2.5 million years ago. Hence, it is also referred to as the cavemen diet. Human diet started changing 10,000 years ago when legumes and grains were cultivated. As a result, people replaced clean animal food and plants over high carbohydrates, high toxic chemical diets and low nutrient meals. This has made people weaker, prone to cancer, obese, diabetic, prone to skin problems and have higher incidences of heart diseases. Due to increased awareness of these negative effects, people are making a diet change today and switching to the Paleo diet instead.
Even the most dedicated Paleo advocate will still crave for something sweet every once in a while. This diet is not about starving yourself so preparing some Paleo chocolate balls is perfectly fine. This recipe is totally awesome but you have been warned, this sweet dessert can really get addictive.
Here are two recipes that you can try out
For the first recipe, you will need 1 cup of pecans (separate the ½ cup), 1 cup pitted dates, 2 tablespoon organic cocoa powder, ½ cup almond butter and pinch of salt.
• Put the separated ½ cup of pecan in the food processor until the pecans are all finely chopped. Put them in a bowl afterwards.
• Put remaining ½ cup pecans, 1 cup pitted dates, ½ cup almond butter, 2 tbsp of cocoa powder and a pinch of salt in the food processor. Mix the ingredients until they have a dough consistency. If it’s too dry, you can a little more of almond butter.
• If the dough is ready, take it out and start rolling them into balls around 1 inch in diameter. After shaping the chocolate balls, roll in on the finely chopped pecans.
• Once the chocolate balls are topped with pecans, put them in the refrigerator and wait for the balls to freeze. This recipe makes a dozen chocolate balls.
The second recipe is called Double Chocolate Energy Bites. The chocolate balls you will make have more toppings and ingredients, which will make you feel more energetic. You will need 1 cup almond butter, 1.5 cup of unsweetened shredded coconut, 8-10 dried black figs (remove stems), ½ cup dark chocolate chips, ¼ cup flaxseed meal, 2 tbsp. organic cocoa powder, 4 tbsp. honey, 1-2 scoops of protein power, 1 tsp. vanilla extract and a pinch of salt.
• Put all the ingredients in the food processor except the dark chocolate chips. Mix them together until the dried figs are completely broken down and blended in.
• If the mixture is consistent already, add the chocolate chips.
• Shape the mixture into small balls and place inside the refrigerator for freezing. This recipe also makes a dozen chocolate balls.
These Paleo desserts are very easy to do. Preparation time is just around 15 minutes. Feel free to share these recipes with your friends who are into the Paleo diet as well. Now, you can get your sweet fix while staying healthy with Paleo chocolate balls