These bliss balls have been designed by Ari, aged 8. His nanny bought some bliss balls he enjoyed so he decided we needed to create our own.

?Makes : 12
? Prep: 15 mins    Cook : 0 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup pitted dates
• 1/2 cup coconut
• 1/2 cup craisins
• 2 tablespoons cocoa
• extra coconut for rolling
• 1 tablespoon boiling water

Directions

1. Blitz  dates coconut, craisins and cocoa
2. Add 1 tablespoon boiling water and blitz again for 20 seconds
3. Take a teaspoon and roll into balls
4. Roll in extra coconut

Notes

Store in the fridge in an air-tight container.

You can use any dried fruit –  chopped dates, apricots, sultanas.

You can give these a native twist by adding 1 teaspoon of dried Davidson Plum to the mixture, it gives it a lovely sour berry pop. Or add 1 teaspoon of dried Finger lime for a lemon lime twist.