Dairy Free
Gluten & Grain Free
Egg Free
Low Disaccharide
A healthy treat for anytime of the day!
Serves: makes approx 20 balls
Prep time: 15 mins
Plus cooling 1 hour
Cooking time: 15 mins (cooking of parsnips only)
Ingredients
- 100 grams parsnip, boiled or steamed and cooled. (2 medium parsnips)
- 150g pecan nuts
- 1 cup shredded coconut
- 1 tbsp honey
- 2 tbsp cacao powder
- 1 tbsp natvia
- 3 tbsp tahini paste
- 1/2 tsp pink salt
- 3 tbsp pepitas (pumpkin seeds)
- 1 tbsp vanilla essence
- 1/2 cup chia seeds
Method
- In food processor add pecan nuts and blend until fine.
- Leave 1/2 cup processed nuts on separate plate.
- To remaining pecans in processor, add parsnips, tahini, stevia, salt, coconut, honey, cacao, vanilla and pepitas.
- Process until almost smooth.
- Roll tablespoons of mixture into balls
- Roll half the balls into extra crushed pecans, and the other half in chia seeds.
- Place on a lined tray in freezer.
- Ready in about an hour when set.
- Keep in freezer in an airtight container. (these do not freeze hard, so can be eaten straight away)
Notes
I keep these in the freezer to make them chewy, as they do not freeze hard. They can also be kept in the fridge, and will be softer.
