Bliss Balls

Little balls of bliss!

Bliss balls are balls of fruit and nuts. There are tons of recipes on the Web but I based mine on the Yoga in Daily Life recipe and the Bliss Ball III recipe from the CookeryClub. They make great snacks or serve a couple of balls with yoghurt or ice cream as a dessert.

This post provides the basic bliss ball recipe and describes my favourite versions of the recipe.

Nut-free recipes: See Regan's Bliss Balls and Regan's Special for nut-free bliss balls.

Basic Bliss Ball recipe

Makes approximately 12 bliss balls.

Times

Preparation:

10 minutes

Ingredients

• About 100g dried fruit

I like to use figs, apricots, sultanas, fresh dates or a mix of these.

• ¾ cups quick oats or LSA (Linseed, sunflower, almond) or crushed nuts and seeds
• 1 tsp vanilla essence or extract
• 1 orange

The pictured bliss balls comprise oats, dates, cranberries, apricots and cocoa, and are coated in dessicated coconut.

Method

1. Cut fruit into small pieces.
2. Mix fruit, oats/LSA/nuts and seeds, and vanilla.
3. Add enough orange juice for the ingredients to bind.
4. Add about a teaspoon of mixture into your hands, squeeze excess juice from mixture, and roll into a small ball.
5. Set in refrigerator for 10 minutes or until needed.

Favourite versions

Try the following as a starting point for developing your own favourite bliss ball version:

Decadent Delight

Coconut-covered chocolate bliss balls

Regan's Bliss Balls

Nut-free, date, orange and sultana bliss ball

Regan's Special

Nut-free, fig and ginger bliss ball

Decadent Delight

Use:

• 40g dried apricots
• 20g sultanas
• 2 fresh pitted dates
• LSA

Add 1-2tsp of cocoa or drinking chocolate to the mixture.

Roll the balls in dessicated coconut.

Regan's Bliss Balls

Use:

• 40g dried apricots
• 20g sultanas
• 2 fresh pitted dates
• Quick oats

In addition to the vanilla, add 1 tsp cinnamon.

Regan's Special

Use:

• Dried figs
• Fresh pitted dates
• Crystallised or glacè ginger
  I use Buderim Naked Ginger.
• Quick oats