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Christmas fruit balls
( MAKES 30 balls )

Kathy Paterson

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Ratings: 4.0 / 5 FROM 2

Christmas fruit balls

Photo by Tam West

4.0 / 5 FROM 2

A great little touch when giving these Christmas fruit balls is to include a hand-written card with the recipe.

Ingredients

6 large Medjool dates, pitted
½ cup Dried apricots, preferably NZ dried apricots
½ cup Raw almonds
¼ cup Shredded coconut
¼ cup Raisins, I suggest golden raisins
¼ cup Dried cranberries
3 large Dried figs, roughly chopped
3 Tbsp Rolled oats
3 Tbsp Walnuts, toasted
3 Tbsp Pumpkin seeds
1 Tbsp Sunflower seeds
2 Tbsp Runny honey
1 Orange, grated zest and juice
¼ cup Pistachio nuts, chopped, for rolling
¼ cup Desiccated coconut, for rolling
1 sprinkle Raspberry powder, optional

Directions

  1. Place the dates, apricots, almonds, coconut, raisins, cranberries, figs, rolled oats, walnuts, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, honey and orange zest and juice in a food processor and process until combined, but leaving the mixture a little chunky.
  2. Roll mixture into even-sized balls. Place the chopped pistachio nuts and coconut on a plate. Roll the fruit balls in the nuts and coconut until they are evenly coated. Dust with raspberry powder, if using. Place in an airtight container and keep in the fridge.

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