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Strictly Coffee's energy balls
Ingredients
1 cup dates
1 cup dried apricots
1 cup raisins
1 cup almonds
1 Tbsp dark cocoa
1 Tbsp olive oil
fine coconut for rolling
Method
Blitz all ingredients except coconut until it is the desired texture.
Roll into balls. Roll in coconut.
Best kept chilled. They keep for up to a week.
Provided by Strictly Coffee Bath St chef Kirstie Williams.
Requested by Miles Rapley, of Dunedin.
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