Chocolate Coconut Balls – low sugar, dairy and gluten free.

These little balls of deliciousness are seriously good!  Very low sugar too, which makes them a healthy snack alternative to your traditional cookie or snowball recipe.   They even have the stamp of approval from a 5 & 7 year old who have very ‘selective’ taste!

Ingredients:

• 1/4 cup maple syrup
• 1/3 cup raw cocoa powder
• 1/4 cup unsweetened almond milk or coconut milk
• 1/4 cup coconut oil
• 1/4 cup peanut (or almond) butter
• 1 teaspoon vanilla bean powder
• 1/8 teaspoon sea salt
• 2 cups gluten free oats
• 1/4 cup hemp seeds
• 1/3 cup shredded coconut

Directions:

• In a medium saucepan, mix together maple syrup and cocoa powder. Heat over medium heat until it becomes a chocolate sauce.  Stir in milk of your choice, and coconut oil until all is melted into a smooth sauce.
• Remove pan from heat and stir in vanilla bean powder, salt, peanut or almond butter, oats, hemp seeds, and 1/2 of the coconut.
• Scoop up a spoonful of batter, roll in hands, roll in the remaining coconut, and place balls onto wax paper.
• Let them chill & set for about 20 minutes in the fridge before serving.

Cookies can be stored in the fridge for up to a week but I can guarantee they won’t last that long!   🙂