No-bake date and hemp bites. Three ingredients minimum, infinite variations, hold together at room temperature. Made in a food processor in under five minutes.
Hemp Date Bites
Yields 14-16 bites. Prep 10 minutes. Chill 30 minutes.
Base recipe
- 1 1/2 cups pitted Medjool dates (about 14 dates)
- 1 cup raw nuts (almonds, cashews, walnuts, or pecans)
- 1/2 cup hemp hearts
- Pinch of salt
- 2 tablespoons hemp hearts for coating
Method
- If dates are dry, soak in warm water 10 minutes, then drain and pat dry.
- Pulse nuts in food processor until coarsely chopped.
- Add dates, hemp hearts, salt. Process 60-90 seconds. The mixture should clump in your hand when squeezed.
- Roll into 1-inch balls. Roll in extra hemp hearts.
- Refrigerate 30 minutes to firm. Keep in a sealed container 2 weeks in the fridge, 3 months in the freezer.
Variations
- Brownie: add 1/4 cup cocoa powder and 1 teaspoon vanilla.
- Lemon coconut: add 1/4 cup shredded coconut, zest of 1 lemon, 1 tablespoon lemon juice.
- Carrot cake: replace 1/2 cup nuts with 1/2 cup grated carrot (pat dry); add cinnamon, ginger, raisins.
- Peanut butter cookie: use peanuts; add 1/4 cup peanut butter and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla.