I Made Bliss Balls!

 

Hi guys! Today's post features the Bliss Balls I made at the end of September. In true 'me' fashion, I didn't make them until the date of their Best Before, because that's how organized I am. Also, I bought a Food Processor to make these. Albeit, a mini one, and on sale at Harbour Town, but still, these were getting made, even if I had to buy the appliances needed to do so. Let me explain!

The Westfield Plus app was doing an offer for members where if you spend a certain amount on food at Westfield Marion, you could pick up a free Recipe In A Jar. You could choose between some kind of vegetable/lentil soup situation (lol) or these Bliss Balls. What a no-brainer. I didn't realise at the time that I only had that month to make them in, nor that you needed a food processor to do so. I was super busy last month too, hence why it came down to the last day. I'm gonna say they were kind of fun to make, but ultimately not worth it. They literally taste like health and no one is eating them lol. BALLS!

Let's take a look at the process(or). Haha.

Here's the cute little mini food processor I bought. I had fun working out how to use it given I hate reading user manuals. But we got there in the end. And it was big enough!

Here's the Bliss Balls 'Recipe In A Jar'. It doesn't say the quantities, but the ingredients are dates, cranberries, oats, coconut, cocoa and chia seeds. I'm thinking I should have rolled the finished balls in extra coconut as a last step, but it's unlikely this would have improved them.

The method is super easy. You just dump the ingredients into the processor, add a pinch of salt and blitz to combine. Then you add 1/4 cup of warm water and blitz until it resembles cookie dough. It's at this point I wished I had made more cookies in my life so I knew what cookie dough looked like. So I just kind of guessed. If needed you can add a tablespoon of warm water at a time until you reach cookie dough consistency. Then you just roll into balls and place into the fridge to set. I've just read that you're supposed to keep them in a sealed container in the refrigerator. Oops because mine are in a Glad bag on the counter top. But I guess it doesn't matter because no one is eating them anyway lol.

Also my balls are all different sizes, progressively getting larger as my patience rolling them ran out. I've tried to choose uniform ones for the photos. Just know, there are some rather large ones that did not make the cut.

What can I do in the future to make my balls taste nicer? Let me know in the comments! Haha.