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    Passionfruit bliss balls

    Published: 9 Mar 2016 · Modified: 27 Apr 2020 · By Amber · 17 Comments

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    Sweet and fudgy, these healthy passionfruit bliss balls are perfect with a cup of herbal tea for a mid-morning or mid-afternoon pick me up.

    Passionfruit bliss balls.

    Don't you just love passionfruit? Their arrival each year is such a wondrous thing, and their season is so short lived! Their unique blend of sweet and tangy is one of my favourite flavours.

    This easy bliss ball recipe uses strained passionfruit pulp to infuse that sweet tang. The result is a moist and fudgy bliss ball, almost reminiscent of soft cookie dough. Yum.

    Passionfruit bliss balls.

    Fudgy bliss balls

    I really wanted to make something approaching fudge - with less of the granola like mouth feel you get with some bliss balls, and a bit more decadence.

    These sure aren't fudge (really there's no way to make that healthy) but I love their smooth texture which is achieved by processing the dry ingredients until fine, before adding in the wet ingredients.

    You'll need a food processor to make these, and about 10 minutes of your time. Serve with your favourite herbal tea.

    Passionfruit bliss balls served with herbal tea.

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    Passionfruit bliss balls.

    Passionfruit bliss balls

    Sweet and fudgy, healthy wee passionfruit bliss balls are perfect with a cup of herbal tea for a mid-morning or mid-afternoon pick me up.
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    Prep time: 10 minutes minutes
    Total time: 10 minutes minutes
    Course: Sweet treats
    Cuisine: Gluten free, Vegan
    Servings: 20
    Calories: 69kcal
    Author: Quite Good Food

    INGREDIENTS

    • ¼ cup strained passionfruit pulp approximately 6 fresh passionfruit
    • ½ cup dessicated coconut
    • ½ cup rolled oats check label if gluten free
    • ½ cup + 2 tablespoon ground almonds (almond meal)
    • 4 medjool dates
    • 1 tablespoon coconut oil

    INSTRUCTIONS

    • Start by straining your passionfruit. Spoon the pulp into a fine sieve, then use the back of a spoon to scrape the seeds and pulp around and extract as much pulp/juice as possible. You'll be left with a mess of seeds. As far as I know they're not good for anything, so dispose of them.
    • Put coconut, oats and ground almonds into a food processor and pulse until you have a fine textured dry mixture. The odd chunky bit here and there is fine, but it's the fine texture of these ingredients that adds to the fudgy texture of the finished bliss balls.
    • Add dates, coconut oil and passionfruit pulp to the food processor and whizz to combine. The mixture will come together into a ball.
    • Roll teaspoonfuls into balls then refrigerate to firm up. Store in the fridge or freezer.
    • Makes 20.

    NUTRITION INFORMATION

    Calories: 69kcal | Carbohydrates: 7.7g | Protein: 1.1g | Fat: 4.3g | Saturated Fat: 2.5g | Cholesterol: 0mg | Fiber: 1.9g
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    Sweet and fudgy, healthy passionfruit bliss balls are perfect with a cup of herbal tea for a mid-morning or mid-afternoon pick me up.

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    1. Michelle

      February 18, 2021 at 3:59 pm

      Hey Amber,

      How long will these keep fresh for? 😀

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      • Amber

        February 23, 2021 at 4:05 pm

        Hi Michelle, I'm not sure of the maxīmum storage time but they will easily keep in a sealed container in the fridge for a week, and I think that could be extended to a few months if you stored them in the freezer.

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    2. mei

      May 14, 2020 at 11:58 pm

      5 stars
      FANTASTIC RECIPE thanks for sharing 🙂
      i added chia, hemp powder, peanut butter and coated with extra desiccated coconut and 1 extra date and it was super delicious!

      Reply
    3. mei

      May 14, 2020 at 11:57 pm

      5 stars
      FANTASTIC RECIPE thanks for sharing 🙂
      i added chia, hemp powder, peanut butter and coated with extra desiccated coconut and 1 extra date and it was super delicious!

      Reply
    4. Dave Cresswell

      December 03, 2019 at 10:00 am

      Passion fruits are quite expensive in the UK so used the basic recipe but instead of those I used the juice and finely chopped rind of an orange. As an experiment, I melted 125g of very dark chocolate (85%) and mixed the rest of the ingredients into this. Also had to add some muscavado sugar to sweeten a little. Result was lovely firm chocolate orange balls. Will def be making more of these

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      • Amber

        December 03, 2019 at 11:47 am

        They're quite expensive here in New Zealand too so I usually make these when they're in season and available homegrown. Your orange version sounds delicious!

        Reply
    5. Faye

      August 22, 2019 at 6:07 am

      Wow. I had the ingredients so I went ahead and made these. Didn’t expect them to be so good. Loved them.

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    6. Hassy

      May 29, 2019 at 3:44 pm

      I’ve just tried this yesterday. Honestly it tasted horrible. The combination of the ingredients didn’t go together well and the dates weren’t enough to sweeten it against the sour taste of the passion fruit. It basically tasted like sour oats. With coconut. And almonds. Disappointing. A complete waste of ingredients.

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      • Amber

        May 29, 2019 at 4:32 pm

        Hi Hassy, I'm sorry to hear you didn't enjoy these - they're one of my favourites and a popular recipe with others too. Maybe your passionfruit were unusually sour as these are quite sweet when I make them. Have a great day 🙂

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    7. Tracy

      February 12, 2018 at 8:50 pm

      Will these freeze well?

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      • Amber

        February 13, 2018 at 9:39 am

        Hi Tracy, I haven't tried it but yes I think they would freeze just fine 🙂

        Reply
    8. Celesta

      December 17, 2017 at 5:59 pm

      Yes please let me know how they go for day care situation:)

      Reply
    9. Bel

      July 20, 2017 at 11:16 pm

      What can I use to replace the almond meal to make them but free for day Care?

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      • Amber

        July 21, 2017 at 11:59 am

        Hi Bel, I haven't tried it but you could probably replace the almond meal with sunflower seeds. If you try it, let me know how it goes 🙂

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    10. Chelvi S

      March 17, 2016 at 11:55 am

      Simple and delicious. I am thinking whether passionfruit can be replaced with mango pulp

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      • Amber

        March 17, 2016 at 12:06 pm

        What a nice idea, I'm sure mango pulp would work well. A combination of the two would also be great for a tropical flavour! Let me know if you try it : )

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    11. reciperenovator

      March 11, 2016 at 4:39 am

      How do you get them so perfectly round? I am impressed!

      Reply

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