Description
These prebiotic bliss balls are a great starting point for getting more prebiotic fibres into the diet. They taste great so kids will enjoy them and the natural sugars that come from the raisins are balanced with healthy fats, protein and fibre so your little ones won’t be tearing the house apart on a sugar high.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 cup raisins, soaked in warm water for about ten minutes
- 400g can of white beans, rinsed
- 1 cup of oats
- 1/2 cup of pumpkin seeds
- 1/4 cup cacao
- 1/4 cup chia seeds
- 1/3 cup flaxseed oil
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1/3 cup partially hydrolysed guar gum or prebiotic fibre (optional)
- 1/4 cup of shredded coconut (optional for rolling)
Instructions
- Soak the raisins in warm water for about ten minutes. Then discard the water and place the raisins into a food processor with the white beans, oats, pumpkin seeds, cacao, prebiotic fibre, chia seeds, flaxseed oil and cinnamon.
- Blitz the ingredients until combined. You want a thick paste consistency.
- Roll a desert spoon of mixture into balls and roll in coconut if you like.
- Place on a tray in the fridge for a few hours before eating.
Notes
Depending on your family’s taste, you can play around with the textures and flavours added to this base prebiotic bliss balls recipe.
- If you are looking for a more crunchy texture you can lightly toast the oats and add to the mixture at the end so the balls have some crunch to them.
- If you want a more chewy texture you can add half the raisins in the food processor and then mix the other half through the bliss ball paste just before rolling paste into balls.
- You can place these in the freezer instead of the fridge for a cold treat.
- Or if you are like me and love dark chocolate, these prebiotic bliss balls also taste great with some 85% or 90% Lindt dark chocolate broken up into small pieces and mixed through the mixture before rolling into balls. It’s for the polyphenols from the dark chocolate – promise. 😉
- Prep Time: 30 minutes