Gluten-free chocolate apricot balls

If your kids love Fruchocs, this healthier chocolate-apricot combination may be a lunchbox winner

Gluten-free chocolate apricot balls

Kate Crocker

If you're looking for a healthier version of Fruchocs, try these delicious choc-apricot balls, perfect for a lunchbox snack

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Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Rolling time 30 minutes mins

Total Time 40 minutes mins

Course Snack

Servings 50 balls

Equipment

• Large microwave-proof bowl
• Microwave oven
• Food processor

Ingredients

  

• 230 g pitted prunes
• 230 g pitted dates
• 100 g diced dried apricots
• 2 tbs cacao powder
• 150 g coconut milk powder
• 250 g desiccated coconut
• 1 cup extra desiccated coconut for rolling

Instructions

 

• Put the prunes and dates in a large microwave-proof bowl and cover with water
• Cover the bowl with a plate or plastic wrap and microwave on high for 5 minutes
• Drain thoroughly and allow to cool a little
• Put dates and prunes into the bowl of a large food processor. Add apricots, cacao powder and 250 g desiccated coconut
• Process until mixture is smooth and comes together
• Scoop out heaped tablespoons of the mixture and roll into balls
• Roll balls in the extra desiccated coconut
• Continue until all mixture is used
• Refrigerate before serving

Notes

Gluten-free

Dairy-free

Nut-free

No refined sugar

Can be frozen

Keyword gluten-free, lunchbox, recess snack

Hey there!

This is a bit of a hit-and-run post. There’s been a larger than usual gap between posts because, as you may have heard, South Australia has been receiving a terrible battering from Mother Nature lately.

There was a State-wide black out last Wednesday. Unprecedented. Horrifically, even one of our major hospitals lost back-up power. Apparently the problem was a weather system coming from Antarctica with winds so powerful that it was demolising huge electricity towers. Cyclonic, I think.

Here’s one of the funniest Facebook posts from South Aussie with Cosi:

And after the very heavy rains of the last few days, he backed it up with this:

I laughed so hard my insides hurt.

Because you’ve got to laugh, otherwise you’d cry. People have been flooded, everyone’s sandbagging, whole communities have been isolated. Some people lost their frozen embryos in the blackout. I just can’t even imagine that heartbreak.

So with all of this weather, my childcare plans for the school holidays have fallen through. Roads to my parents’ house in the country have been flooded, so the kids won’t be holidaying with their grandparents this week. Not sure how I’ll be getting to work, but I am trying to put some eleventh-hour childcare in place, so there’s not much time for me to spend on this post.

So, if you are after gluten-free, nut-free, dairy-free, egg-free lunchbox snacks that are also easy, can be frozen and have no refined sugar, you’ve come to the right place. Try these gluten-free chocolate apricot balls for something a little different.

You’ll find more gluten-free and nut-free lunchbox ideas in my eCookbook.

Enjoy!