Apple health balls - Real Recipes from Mums

These apple health balls are a quick, easy and healthy snack and great for school lunchboxes!

Ingredients (makes 10 balls approx )

1 cup Dried apple
1 cup pitted dates
1/2 cup quinoa flakes
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 cup desiccated coconut (for rolling)

Method

Place all ingredients into the food processor.
Turn the food processor on and blitz until desired consistency (fine or slightly chunky depending on what you like). At this point check if you need a little bit of moisture. If you do, add say a teaspoon - tablespoon of water and blitz for a few seconds until you see the mixture start to bind.
Roll mixture into balls and roll in coconut! ENJOY!

Notes

This recipe is gluten free, fast, delicious and one you can eat without feeling guilty! Feel free to add extra ingredients to your liking! Experiment and enjoy!

88 Comments

- - TraceyGail said
  - 05 Jul 2024
    11:38 am
These sound a little different. Worth a try.

- - sars_angelchik said
  - 20 May 2024
    4:40 pm
Look really healthy!

- - cassy26 said
  - 22 Aug 2022
    8:38 am
These look really nice and super healthy. Caramel apple…mmmm

- - meedee said
  - 17 Jul 2022
    11:27 am
Yum…. these would be very tempting im sure

- - ~Loui~ said
  - 26 Mar 2019
    1:08 am
I never thought of using apple like this. Thanks

- - mom112217 said
  - 16 Aug 2017
    3:42 pm
Your health balls sound so delicious,thanks!

- - jammyjams said
  - 03 Feb 2017
    10:35 am
Could you use fresh shredded apple instead?
- Ellen replied
  
  15 May 2020 , 7:52 am
  You may need to bake it in the oven in that case.
- - Ellen said
  - 18 Jan 2017
    2:15 am
Nice one ! However high dried fruit (=sugar) content 2 cups in compare to 1 cup other ingredients, making it not as healthy as it seems.

- - coastalkaryn said
  - 09 Jan 2017
    4:05 pm
Ellen these sound so yum! Where do you get all your great recipes from?

- - Dreaming mummy said
  - 02 Oct 2016
    6:37 pm
Yay perfect for my son who has lactose intolerance, Thankyou!

- - mom62624 said
  - 28 Jul 2016
    5:33 am
This is a great recipe; thanks so much and I can’t wait to experiment with extra ingredients.

- - mom140193 said
  - 21 Jun 2016
    12:01 am
Another great recipie to add to lunchboxes. Other dried fruits like apricot, banana – lots of ideas.

- - sharna_booth_weinrowski said
  - 31 May 2016
    7:55 pm
wow this a great recipe i can see alternating other fruits in it!

- - Threelos said
  - 30 Apr 2016
    10:16 pm
Will give these a go! Seems like other dried fruits could be used as well.

- - mom134803 said
  - 04 Apr 2016
    12:18 pm
Sounds good.

- - mom107723 said
  - 18 Mar 2016
    1:38 pm
These apple balls sound very nice and easy to make, thanks for this great recipe.

- - robyn_smithwick said
  - 15 Mar 2016
    3:34 pm
Great for school lunches or anytime!

- - Mummytoabeautifulprincess said
  - 03 Mar 2016
    11:18 pm
These sound great. Thanks for the recipe!

- - mom105503 said
  - 02 Feb 2016
    7:54 pm
I love that there are not only gluten free but nut free! Super for the school lunchbox ☺

- - welshmummy said
  - 01 Feb 2016
    8:37 am
These sound yummy and Gluten free too. I’ll have to make some and try them out.