Fruit balls recipe

A fantastic fruit balls recipe! A healthy dried fruit snack that’s great to pack in a lunch box, take in a picnic or have as a yummy snack in the morning.

Ingredients (Makes 40 balls)

¾ cup sultanas
¾ cup dried dates
¾ cup prunes
¾ cup dried apricots
¾ cup dried goji berries
½ cup dried cranberries (craisins)
1 tablespoon chia seeds
¼ cup fresh orange juice
½ cup desiccated coconut

Method

Roughly chop all fruit then place in a strong food processor with all remaining ingredients except coconut.
Blend until combined.
Measure each ball to weigh about 20g per ball (about a dessertspoon) and roll into a round shape.
Place coconut into a medium size mixing bowl then coat each ball in coconut.
Repeat this until you have 40 balls.
Best kept refrigerated.

Variations:

FRUIT AND NUT BALLS

⅓ cup sunflower seeds
⅓ cup pepitas (pumpkin seeds)
½ cup raw almonds

Add to food processor when pulsing fruit, or replace any of the dried fruit with dried figs, dried apples, currants or raisins, but use the same quantities of dried fruit as listed in the ingredients.

*Suitable to be frozen.

Dietitians Tip

This healthy dried fruit snack is high in B vitamins and minerals. If you would like to have two balls as a snack, select the plain fruit option as it is lower in calories.

NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION
PER BALL	FRUIT	FRUIT & NUT
FAT TOTAL	0.7g	3.0g
SATURATED	0.6g	0.8g
FIBRE	1.5g	2.0g
PROTEIN	0.7g	1.7g
CARBS	9.0g	9.3g
SUGAR	8.0g	8.2g
SODIUM	11mg	11mg
KILOJOULES	189 (cals 45)	295 (cals 71)
GI RATING	LOW	LOW

141 Comments

- - azmaz said
  - 08 Jan 2014
    8:48 am
yum, nice to try different recipes

- - hopefullyheidi said
  - 07 Jan 2014
    10:13 pm
These look great. I’m definitely going to make them.

- - chicken83 said
  - 07 Jan 2014
    10:13 pm
great fruit balls. so simple to make.

- - snoopy said
  - 07 Jan 2014
    10:17 am
Just wish I could find an alternative for coconut.

- - ljsalomon said
  - 07 Jan 2014
    6:19 am
Yum – sound great – thanks for sharing.

- - vikram77 said
  - 06 Jan 2014
    7:22 am
LOOKS SO YUMMY AND DELICIOUS. Easy to make too
- snoopy replied
  
  28 Jan 2014 , 12:27 pm
  Yes if it’s easy then its something I would make.
- - jool055 said
  - 05 Jan 2014
    2:06 pm
These sound so good I am not sure I could stop at only a few…

- - kymichelle said
  - 04 Jan 2014
    5:15 pm
Thank you – I will be trying these (and hopefully all 3 kids will like them!)

- - sadaf.ahmer said
  - 04 Jan 2014
    2:39 pm
Looks yummmm. Thanks for easy n healthy sharing this recipe

- - traceyi said
  - 04 Jan 2014
    2:10 pm
Looking forward to making these healthy dairy free treats. Thank you

- - sueban said
  - 04 Jan 2014
    1:34 pm
yummy they sound nice, thanks for sharing

- - tobysmummy said
  - 03 Jan 2014
    1:22 pm
Looks delicious – thank you. I’m going to have to try that for the kids.

- - mouse said
  - 03 Jan 2014
    1:01 pm
a delicious and healthy recipe thanks

- - kris cole said
  - 03 Jan 2014
    9:39 am
Sound delicious and oh so good for young and old to munch on anywhere, anytime

- - bailey87 said
  - 02 Jan 2014
    6:35 pm
I will have to make these

- - welshmummy said
  - 02 Jan 2014
    1:26 pm
These look and sound yummy. Anything with fruit and coconut tastes good to me.

- - simone_spark said
  - 02 Jan 2014
    10:31 am
Perfect to help kick start a healthy new year!

- - rachkap said
  - 02 Jan 2014
    2:37 am
These are so fantastic and tasty!

- - yoyo1973 said
  - 02 Jan 2014
    2:28 am
my children would not like these

- - yyon4699 said
  - 01 Jan 2014
    6:55 pm
Goodness this is just too awesome!