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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

  1. Roughly chop all fruit then place in a strong food processor with all remaining ingredients except coconut.
  2. Blend until combined.
  3. Measure each ball to weigh about 20g per ball (about a dessertspoon) and roll into a round shape.
  4. Place coconut into a medium size mixing bowl then coat each ball in coconut.
  5. Repeat this until you have 40 balls.
  6. 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

 

  • Hi, what purpose does the orange juice have? could I substitute it with another juice or syrup? My sisinlaw and mum in law cant have orange ???? but would love them to try the balls.

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  • Love the nutritional value! Great work

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  • I love that this recipe comes with the nutritional information. I love rum balls, and any variation. Thank you for sharing.

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  • Great recipe. Thanks

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  • These sound rather yummy, thank you.

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  • Great options and variations as I don’t have most of those things in my pantry and would have to buy them. Sometimes makes it expensive, unless they’ll get used over a number of batches.

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  • Too hard to get most of these ingredients.

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  • Love, love, these fruit balls!

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  • Thanks for the variations on these so you can opt in and out with the nuts.

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  • These look delicious and I’m looking forward to making some over the Christmas break.

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  • What a fantastic recipe. I can’t believe I missed it!

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  • These would be great for my sweet cravings!

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  • Made these the other day and the kids plus husband loved them

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  • lots of ingriedents, but would be worth it!

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  • these sound yummy

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