These are the energy bites I have made countless times for workshops and retreats and for gifts too. I always get asked for the recipe so thought it was time to share here so I can link you any time!

The recipe is by Anna Jones from her The Modern Cooks Year - a book I use all the time for Grōwan food, it’s all super nutritious and delicious and mostly vegan if not vegetarian. Highly recommend!

Makes about 30 bites
200g pecans
100g cashews
4 tbsp raw cacao or cocoa powder
1 tsp vanilla paste
½ tsp fine salt
175g pitted fresh dates or standard dried ones soaked for 10 minutes
1 tbsp coconut oil

In bowl of a food processor, pulse the pecans and cashews until you have a rough powder. Add the raw cacao or cocoa and vanilla powders and salt. Pulse to mix evenly.

Add the dates and coconut oil to the food processor, then blitz, scraping down the sides of the bowl here and there. The dough should ball up, have a glossy appearance and come together on your finger. If it’s still a little powdery, add a teaspoon of water and blitz again until it comes together, but not so it is too sticky and wet.

Scoop out the brownie bite mixture in heaped teaspoon-sized portions, then roughly roll into balls. Put on to a tray lined with baking paper, then chill in the fridge for at least 20 minutes.