easy no bake chocolate pistachio bites

Difficulty: easy
Category: breakfast

Ingredients:

  • 1/2 cup unsalted pistachios
  • 1/2 cup certified gluten free old fashioned oats
  • 1 tbsp chia seeds
  • 4 dates soaked in warm water for 5-10 minutes
  • 1/2 cup good quality milk chocolate melted (or dark)
  • 2 pinches salt

Directions:

  • Place the pistachios and oats in a high speed blender and pulse till well ground and look flour-like almost
  • Add in the soaked dates, chia seeds and salt and pulse till mixture clumps up
  • Then, spoon pistachio mixture into a bowl
  • If you havent already, melt the milk chocolate (you could use dark chocolate if you prefer) in a broiler or in the microwave (check and stir at 25-30 sec intervals - took , total of 45 seconds for mine to melt and not be too hot)
  • Make sure melted chocolate isnt too hot, if its hot, then let it cool a bit
  • Then pour melted chocolate into the pistachio, oats, dates, chia mixture and stir well
  • Gather teaspoons of mixture up and roll to form bites/balls
  • Chill these easy no bake chocolate pistachio bites for 30 minutes before enjoying

Notes:

  • They can be stored in the fridge for 4-5 days (at least thats how long they lasted in our house)

Nutrition Facts:

  • calories 107 calories from fat 50
  • total fat 5.5g 8%
  • saturated fat 2.5g 13%
  • trans fat 0g
  • cholesterol 2mg 1%
  • sodium 40mg 2%
  • potassium 48mg 1%
  • total carbohydrates 13.6g 5%
  • sugars 7.7g
  • protein 1.7g 3%
  • vitamin a 1%
  • vitamin c 0%
  • calcium 3%
  • iron 4%