Chocolate Orange 'Cookie Dough' Bites

These where created on a quiet and dark Sunday evening, an evening in which I had what felt like incurable desire for chocolate.

If you’re a regular reader you’ll know this is a pretty common craving for me; as I type this at the back of my mind I think ‘common is a acceptable word substitution for daily’..

My January mission has been to use up all the spare foods in my cupboards which I consider a treat for my body, a mission for my mind and a sense of relief for my wallet.

A cupboard basic for me has to be ‘Nakd’ bars but as I had none in I wanted to create something similar, a healthy chocolatey snack which is good to go. Taking inspiration from my No Bake Cookies I added fruit and orange essence and these ‘Cookie Dough Balls’ become good to go and aid for digestion, a cure for chocolate cravings and have slow releasing carbohydrates. 

Okay..So I made these Sunday night and less than 24 hours and they seem to be going really fast; my mother even asked for more..woooha..recipe from heaven!

Chocolate Orange 'Cookie Dough' Bites

Ingredients

55g Margarine

115g Oats

4 Tablespoons Water

110g Splender

1 Table Spoon Coca Powder (I used Green & Blacks)

1 Tablespoon Orange Essence

50g Peanut Butter

40g Prunes

30g Sultanas

Method

In a sauce pan heat your water, splender, peanut butter and margarine until smooth – This should only take a few moments and make sure you keep stirring the mix.

Then add the oats, cocoa powder and add the orange essence – Now put to one side (off the heat) and process your prunes and sultanas (this should only take a few pulses) and then blend these into the mix.

Using a teaspoon spoon out the mix and roll into balls with clean hands and then place in the fridge for 30 minutes to set and then enjoy!

Makes 16 – Around 150 Calories per two balls.

These would keep for around a week in a air tight container - If you can keep your hands off them!

Katie

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