Have I overdosed you on autumn stuff yet?  Did I start too early?  I’m sorry, I can’t help it.  Autumn is just my thing you know.  And how great is it to have all the flavours of autumn in these healthy little snacks?!

I was brought up with having something sweet after dinner and those post-meal sugary cravings are still with me.  The dates in these little bites not only provide natural sweetness but they’re also full of fibre and potassium.  Dessert + health benefits = winning at life ?

And they honestly couldn’t be simpler to make, literally just chuck it all into a food processor and whizz!  And if you like that raw cookie-dough texture there’s another reason you’re going to love these – add in those warming autumn spices of cinnamon and nutmeg as well as meltingly soft pumpkin puree and you have little bites of heaven!

What you do with them after you’ve rolled them into little balls is entirely up to you – they taste pretty great nekkid but a whole other level is reached by rolling them in a mixture of finely chopped pecan nuts and whole flax seeds or in organic baobab powder – which has a fruity sherbet like taste and a whole list of health benefits of its own!

One thing I’ve not tried doing with them yet is dipping them in melted chocolate – definitely on my to do list though!  That softer than soft texture would undoubtedly be amazing with a hard chocolate shell – be sure to let me know if you try any of these variations or come up with your own!

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