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Holiday Spice Balls

December 21, 2013 by christine

Are you ready for Christmas? I think I am… maybe. Miko is with his new reindeer toy.

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Stuffing started coming out of his last toy and this little guy is heartbroken if he doesn’t have a favorite small toy to play with. So I caved and gave him one of his Christmas gifts early and he’s not letting it out of his sight.

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And having a ball playing with it.

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I decided to make more dessert balls using two new NuNaturals products – NuNaturals Pure Liquid Vanilla Stevia Alcohol Free and NuNaturals NuGrain Oat Fiber.

As NuNaturals claims about this vanilla stevia, it’s not simply vanilla flavored stevia, it’s a high quality vanilla extract sweetened with stevia and great for baking or simply adding a little vanilla flavor to coffee, smoothies, etc.

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This oat fiber is a very new product for me to try, it’s a fine ground fiber from oat hulls that has no calories, but adds fiber when substituted for a few tablespoons of flour for baking. The texture and color look exactly like flour.

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But I’m not really a baker, more of a raw dessert type of gal. So I added these products to a high raw vegan dessert ball recipe with a little holiday spice.

Holiday Spice Balls

  • 3 cups of shelled hemp seeds
  • 1/4 cup of oat fiber
  • 1 cup of raisins
  • 1 tsp. vanilla liquid stevia
  • 1 tbsp. cinnamon
  • 1 tsp. nutmeg
  • 1/4 tsp. salt
  • 1/4 cup maple syrup

Place hemp seeds, oat fiber, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt into a food processor and process until mixture is well blended and clumpy. Add stevia, maple syrup, and raisins into mixture while processing and process to a finely mixed gooey blob. Roll mixture into 1/2 – 1″ balls and freeze for 30 minutes before serving. Makes 20-40 balls and they’re great right out of the freezer

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The oat fiber adds in like a flour and blended nicely into the mixture without clumping.

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The balls have an interesting brownish color, but a wonderful gooey texture.

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The flavor is sweet with a slight spiciness and warmth from the cinnamon and nutmeg. You could make a batch for a party or potluck. Or just for yourself to stash in the freezer for a quick treat.

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Filed Under: Desserts, Hemp Seeds, Product Reviews Tagged With: cinnamon, hemp seeds, nutmeg

Comments

  1. Jennifer says

    December 23, 2013 at 5:06 pm

    Miko is so cute I love it when the gnaw on a toy and they close their eyes.

    I have the vanilla but not the oat fiber looks interesting

    I’m sitting here pondering a persimmon smoothie so u will prob see that on instagram later

    • christine says

      December 23, 2013 at 7:31 pm

      The oat fiber is interesting, I will be trying it in smoothies too for a little added fiber and thickness. Persimmons are awesome in smoothies, I’ll usually blend them with a little cinnamon, yum!

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