Chocolate Date Bites for Labor Preparation
Are you in the final few weeks of your pregnancy looking for fun ways to eat dates?
When my midwife recommended that I start having dates every day towards the end of my pregnancy I honestly didn’t think it would be too hard.
I was wrong.
If you don’t know what I’m talking about, research has shown that there may be some benefit to eating 70-100g of dates daily in the last few weeks of pregnancy. When I weighed this out, I was shocked to see what this amounted to. If it were just one day, no problem, but everyday? I needed to find more inventive ways to eat them.
Over the next few weeks I am going to share some of my favourite date forward recipes incase you are in the same boat. We’re kicking things off with a rich chocolately date ball!
Did you give these Chocolate Date Bites for Labor Preparation a try?
If so, let me know what you thought! I always love to get your feedback.
What you’ll need
3/4 cup almonds
1 cup pitted dates
1/4 cup nut butter of choice
1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1/2 tsp vanilla
Pinch of salt
Instructions
Process 1/3 of the almonds in a food processor until the texture resembles a course sand. Set aside in a bowl
Place the remaining almonds in the food processor and process these into a finer powder
Add in the dates, nut butter, cocoa powder, vanilla and salt. Continue to process until the mixture is smooth and combined
Shape the mixture into balls and rolls them in the almond powder. Optional: add sprinkles into the almond powder before rolling for some extra fun!
Store the balls in the fridge or freezer until ready to eat. Enjoy!
