This No Bake Dates & Orange Energy Bite is so easy to make. You do not need an oven to make this, it comes so quickly but it will also be gone too fast. I’ve had my fair share of indulging on delicious food during the Holiday season and now it’s time to do better and be back on track.

Eating more veggies and eating reasonable amount of desserts and snack items. I feel that I don’t have the excuse anymore to eat more desserts as the Holiday is over. The good news is we don’t have to enjoy simple pleasure of life. Eating sweet treats and desserts are my simple pleasure in life, and I don’t plan on letting go of them anytime soon.

Blogging my seem like an easy thing to do but in reality it takes a LOT of time to finish a single post. In my Take a Peek at the Behind The Scenes of Food Blogging, I shared with you my process when creating a post. Although it takes a lot of time, it gives me a lot of joy doing thing. Blogging keeps me sane 🙂 and help me balance my life between work and personal time. I love sharing recipes with you as well as my travel escapades. I had been busier lately with work and I started making my meals on the fly, you know whatever I have on hand. Something that I do not have to plan just like when creating a posts for the blog. I thought I would create a short post about this, not as elaborate as my full post but enough to give you idea on how you can make it at home. This will be easy and quick recipes that you can make in less than 30 minutes max or even 5 minutes less. We all need a short break from the kitchen, but that doesn’t mean we have to stop making delicious meals to nourish us.

This energy bites is one option that works for my sweet tooth craving. It has the natural sweetness from dates so it is sweet enough without adding extra sugar. I love how the Orange flavor gave it a nice citrus taste, and the Almonds gave crunch to the smooth texture of the the dates.

Today’s Quick & Easy Recipe

Today we’re making a snack item, something that you can nibble on, something that you can have to go, something that satisfies your sweet tooth craving, something delicious. Lately, Dates Energy Bites became my favorite sweet treat after meal. I was looking for a healthier snacking option for the days that I was trying to cut down my chocolate intake, and this is what I thought of.

It is sweet enough and it satisfies my sweet cravings. It is not chocolate but I was happy with it. This energy bites do not require any baking. Simply softened the dates and mix everything in a food processor. It is so thick and sticky that it holds together to form into a ball or bars. I kept mine in a disk size, 2 bite size I would say. You can also cut it into squares. Simply press the mixture on a 5-inch square pan then cut into squares.

If you want to make it decadent, you can also dip it in melted chocolate. I would suggest dark chocolate so that it balances the sweetness of the dates.

Ingredients:

• 100g Medjool Dates, pitted
• 1/4 cup Orange Juice
• 1/4 teaspoon table Salt
• 1/4 cup Rolled Oats
• 1/4 cup Almond Flour
• 2 tablespoon Cocoa Powder
• zest of 1 Orange
• 2 tablespoon chopped roasted Almond
• 8 pieces whole toasted Almonds – optional toppings

Instructions:

1. Transfer the pitted dates in a pan. Pour orange juice and simmer for 5 – 7 minutes until the juice has reduced and the dates are soft.
2. Transfer the softened dates in a food processor. Add the oats, almond flour, salt, cocoa powder and Orange zest. Pulse until it starts to clump to form a dough.
3. Divide into 8 portions and roll into a ball. Top with toasted Almonds on top (optional).

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