Quick, indulgent and medicinal bliss balls made with the Wild Bloom Botanicals aphrodisiac tincture. Visit wildbloombotanicals.com for more organic superfood goodness.
Straight away, melt your coconut butter and coconut oil together in a small saucepan over medium-low heat. It'll melt quickly, so keep an eye on it. Remove from the stove and set aside to let cool to room temperature.
In a food processor, place only the cashews for now. Blend to reduce into a fine, loose crumble. Add in the cacao powder, dandelion root, flax seed, sea salt and Ceylon cinnamon. Blend briefly with the cashews to combine.
Add in your maple syrup, dates, vanilla and Wild Bloom Botanicals aphrodisiac tincture, then scrape in your melted coconut butter and coconut oil. Blend to reduce into a uniform, sticky paste.
Using a tablespoon, scoop out 1 tbsp of the paste and roll it into a ball. Repeat until all paste is used up. In a shallow dish, spread out the shredded coconut and roll to coat each ball in it. Best served after chilled in the refrigerator!
Notes
These bliss balls are best after they've been chilled in the refrigerator as the coconut oil and coconut butter become firm.
Store these bliss balls at room temperature in a sealed glass container, or in the refrigerator.
The cashews or other nuts you're using don't have to be activated, but will be easier to digest if they are. Activating nuts and seeds involves soaking them for a day and then dehydrating them - highly recommended to minimize anti-nutrients such as phytic acid - making them more bioavailable and easy to digest.
Double or even triple the batch so you can have a limitless supply of these nutrient bombs within arm's reach.
If the dough gets too firm while blending, add in a splash of filtered water. Likewise, if it gets too wet, add more nuts/seeds. You can't really go wrong here, but if you add or remove adaptogens to your preference, this may affect the structure of the paste.
Use seeds such as sunflower seeds or pumpkin seeds if you're not in the nut game.
To make 25 balls, I used a level (flattened) tablespoon of paste per ball. Add more or less to your preference for ball size.