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Cinnamon Raisin Dessert Balls

May 23, 2013 by christine

Woohoo, tomorrow is finally Friday and I am ready to end this week! I’ve been feeling a little tired and drained from work stress and having my sleep interrupted from being on call for work and it’s catching up to me because I was craving something sweet with dinner. I have no medjool dates in the house, but I do have a huge box of organic raisins in the pantry I picked up from Costco and plenty of hemp seeds in the freezer. Since raisins work great with cinnamon, I threw together a super simple cinnamon raisin dessert ball recipe with a simple list of ingredients.

Cinnamon Raisin Dessert Balls

  • 3 cups shelled hemp seeds (or hemp hearts)
  • 1 1/2 cups packed raisins
  • 1 tsp. vanilla extract
  • 1 tsp. ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp. salt

Place hemp seeds, salt, and cinnamon into a food processor and process until well blended and forming clumps. Add vanilla and raisins into the mixture while processing and continue to process until mixture is a cake-like texture. Roll mixture into 1/2″ to 1″ balls and chill for 20 minutes. Enjoy. Makes 20 – 30 balls. Balls will keep in the fridge for 5 days or in the freezer for months.

The “dough” is very thick and sticky, easy to roll into neat little balls right out of the food processor.

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Hmmm, they kind of look like meatballs, but taste nothing like them!

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The texture is thick and gooey, perfect for a raw dessert ball. And the flavor is rich and sweet with the perfect amount of sweetness from the raisins, no additional sugar is needed.

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The cinnamon flavor is light and delicate adding just the right amount of brightness to the flavors.

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These are perfect for storing in the freezer for an emergency sweet tooth, energy snack, or an easy grab snack on the road.

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Filed Under: Desserts, General, Hemp Seeds, Recipes Tagged With: cinnamon, hemp seeds

Comments

  1. Katrin - therawfoodsisters.com says

    May 24, 2013 at 7:39 am

    Looks delicious! Love those kind of balls. Yumm!

  2. Jennifer says

    May 24, 2013 at 9:55 am

    AWESOME! These sound perfect!

  3. DessertForTwo says

    May 29, 2013 at 5:46 pm

    I’ve been curious about hemp hearts, and now you’ve convinced me! These look great!

Hello! I'm Christine, an IT Professional in Northern California. I'm also passionate about a healthy, plant based lifestyle, running, fitness, and being eco-friendly. 40 (ack!), married, with furkids. Read More…

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