Make these Apricot Bliss Balls in 15 minutes, with just 5 ingredients and have healthy snacks on hand all week. They're sweet, tangy and chewy all in one, just like the Coconut and Lemon Bliss Balls.
Perfect for lunchboxes, mid morning snacks, after dinner munchies and post workout nibbles, these bliss balls are the perfect portable snack.
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Why Make This Recipe
- They make quick, easy and healthy snacks for the week
- They're sweet and tangy with only 5 ingredients
- They're perfect to keep after dinner cravings at bay
- They're easy to grab and go when you need a portable snack
- They're Nut Free and keep for a week in the fridge
- They freeze well
These apricot bliss balls are great to take to BBQ's and family gatherings, in kids lunchboxes, even put into a nice jar and given as a gift. I've done this very thing with my Chocolate Coconut Date Balls.
Bliss balls are just so and easy and practical to give as gifts and I've found people really appreciate them.
Ingredients
Ingredients Notes
Dried Apricots: Use the best quality ones you can find - it does make a difference since they ar the main ingredient. My favourite brand to use is Angus Park.
Medjool Dates: These are found in the fresh fruit and veg area of Coles and Woolworths in Australia. Medjool dates are preferable as they are big and juicy with a soft skin. Regular dates tend to be less juicy and have more fibrous skins which I don't really like in bliss balls.
Oats: Quick or instant oats, or the bigger oats are all good to use in this recipe. If using the bigger oats, it may need just a little extra processing time to break them down.
Sub for coconut Oil and water: Instead of 2 tablespoons of coconut oil and 1 tablespoon of water, you could use 3 tablespoons of peanut butter or almond butter, which will add in a little nutty flavour to the fruit balls.
How To Make
- Add ingredients to food processor: Add room temperature dates and dried apricots along with coconut and oil to food processor and blitz until mixture resembles a crumb like texture.
- Roll into balls: use a teaspoon or a small (mini) ice cream scoop to lift out mixture and roll into balls one at a time, and then roll in desicated coconut.
- Refrigerate and Store: Refrigerate for 2 hours before eating. store in an air tight container in the fridge for 7 days.
Recipe Tips
- Apricots: The apricots should be soft. If they are firm and do not easily pull apart with your fingers, soak in hot water for a few minutes and drain thoroughly before adding to food processor.
- Dates: Make sure you have removed the seeds from the dates and they are room temperature - they should soft, pliable and easy to pull apart.
- These apricot bliss balls are sweet from the natural sugars in the apricots, dates and coconut. If you prefer less sweetness, instead of coconut oil, add peanut butter or almond butter as the binder.
- Sticky Hands: If your hands get too sticky when rolling them, wash your hands, pat dry but leave them slight damp. Slightly damp hands will stop the mixture from sticking
- What else to roll them in: Instead of desicated coconut, try almond meal, crumbled weetbix, white chia seeds, or crushed nuts (I like using peanuts)
- Quantity: This recipe makes 12 average sized bliss balls (3 to 4 bites. However its also great as 24 mini bliss balls (1 bite).
Common Questions
Store them in an air tight container in the freezer for 4 weeks. to defrost, let them come to room temperature naturally before eating.
Unfortunately there's no easy way to make apricot oat balls without a food processor as there is a lot of blitzing that needs to happen. I really recommend a food processor if you like making bliss balls and energy balls - you can make them so quickly with one.
If your mixture is too wet, add additional oats 1 tablespoon at a time and blitz. Continue adding 1 tablespoon at a time until its sticky enough to hold together, but not wet.
If mixture is in the food processor and its looking dry and crumbly, add 1 tablespoon of water and blitz. Alternatively, you could add 1 tablespoon of peanut butter and blitz. Repeat until mixture becomes sticky enough to clump together in your hand.
More Bliss Ball Recipes
- Date Free Bliss Balls
- Sugar Free Bliss Balls
- Chocolate Coconut Date Balls
- Mango Protein Balls
- Choc Mint Bliss Balls
- Lemon Cheesecake Bliss Balls
- Almond Butter Bliss Balls
- Nut Free Bliss Balls
- Cocao Bliss Balls
Apricot Bliss Balls
Ingredients
- 1 ¼ cups dried apricots
- 14 medjool dates (pitted and room temperature)
- ¼ cup desicated coconut
- ¾ cup rolled oats
- 2 tablespoons coconut oil (melted)
- 1 tablespoon tap water
Instructions
- Add ingredients to food processor: Add 14 medjool dates (pitted and room temperature) 1 ¼ cups dried apricots, ¼ cup desicated coconut, ¾ cup rolled oats, 1 tablespoon tap water and 2 tablespoons coconut oil (melted) to food processor and blitz until mixture resembles a crumb like texture.
- Roll into balls: use a teaspoon or a small (mini) ice cream scoop to lift out mixture and roll into balls one at a time, and then roll in desicated coconut.
- Refrigerate and Store: Refrigerate for 2 hours before eating. store in an air tight container in the fridge for 7 days.
Notes
- Dried Apricots: Use the best quality ones you can find - it does make a difference since they ar the main ingredient. My favourite brand to use is Angus Park. Medjool Dates: These are found in the fresh fruit and veg area of Coles and Woolworths in Australia. Medjool dates are preferable as they are big and juicy with a soft skin. Regular dates tend to be less juicy and have more fibrous skins which I don’t really like in bliss balls. Oats: Quick or instant oats, or the bigger oats are all good to use in this recipe. If using the bigger oats, it may need just a little extra processing time to break them down. Sub for coconut Oil and water: Instead of 2 tablespoons of coconut oil and 1 tablespoon of water, you could use 3 tablespoons of peanut butter or almond butter, which will add in a little nutty flavour to the fruit balls.
Nutrition
Note: Sugars contained in this recipe are from naturally occurring sugars in fruits, vegetables or other natural sweeteners. Calories have been calculated for your convenience using My Fitness Pal and are based on the ingredients listed in the recipe card.
Barbara McKay says
I made these yesterday, that is the apricot balls. I thought it tasted really well. I’m a diabetic so I have to be careful about my sugar intake. So well done very pleased.
Belinda Moore says
I'm a self confessed sugar addict, even though I omit most sugar from lots of my food. However, the commercially made food: chocolate, lollies, cakes, ice-cream, sweets, I could go on and on and on, I can't help with those. I've just enlisted the help of my doctor and a nutritionist/naturopath to help me with various health issues. I was searching for sugar free and discovered this website, which I'm very thankful for.
Today I made the Apricot Bliss Balls and I have to say WOW!!! These are delicious and I'm stoked I had everything in my cupboard to make straight away. I'm really looking forward to trying more of the sugar free recipes.
Thankyou Kim so much for your efforts into research and this website on the issue of sugar and sadly how much it is in almost EVERYTHING we all eat.
LYNDA JOAN PERKINS says
Hi Kim, I love that your recipes have the sliding quantity bar etc and I have made a couple of your recipes, however I have just noticed that when you change the quantity you are making, the quantities of the ingredients don't automatically update which is a bit confusing. i.e. the apricot bliss balls, when you change the quantity, the amount of coconut stays as 200 grams, happens with other ingredients also. Just letting you know so it can be changed. Love your website. Cheers Lynda
Claire says
Hi Kim, we have a glut of apricots. Would this recipe work with apricot cooked from fresh? Thanks
Kim says
I haven't tested this recipe using fresh apricots that have been cooked, but I think the mixture might be too wet and not sticky enough for the balls to hold. Using the dried apricots helps to sweeten the balls naturally and they tend to be fairly sticky when blitzed which helps with rolling as well.