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Raw-Food Candies

Candies that won't let creamy sweets tempt you! You can give them to children. There's no sugar in these sweets — the sweetness comes from the dates. All the ingredients are wholesome. You can also serve them to vegetarians and even raw foodists. The nuts for these candies should be raw, not roasted. It's a little fiddly, because you have to roll candy balls out of the nut "dough." But it comes out VERY tasty and healthy. You can make the candies in different "coatings" for a new flavor each time.

Elena Belashova

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Composition / ingredients

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Cocoa powder

Walnuts

Almonds

Dates

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Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe

By weight of the composition:

Proteins 16 % 11 g

Fats 46 % 31 g

Carbohydrates 37 % 25 g

413 kcal

GI: 32 / 0 / 68

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1. Get the coffee grinder out of the cupboard and grind the nuts cheerfully and noisily. Picture yourself as a miller making nut flour, then add the cocoa to the flour. 2. Mercilessly grind the dates with the water to make a purée. 3. Mix everything by hand and shape small candies. Usually toward the end the candies start coming out bigger — you get tired of rolling little balls. 4. Roll the balls in a coating (almonds, coconut, cocoa, oat flour, poppy seeds, etc.). 5. Put everything in the refrigerator. Proportions for reference — 1 part almonds, 1 part walnuts, 1 part dates. Just taste the candy mixture and adjust the amount of dates, cocoa, and nuts. I do it by eye and by taste. Sometimes I melt dark chocolate (70-80%) and dip the candies in it. Everyone loves that flavor (except the kids — the chocolate is too bitter for them), but I rarely make them that way, only for holidays. Chocolate is a lot of fuss, and at that point the candies definitely aren't raw-food anymore :)