Deliciously Ella's Raw Coconut & Cacao Bites

I'm a huge fan of Deliciously Ella's app and blog. Her book is on my Christmas Wish List though I'm not sure I need it as she has so many wonderful recipes on her blog available for all. Still it would look great on my green and lean book shelf!

Some of you may know that my husband is Type 1 Diabetic and he carb counts in order to control how much insulin he injects therefore I need to weigh a lot of our meals in order to give him correct guidance.

Since I've discovered Deliciously Ella's snacks he has been helping himself to my stack in the fridge but can never get the carb count right so this evening I weighed out all the ingredients using my american cups and my Kitchen Craft Measuring Spoon Set.

So in more detail here in grams is Deliciously Ella's Raw Coconut & Cacao Bites.  Please check out her site to read more information about why these are so great and of course the method.

Ingredients

90g Desiccated Coconut

160g Almonds

80g Cashew Nut Butter

20g Coconut Oil

12g Cacao Powder

165g Medjool Dates (150g after being pitted, approx 8 dates)

15g Desiccated Coconut for dusting

I weighed 20g of mixture to roll into balls and in turn made 23 balls. I like to firm them up in the fridge before eating and storing in an air tight container, also in the fridge.

Nutritional Information

Per ball:

125 calories

9.5g Fat

6.8g Carbohydrates

2.8g Protein

Cost (prices correct as of Nov 2015)

Ingredient	Qty	Unit	Source	Qty in bag (g)	Unit Price	Cost of ingredient
Desiccated Coconut	90	g	Sainsburys	250	£1.50	£0.54
Almonds	160	g	Sainsburys	200	£2.20	£1.76
Dates (weight with stones)	164	g	Forest Feast	180	£2.59	£2.36
Cashew Butter	80	g	Sainsburys	170	£2.80	£1.32
Coconut Oil	20	g	Lucy Bee	300	£6.00	£0.40
Cacao powder	12	g	Sevenhills	500	£6.99	£0.17
Desiccated Coconut for dusting	15	g	Sainsburys	250	£1.50	£0.09
Total Cost						£6.64
Cost per ball (qty 23)						£0.29